Kill SOPA, bill goes to house December 15.

[AppleQueso]

On the other hand, if it DID get to the supreme court and they shot it down, it'd send a pretty clear message to the RIAA/MPAA/etc that the government is not their personal copyright enforcement agency.

[ATARI800XLfan]

On the other hand, if it DID get to the supreme court and they shot it down, it'd send a pretty clear message to the RIAA/MPAA/etc that the government is not their personal copyright enforcement agency.

They are probably the only ones that would do the right thing.

[ATARI800XLfan]

looks like Ron Paul and Nancy Polanski the head of the senate are also against it now.

[YoshiEgg25]

looks like Ron Paul and Nancy Pelosi the head of the senate are also against it now.

FTFY

And yeah, there are quite a few people against it, for good reason.

[Zing]

On the other hand, if it DID get to the supreme court and they shot it down, it'd send a pretty clear message to the RIAA/MPAA/etc that the government is not their personal copyright enforcement agency.

An odd statement, since one of the few core reasons for a government to exist is to protect the property of its citizens.

[AppleQueso]

Yes, I know it's kinda odd. Point is that the entertainment industry really needs to quit crying to the government every time a new medium comes about.

[ATARI800XLfan]

Yes, I know it's kinda odd. Point is that the entertainment industry really needs to quit crying to the government every time a new medium comes about.

exactly, though I really doubt it would get that fare, since the head of the senate is against it. Did my part though by calling my reps. too bad I always get there assistants.

[GSZX1337]

It's not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic.

Keep in mind that a republic is a representative democracy.

[YoshiEgg25]

So they started 20 minutes ago. They ended five minutes ago saying that they'll resume on the next practicable date. Can I get a what?

Anyway, the important things that happened (tweets from @EFFLive):

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (@JasonInTheHouse) again brings up the serious security problems in SOPA. Will anyone listen this time?

This amendment, from Rep. Chaffetz, would take DNS blocking off the table until a study into its security impact had been conducted.

Rep. Chaffetz read a letter from the GOVERNMENT'S OWN CYBER SECURITY EXPERT that SOPA will hurt the Internet's infrastructure.

Rep. Chaffetz proposes a classified security briefing with the NSA, DHS, et al, and a public security hearing before voting on SOPA

Lamar Smith finally sounds open to an additional hearing on cyber security with actual experts. The first semi-positive development all day.

Rep. Watt tying himself in knots talking about experts again. Tries to enter out-of-context blog post from Paul Vixie into the record.

Chairman Smith just announced that they're concluding markup for the day, to reconvene on the next practicable date.

And markup is abruptly over. Okay then.

The biggest thing about this? It's unlikely that this will go to vote before the year is over. Huzzah!

[o.pwuaioc]

It's not a democracy, it's a constitutional republic.

Keep in mind that a republic is a representative democracy.

Yeah, AppleQueso basically said, "It's not a Sony, it's a PlayStation."