On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71720.html > > Reid cancels procedural vote on PIPA > By: Jennifer Martinez > January 20, 2012 09:40 AM EST > > Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has postponed a procedural vote > scheduled for Tuesday on the PROTECT IP Act, although he held out a > glimmer of hope for a compromise in an online piracy push that many > were proclaiming dead. > > "In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote > on the PROTECT IP Act," Reid said in a statement. > > But the Nevada Democrat said talks would continue between the warring > sides Hollywood and content providers are on one side and Silicon > Valley and the tech community on the other. > > "We made good progress through the discussions we've held in recent > days, and I am optimistic that we can reach a compromise in the coming > weeks," Reid said. > > "There is no reason that the legitimate issues raised by many about > this bill cannot be resolved, he added. Counterfeiting and piracy > cost the American economy billions of dollars and thousands of jobs > each year, with the movie industry alone supporting over 2.2 million > jobs. We must take action to stop these illegal practices. > I don't think we should necessarily be pissed about a different form of this bill eventually coming up for a vote. ANyone who's ever had their shit stolen online would appreciate some sort of legislation centered around a pointed technical solution that would allow some vindication in such cases. So....i don't mind if they want to just postpone this bill and work out the horrible parts of it.....as long as they do it right. Which, of course, is highly unlikely *sigh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345585 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
