Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:22 PM

MPAA Chief Dodd Hints At Talks To Revive SOPA

Source: slashdot

"Christopher Dodd, the former Connecticut senator who now leads the MPAA, hasn't given up on his dream of censoring the Internet. In an interview with Hollywood Reporter, he said that Hollywood and the technology industry 'need to come to an understanding' about new copyright legislation. Dodd said that there were 'conversations going on now,' about SOPA-style legislation, but that he was 'not going to go into more detail because obviously if I do, it becomes counterproductive.' Asked whether the White House's decision to oppose SOPA had created tensions with Hollywood, Dodd insisted that he was 'not going to revisit the events of last winter,' but said he hoped the president would use his 'good relationships' with both Hollywood and the technology industry to broker a deal."

Read more: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/04/05/2315234/mpaa-chief-dodd-hints-at-talks-to-revive-sopa

Another attempt to strangle freedom of information. This needs to be nipped in the bud.

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MPAA Chief Dodd Hints At Talks To Revive SOPA (Original post)	rayofreason	Apr 2012	OP
Who needs SOPA when you have CISPA	krawhitham	Apr 2012	#1
4% chance of passage...	rayofreason	Apr 2012	#2
I have no clue how that website creates those numbers.	woo me with science	Apr 2012	#11
Dodd sucks	think	Apr 2012	#3
MPAA can go bite me.	anti-alec	Apr 2012	#4
I'll second that motion.	BB_Troll	Apr 2012	#5
Dodd has always been a clueless tool.	Fuddnik	Apr 2012	#6
and Chris isn't in jail yet why?	PatrynXX	Apr 2012	#7
Countrywide Chris belongs in jail.	Dawson Leery	Apr 2012	#8
Chris "Friend of Angelo" Dodd	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#9
Chris Dodd: Obama already involved in negotiations	woo me with science	Apr 2012	#10
Chris Dodd is a dangerous person.	LetTimmySmoke	Apr 2012	#12

Response to rayofreason (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:23 PM

krawhitham (3,148 posts)

1. Who needs SOPA when you have CISPA

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/322396

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Response to krawhitham (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:26 PM

rayofreason (2,259 posts)

2. 4% chance of passage...

...according to

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr3523

4% is not small enough.

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Response to rayofreason (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 01:32 AM

woo me with science (19,570 posts)

11. I have no clue how that website creates those numbers.

You posted at 3:26 pm that the website claimed a 4 percent chance. As I write this post, it says 2 percent. I scanned the website briefly and didn't see how they make their determinations or why they change so quickly. Perhaps I missed it.

The article I posted about this earlier suggests that CISPA's chances of passage are actually very good, given that the bill:

1. sailed through the House Intelligence Committee on a 17 to 1 bipartisan vote

2. has broad support in the House, with 106 co-sponsors, 10 of whom are committee chairmen.

3. unlike SOPA, has "explicit support from some of the technology industry’s biggest players, including Internet service providers like AT&T and Verizon, Web companies like Facebook, and hardware companies like IBM and Intel."

http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/watch-out-washington-cispa-replaces-sopa-as-internets-enemy-no-1/
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002527898

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Response to rayofreason (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:27 PM

think (2,257 posts)

3. Dodd sucks

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Response to rayofreason (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:32 PM

anti-alec (420 posts)

4. MPAA can go bite me.

And Dodd too. He betrays his Democratic principles every time he opens his mouth for this stupid anti-piracy company.

MPAA is nothing but a scam to reel in megabucks, and not paying back anything either.

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Response to anti-alec (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:56 PM

BB_Troll (65 posts)

5. I'll second that motion.

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Response to anti-alec (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 04:03 PM

Fuddnik (4,437 posts)

6. Dodd has always been a clueless tool.

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Response to rayofreason (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 06:30 PM

PatrynXX (2,561 posts)

7. and Chris isn't in jail yet why?

Bribery is a heavy weight term you know

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Response to rayofreason (Original post)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 12:03 AM

Dawson Leery (8,370 posts)

8. Countrywide Chris belongs in jail.

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Response to rayofreason (Original post)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 12:55 AM

OnyxCollie (6,558 posts)

9. Chris "Friend of Angelo" Dodd

should do some prison time, like his buddies (and co-authors of the Help America Vote Act) Bob Ney & Tom Delay.

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Response to rayofreason (Original post)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 01:12 AM

woo me with science (19,570 posts)

10. Chris Dodd: Obama already involved in negotiations

Last edited Sat Apr 7, 2012, 01:14 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

to revive SOPA.

Here we go again.

Remember: Obama signed ACTA and then attempted to hide it from the US press by calling it a national security issue.

Again, these assaults are bipartisan. If we have learned one thing, it is that we need to watch our Congress and White House like hawks for backroom deals that benefit the one percent.

In other news, CISPA, an internet censorship/data spying bill that is even more extreme and invasive than SOPA, sailed through the House Intelligence Committee on a bipartisan vote and is now expected to pass easily: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002527898

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Response to rayofreason (Original post)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 03:59 AM

LetTimmySmoke (1,202 posts)

12. Chris Dodd is a dangerous person.

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