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‘China-esq’: Beck Explains Why You Should Be Worried About SOPA and PIPA

Glenn Beck States Idea Behind SOPA and PIPA Are Good But Solution Is the Problem

On Wednesday evening, with Wikipedia still under its blackout to protest the House of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), Glenn Beck shared with GBTV viewers what the proposed legislation is really all about.

As Beck points out, who wouldn’t want to stop piracy or protect property that belongs to someone else? According to Beck, we should of course want to uphold values that prevent online stealing and protects the copyright of others. “But that’s not the problem,” he says. “The solution is the problem.”

Asking Americans to “engage your brain”, Beck boils down why the legislation is bad, stating it would make things less efficient and that the vague wording of the bills makes “ease of censorship” by the government “disturbing” and “China-esq”. But ultimately, Beck says that any regulation on the Internet should never be allowed because “it‘s the only thing left that isn’t regulated up the wazoo”.

Watch the GBTV clip:

Several websites and Internet service providers with similar concerns about the legislation, such a Wikipedia and Google, staged a virtual protest against SOPA and PIPA yesterday. In cased you missed what some of the blackouts looked like, check out this post on the Blaze blog.

Participating sites hoped the blackout would show lawmakers what would happen if the legislation were passed, but was it effective? Let’s take a look.

When Wikipedia came back online last night after its 24-hour blackout, it stated more than 162 million users saw the anti-SOPA message on the site. New Scientist reports that at one point during the scheduled Jan. 18 protest, SOPA was the subject of more than 4,500 tweets per minute, and PC World notes that 4.5 million people signed a petition against the legislation.

There was much discussion on both sides among regular citizens. Check out some of the video Gizmodo captured of the heated debate on the streets of New York. Citizens voicing complaints to those in Congress even shut down some of their websites like those of Mark Begich (D – AK), Barbara Boxer (D – CA) and Patrick Leahy (D – VT).

Also, Gizmodo reports in a separate post that 18 senators who once supported PIPA — seven of whom were co-sponsors — have changed their stance and now oppose the legislation, which is strongly supported by the entertainment industry (Note: * indicates former co-sponsor):

Roy Blunt (R-MO) *
John Boozman (R-AR) *
Scott Brown (R-MA)
Ben Cardin (D-MD) *
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT) *
James Inhofe (R-OK)
Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Marco Rubio (R-FL) *
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
David Vitter (R-LA)*
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Pat Toomey (R-PA)
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)*

Glenn Beck States Idea Behind SOPA and PIPA Are Good But Solution Is the Problem

(Photo: DGNS New York via PC World)

SOPA was put on hold last week with the house majority leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) saying it would not got to a floor vote until there was some consensus and even the bill’s author Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) acknowledged more research was needed due to industry concerns, according to InfoWorld. On Wednesday, PC World reports, those in the House opposed to SOPA proposed a new piece of legislation called Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act, which was introduced on the Senate side in December.

This alternative, PC World reports, would give copyright holders the ability to making complaints over online violations on foreign websites and the U.S. International Trade Commission would investigate claims:

“OPEN is a targeted, effective solution to the problem of foreign, rogue websites stealing from American artists and innovators,” [Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)] said in a statement. “Today’s Internet blackout has underscored the flawed approach taken by SOPA and PIPA to the real problem of intellectual property infringement. OPEN is a smarter way to protect taxpayers’ rights while protecting the Internet.”

By contrast, SOPA would allow the U.S. Department of Justice and copyright holders to seek court orders requiring payment processors and ad networks to stop doing business with foreign websites accused by the plaintiffs of copyright infringement. SOPA would also allow the DOJ to seek court orders requiring search engines and possibly other websites to stop linking to sites it accuses of infringing copyright.

SOPA would also give Internet service providers, domain name registrars and other online service providers immunity from lawsuits if they voluntarily cut off service to websites accused of infringing.

Still, PC World notes that Rep. Smith doesn’t think OPEN would do enough and could actually make the problem worse, calling it a “safe harbor for foreign criminals”.

For now, Wikipedia users are thankful the site is back online. Fox News reports some of the following tweets of relief:

“Welcome back, Wikipedia,” Ernie Smith wrote, while Holly Fitzpatrick tweeted, “Never knew how much I relied on wikipedia until I procrastinated on my bio essays and had to scour for other links to tell me things…”

“In 50 years our grandchildren will ask us where we were the day Wikipedia went dark,” Andrew Bee said on the microblogging site.

But Wikipedia is telling people that the protest is not over. While it calls the online protest “extraordinary”, it states in a thank you letter on its foundation website that SOPA and PIPA are still “waiting in the shadows” and is encouraging users to continue contacting their representatives.

What’s next? PC World reports that Rep. Smith plans to continue pushing for SOPA to get passed. As for PIPA, the Senate is expected to vote Jan. 24.

Comments (101)

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  • jasmer
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:34pm

    @Capitalismrocks – because it’s true, albeit misleading.

    The militant Progressive/Leftist population has a significant percentage of people of so-called “Jewish” descent. They might more properly be called “self-hating Jews“ or better yet ”militant Atheists of Jewish heritage”, but they‘re where the lion’s share of antipathy from the “right” wing comes from.

    Only the truly stupid among us are filled with hatred regarding Mark Levin or Rabbi Lapin (regardless of his wonderful “atheist parasite” crack) rather than Alan Colmes or Ron Kuby.

    http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/27/why-jews-support-the-democratic-party/

    http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/19/opinion/oe-stein19 (funny spin)

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    • JRook
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:49pm

      The notion that this is some left wing conspiracy is laughable. Starts to give additional insight as to who and what the wealthy and larger corporations are directing. There is no truer adage than follow the money….and of course who has the money to buy politicians and pay big time lobbyists. To see this as a progressive or liberal actions is to wallow in the parlor games the wealthy and corporations provide for you to waste your time on.

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    • Tower7_TRUTH
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:21pm

      Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) no wonder the NWO forced her in with Voter fraud as a write in.

      I will bet a Million dollars this is something Rick Patriot Act Satan or um will support
      if elected President, so why does split personality Glenn support people who support things
      he claims to be against ?

      Rand and Ron Paul are 110% against these kind of Hiltler like Laws.

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    • ashestoashes
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:31pm

      @TOWER IF enough people wake up before it’s too late and elect Congressman Paul..remember it doesn’t stop with him..We need to hold our representatives responsible and fire or impeach members of Congress and the Senate who do not uphold the Constitution..Paul can’t do anything without a support system.

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    • jasmer
      Posted on January 20, 2012 at 10:53am

      @JROOK – “Republican/Democrat” being a smoke & mirrors, I’d agree with, but not “Conservative/Progressive”. Progressives of either party affiliation a vast conspiracy of sorts – there’s greater motivators than lust, whether it be for sex, for money… or for power.

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  • TEIN
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:33pm

    Libby Hollywood wants the government to solve their problems…if Hollywood really wanted to solve the piracy issue they would work we file share and other site to benefit both sides, but Libby/Progressives Hollywood wants to stay elite and have the government be the enforcer for control…

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    • jespasinthru
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 6:44pm

      Who do you think the American people would side with? The young techno-wizards who run Google, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, etc. or the tired old movie moguls like Stephen Speilberg or George Lucas? They haven’t had a real hit movie in decades. “Avatar” doesn’t count, because that cartoonish piece of propaganda only appealed to empty-headed suburban teenagers and America-hating moonbats.

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  • ShyLow
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:30pm

    Silence of da Lambs

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  • garyM
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:16pm

    Things and people I am disappointed in:
    The GOP people in Iowa who called Mitt Romney the winner in Iowa losing 3-4 counties vote!
    The GOP since Santorum is ahead will not declare him the winner!
    The GOP establishment who think they can lie and trash everyone except their candidate Romney.
    ABC
    NBC
    CBS
    FOX
    Glenn Beck
    The Blaze
    For the same reasons.
    These people and organization are getting as sorry as the democrats!
    Go Newt!
    I pray God will stop these lying devilish people from their plot!

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    • mcsledge
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:53pm

      Newt – has a major character flaw. But then again, when family doesn’t mean much to you I guess you would overlook anything.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:25pm

      Newt’s girls are helping him with his campaign, perhaps you missed yesterday’s story.
      The following is an email from the Gingrich daughters to ABC News Leadership:

      To: ABC News Leadership
      From: Kathy Lubbers, Jackie Cushman
      Date: January 18, 2012

      The failure of a marriage is a terrible and emotional experience for everyone involved. Anyone who has had that experience understands it is a personal tragedy filled with regrets, and sometimes differing memories of events.
      We will not say anything negative about our father’s ex-wife. He has said before, privately and publicly, that he regrets any pain he may have caused in the past to people he loves.
      ABC News or other campaigns may want to talk about the past, just days before an important primary election. But Newt is going to talk to the people of South Carolina about the future – about job creation, lower taxes, and about who can defeat Barack Obama by providing the sharpest contrast to his damaging, extreme liberalism. We are confident this is the conversation the people of South Carolina are interested in having.
      Our father is running for President because of his grandchildren so they can inherit the America he loves. To do that, President Obama must be defeated. And as the only candidate in the race, including Obama, who has actually helped balance the national budget, create jobs, reform welfare, and cut taxes and spending, Newt felt compelled to run to serve his country and safeguard his grandchi

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  • Thinking Man
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:15pm

    Google is already adding notes to web sites they don’t like. They are adding statements that warn you that the site will damage your computer and / or of harmful software downloads to the google search results.

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  • Serenity60
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:57pm

    This is already happening. The Long War Journal is not connecting, but the links are still on Bing, Google, and other search engines. SOPA would wipe out any history that the site ever existed.

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  • SychinLegacy
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:56pm

    And yes all Beck and his cronies can talk about how Ron Paul is a horrible person because he won’t commit to bombing Iran his first day in office. This is disgusting. With issues like this we NEED a libertarian and yet we can’t go a day without Paul being bashed on every show.

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    • SychinLegacy
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:01pm

      “So you now support Ron Paul even though that means the country will go up in flames?” -Pat on the fourth hour.

      Are you freaking kidding? And you guys have the guile to criticize others for using scare tactics.

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    • girlnurse
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:06pm

      Yea. As if our boys haven’t been in the middle east for years with their hands tied behind their backs whether we have a Republican OR Democrat in the whitehouse! Ron Paul actually believes we should “win it or get out”. If we had him-the middle east would be the same only 6400 of our troops would still be alive today! What good/change has been made over there to justify all these dead kids!? It makes me sick…

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:37pm

      @SychinLegacy

      I agree with you. The neo-conservative Blazers’ double-standard of incessantly bashing Ron Paul and his libertarian supporters for simply refusing to wage an unjustifiable war with Iran and not having many laws passed while being Congressman for three decades while detesting freedom-crushing legislation such as the “Stop Online Policy” Act and the “Protect IP” Act is really disheartening. This is what I find so frustrating with Glenn Beck: I agree with him on most issues, but when it comes to foreign policy, he seems to endorse candidates that are eager to start an unprovoked war with Iran in place of Ron Paul, like Rick Santorum, for instance. I find it pretty sickening, in regard to the fact that Glenn said that Ron Paul was the closest to our Founding Fathers.

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    • Solfire
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:42pm

      Glenn is always telling us that we should do our own research and that you have to know the context of someone’s statement before jumping to conclusions. Yet they quoted Ron Paul as saying (paraphrasing) “75% of blacks are criminals” when the entire sentence was (paraphrasing) “If you go by the DC arrest rates, you could safely assume that 75% of blacks are criminals”. It’s called sarcasm – something that I thought the staff at The Blaze would know.

      Ron wasn’t critiquing black people, he was critiquing the DC police force for arresting an overwhelming number of their race while ignoring others. It wasn’t a racist statement – he was standing up for minorities!

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    • Mr. Oshawott
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:43pm

      Sorry about the mistake on my last post. I meant to say the “Stop Online PIRACY” Act.

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  • copatriots
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:55pm

    Alright, Blaze. I make my share of grammatical and spelling errors but I am not a journalist. If your story is headlining the Blaze, could you please correct the spelling error? It is China-esque….not “esq”.

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    • Locked
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:15pm

      THANK YOU! They used -esq multiple times, to the point where I was wondering if it was deliberate; perhaps Beck spelled it wrong and the author was just transcribing it with the oddity intact?

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  • jcdimes
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:55pm

    Will this site theblaze.com get shut down if it connects to an illegal site or has something illegal,
    If SOPA and PIPA pass?

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  • olddog
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:53pm

    Was was Marco Rubio in favor of sopa and pipa? Why Marco, Why???

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    • sWampy
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:56pm

      Because he was paid to be, the fascists pay billions to politicians to enslave us.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:04pm

      I believe you are right Swampy. Look at this primary season. We no more control who are candidate will be than we control the rotation of the Earth. I’m convinced the whole thing is a dog and pony show. Romney was hand picked and now they are just going through the motions of letting us think it was our decision. Same happened with Obama. Remember how Hillary was the inevitable candidate? Whoever is running the show had other ideas.

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    • rotcarpenter
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:06pm

      Swampy, you’re an idiot. Be happy these people changed their minds. People are allowed to be wrong on some issues.. the whole point is them to represent us. Be glad they LISTENED.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:14pm

      They listened because they were caught, they will change the name and sneak it through some other way, the idiots are the ones that believe this is dead. Once these guys took the blood money, they can’t give it back, they can’t back out, all they can do is run from the light and regroup.

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    • JRook
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:53pm

      Because we have the best politicians money can buy on both sides of the isle. The notion that this is some left wing conspiracy laughable. Starts to give additional insight as to who and what the wealthy and larger corporations are directing. There is no truer adage than follow the money….and of course who has the money to buy politicians and pay big time lobbyists. To see this as a progressive or liberal actions is to wallow in the parlor games the wealthy and corporations provide for you to waste your time on.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:56pm

      Of course it’s not liberal/conservative, but the fact is the overwhelming majority of the ultra rich that have the bucks to buy politicians are liberals. Most of the time it takes the kind of person who only thinks about themselves and puts themselves and their wants above the good of all others and a drive for power to amass this kind of money, these types used to be called despots, dictators, communists, socialists, fascist, but all those names eventually took on an evil stench, so they did what they have always done, renamed themselves to something they thought sounded better, for a while, liberal, then progressive, wonder what will be next.

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    • jespasinthru
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 6:17pm

      Marco Rubio, the Tea Party’s golden boy, really stepped in a big pile of it this time. I can understand why the old Capitol Hill Dinosaurs would want to pass this legislation. Restricting the free flow of information to the American people would give them more control over us. But Rubio is young enough to understand the dangers of tinkering with the soul of the internet, especially for the benefit of only one industry. Practically all social networking would vanish overnight, and the lost advertising revenue alone would cause even more damage to our economy. At least he and his colleagues had sense enough to back off. After the public relations fiasco that is Obamacare, they don’t want to make us too mad.

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    • techengineer11
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:54pm

      He’s a Neo-Con.. Why do you think the Media loved on him so much?

      Bet Dr. Paul doesn‘t support SOPA and PIPA and you’d never have to worry about him subverting our Liberties.

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    • Vechorik
      Posted on January 21, 2012 at 10:00am

      Same reason West was for NDAA and the antiPatriot Act. They are GOP groomed puppets who will do anything they are told. PROGRESSIVE GOP puppets I might add. Neither Rubio, nor West will EVER get my vote for anything (maybe dog catcher).

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  • SpaceRaider
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:52pm

    At this rate, will we even get an election this year? All it would take would be a “crisis” for Dr. Obama to issue marshall law and “for the good of the country” postpone the elections. Not all disimilar to Syria. However, I’m sure if that happened, everything would be fine.

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    • JRook
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 3:39pm

      “Beck says that any regulation on the Internet should never be allowed because “it‘s the only thing left that isn’t regulated up the wazoo” Any person who has actually researched regulations know that a good number of them were promoted, lobbied for and written by large corporations to limit competition by creating barriers to entry. Good example is the FDA and drug licensing regulations. Take the time once and a while to see who is lobbying for new laws and regulations. You would be surprised how many of them are promoted and supported by insurance companies and similar actors in every industry. If you focus on the government you will always miss the real issue and the real problem. I assure you individuals that are promoting something other than the wealthy or corporations that are lobbying in favor of these regulations as the origin, they are similarly paid to do so.

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  • guitarguytim
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:37pm

    Don’t get me wrong, I agree with the message here. I think SOPA and PIPA are horrible. But Prada purses? Really Glenn, fake Prada purses are the best example you could find to explain the potential laws?

    I’m a Glenn fan, I listen to him on the way into work, and watch GBTV 3 or 4 times a week, but I am totally dumbfounded on why he would use such an irrelevant example to explain SOPA and PIPA. I understand he was trying to explain what they are to people who may not be incredibly tech savvy, but if they’re watching this on GBTV or TheBlaze, they at least understand the basics of the internet. His example was irrelevant and confusing. The potential laws (as stupid as they may be) are designed to stop people from stealing intellectual property. The most common forms stolen on the internet are music, movies, software, ebooks, pictures, etc. Things that can easily be downloaded. How hard is that to explain? Was it really necessary for Glenn to confuse people for 20 minutes with his asinine Prada purse example?

    I’m starting to think GBTV needs to hire some educated copywriters.

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    • Herokidstar
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:52pm

      I agree. This was an odd mess of an example. I a couple of vids on sites that were dark that explaned it better. The language in the bill is so loosely written that if someone on a forem links or posts any copyrighted data, pic, or vid. The Forem site could be banned. If you post a video of a person singing a pop song or with the song in the backround. The site could be banned, not just the poster.
      Whats worse if that sort of thing happens how long would it be before someone posts stuff on purpose to forems like this just to get this site banned?

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    • Hrothgar
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:17pm

      You can sue somebody for taking a crappy Nickelback song but when someone sells fake Oakley sunglasses or knock off Coach purses its alright even if the fakes have the company logo on it. If I make you a copy of my Motorhead CD and give it to you should I be arrested? If I give 10 people the same CD is it really stealing? I have been personally contacted by Lucas Arts back in 2003 for allegedly stealing a piece of software or has they stated “attempted to download illegally by use of a file sharing software”.
      I was forced to have my computer erased of everything. I contacted their lawyer and ask him how they came about finding out that I had taken anything in the first place. His comment was “the program was used to catch people downloading Lucas Arts products, by allowing them to download the file.” So basically it was entrapment right? One week later I got an apology letter.

      I get the idea that they want to protect artists, but if they wanted to do that they should protect them from record companies.

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    • jeanfiddlehead
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:41pm

      I am also a fan and watched his explanation. Seemed logical at the time, but after talking to my son, I realized Our gov’t can do little about what goes on in other countries that may be hosting pirate web sites. Doesn’t have to be a big country like China, it could be some tiny island. We can’t invade a sovereign country and tell them what to do. Only careful thought and personal morals can stop this intellectual theft.

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  • drphil69
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:36pm

    ““In 50 years our grandchildren will ask us where we were the day Wikipedia went dark,” Andrew Bee said on the microblogging site.”

    Really? I doubt anyone will remember Wikipedia in 50 years…

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    • George Patton
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:51pm

      The left and youth think everything they engage in is momentous. For example:
      ows
      every 16 year who is in love
      every protest the left has
      everything apple makes
      the word “epic” is now a trendy word

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:00pm

      Google thinks they are so important they didn’t even shut down yesterday. They just put a black veil over their logo. They don’t even have the courage of their own convictions.

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    • jespasinthru
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:03pm

      If you clicked on that black veil, it would have taken you to an explaination of the two bills in question and an online petition that Google submitted to Congress.

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  • capitalismrocks
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:35pm

    Why are you childishly throwing in “Jew”???

    So you’re saying then its okay for greedy liberal Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and Atheists to do it, just not the Jews?

    So I’m sure you now see how stupid your statement is. Hollywood has a right to protect its millions in investments against torrent downloads and such but not through some broad government controlled draconian enforcement, they have lawyers and should use them to go straight after the offenders, not just have huge chunks of the Internet shutdown everytime they suspect copyright infringement. The Internet works because its the only thing NOT regulated, everything regulated is destroyed, leave the Internet alone!!!

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  • cessna152
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:29pm

    What happens when a loving dog is backed into corner and threatened with force?

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  • RufusEdinwhirl
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:25pm

    We should be looking for the next way to communicate without Big Brother fettering and scrutinizing every bit and byte of it. Maybe instead of the internet, we need an exonet that operates outside of and beyond federal controls. Do you ever wonder why the federal government feels the need to control and regulate EVERYTHING?

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:42pm

      It’s called Freenet and has a twin to it called Darknet where you only allow in trusted companions (on Darknet). Freenet is random, chaotic and has no central controlling servers, each machine “hosts” its own version of a server, and if you combine it with onion routing, nobody can even locate that.

      There are ways around this that are childishly simply, the problem is, most people neither know nor care to participate or even learn about it.

      They will soon though, if this crap gets signed into lawless-law.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 6:04pm

      The problem is all these have to go through phone companies, that already have government monitoring stacks installed. They will eventually block/qos to death any traffic they even think is using an encryption they can’t get around.

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  • Fed up in Bama
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:24pm

    Glenn, you want to complain about Newt being Progressive. OK…GOT IT!!!
    But what about Rick?
    He’s for regulations on the internet. (’Our last free enterprise)
    Isn’t that progressive?
    VET THEM ALL GLENN.
    If you don’t………sounds like you just have an agenda too. Who would we turn to then?
    Rick at townhall.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5iY5Sll72k&feature=youtu.be

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  • NoNannyState4me
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:20pm

    I am still waiting for the nnelG to have an opinion on the NDAA. That is the one thing EVERYONE should be rioting in the streets over.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:53pm

      Yes indeed,that draconian law along with the patriot act has eviscerated the constitution and they’re both blatantly unconstitutional.It‘s very ominous when laws like these are created and people just don’t understand how bad they are for our personal liberty.

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    • ZeldaZick
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:20pm

      Go for it, take all the Ron Paulzies with you please. You want Marshall Law declared, GO FOR IT!

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    • NoNannyState4me
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 3:18pm

      Zeldadick, marshall law is coming as a result of bills like the and the Patriot Act. YOu can go back and bury your head in the sand, people like myself will still take you in and feed you when the crap hits the fan.

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  • schroeder123
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:20pm

    I would like to vote for one of the 548 elected officials.. who would do Nothing. Mouth shut, no ideas.
    Wouldn’t that be a breath of fresh air.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:15pm

    Look for Obama to pass this thing via regulation or executive fiat decree if the matter dies in the Congress, which with the facist or communist nation we are turning into is all but assured.

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    • R0bespierre
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:44pm

      You know Obama opposes the bill and has vowed not to sign it, right? Ugh, you people aren’t even trying anymore.

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    • db321
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:51pm

      Dictatorship – Obama has our Health Care. Soon he will have our Homes, Internet, and Oil. He will become the most powerful man on earth. The only good news he will do what all dictators do that suck up his money – he will cut off all Social Security, Welfare and Food Stamps.

      In a Obama dictatorship – if you don’t work – you don’t eat.

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    • passingby
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:23pm

      @R0bespierre. I hope your comment was sarcasm. I do believe he stated he would also refuse to sign NDAA. Yes, the tale of two speeches.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmdpXNIwunc

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  • Sue Dohnim
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:14pm

    This guy is a little irritating but claims to have the evidence that the media copyright industry actually pushed the sharing software, why, so they could then use the “piracy” scare to get control of the internet and politicians on both sides have been lobbied hard to help..

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc

    Also Chris Dodd… MPAA.org pushes SOPA

    http://www.mpaa.org/about/ceo

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  • The_Jerk
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:09pm

    The powerful must control the message. This means that they must control the internet. You and I can not be permitted to have this much freedom of speech.

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    • conbones
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:59pm

      “Facepalm” yeah they should have shut you up a long time ago.

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  • justangry
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:09pm

    Yeah everyone who is concerned about them is voting for Ron Paul.

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    • ZeldaZick
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:23pm

      Please speak for yourself.

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    • justangry
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:33pm

      I believe I already have. Are any of the other candidates opposed to these laws?

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    • ZeldaZick
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:44pm

      No, you used the word everybody, you might want to look up what “everybody” means.

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    • justangry
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:50pm

      All of them came out against SOPA this evening. At least how it’s currently written, so I was mistaken anyway. My appologies.

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  • TSUNAMI-22
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:07pm

    The harder the gubment regulates, the faster and more efficient the black market becomes.

    …or should I say the “not white market”. I don’t want to be called a racist.

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  • Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
    Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:02pm

    Fascism, fascism, and more fascism…. Only hope to get us out of this mess is Ron Paul… The rest of the GOP are bought and paid for!

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    • rotcarpenter
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:30pm

      If your comment is correct. Which it isnt’.. How is one man supposed to change anything? Even if he were elected President he’d have no power in your viewpoint as everyone would be against him. We can’t put our faith in one man. It has to be built up from the bottom and not the top.

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    • Libertarian B 4 Libertarians Were Cool
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:18pm

      It’s a start. He appoints libertarians justices. Fires the attorneys in the justice department. Eliminates preceding Executive Orders… Pushes to abolish the IRS and FED… There’s a tremendous amount one man…The president can do to get the ball rolling.

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    • ZeldaZick
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:30pm

      How can you be so sure? I’m from Minnesota. We had Gov. Jesse Venture, who had many of the policies Doc-Ta Paul has. Jesse was a flop and a joke! Interesting fact, it was the votes of a bunch of Libertarian and Liberal collage students who put him in our State House. (Thanks for nothing!)

      Polls showed that they all wanted the same issue, legal dope.

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    • NoNannyState4me
      Posted on January 19, 2012 at 3:21pm

      Post the Polls, zeldadick. We (my family) are all from MN and that isn’t why we voted for Jesse. I agree he was a flop though.

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