Proposed 2 Year Ban on Internet Legislation: AKA the "Pull Your Heads out your Collective Asses" Bil

[Boatplugs]

[QUOTE=Van-man;38627954]Apparently money = power, and many people [B]ESPECIALLY[/B] in high positions are also greedy.[/QUOTE]

Well, it's become easier to shovel money to someone that can protect your business and sales through laws and litigation than it is to actually make a better business. We've reached a stagnation of business where the easy way to keep your massive company growing is to impose restrictions on competition instead of innovating your products and services to attract customers.

[Strider*]

[QUOTE=Zero Ziat;38625283]Why is corporate lobbying legal in the first place? It's sickening that companies can push money their way into the law.[/QUOTE]

It's a necessity for many corporations, they have to protect their business interests.

[editline]28th November 2012[/editline]

It's not like unions and interest groups don't do the same.

[mfb412]

[QUOTE=Ericson666;38628038]The article says he was firmly against SOPA?[/QUOTE]

Fuck no he isn't. He was dead on FOR it

[Ryll]

[QUOTE=mfb412;38632223]Fuck no he isn't. He was dead on FOR it[/QUOTE]

Source? A google search reveals that he was one of the congressmen most against SOPA

[yawmwen]

[QUOTE=mfb412;38632223]Fuck no he isn't. He was dead on FOR it[/QUOTE]

no he wasnt he was against it

hes against any legislation that gives government power over the internet including net neutrality

[Xenocidebot]

[QUOTE=yawmwen;38632426]no he wasnt he was against it

hes against any legislation that gives government power over the internet including net neutrality[/QUOTE]
Until somebody lines his pockets, e.g. CISPA.

[Awaken90125]

A 2 year ban eh?

Sounds like the work of Max

[yawmwen]

[QUOTE=Xenocidebot;38633795]Until somebody lines his pockets, e.g. CISPA.[/QUOTE]

cispa didnt actually regulate anything. it was made to facilitate information sharing between the government and private companies

[Used Car Salesm]

[QUOTE=Swilly;38624888]Okay A. That sounds really childish and B. Its more than just them. Its the cable companies and Hollywood.[/QUOTE]

It's a catch-all term for the RIAA, MPAA, and anti-piracy trolls in general. Cable companies are definitely a huge problem as well, the effective monopolies in most high-speed markets result in tremendous upward pressure on prices, downward pressure on access and bandwith, and shitty service in general.

[Death_God]

After the internet was nice and humens had new website and happy because the governments was gone and nobody was slave or sad. President reddit and people and internet had peace and in the middle of internet was a statue that said

[h2]Darrel Issa
Saver of Intrenet[/h2]
[img]http://www.nndb.com/people/294/000028210/Darrell-Issa.jpg[/img]

[HumanAbyss]

[QUOTE=Strider*;38628390]It's a necessity for many corporations, they have to protect their business interests.

[editline]28th November 2012[/editline]

It's not like unions and interest groups don't do the same.[/QUOTE]

With less.

[Ryll]

[QUOTE=Death_God;38634474]After the internet was nice and humens had new website and happy because the governments was gone and nobody was slave or sad. President reddit and people and internet had peace and in the middle of internet was a statue that said

[h2]Darrel Issa
Saver of Intrenet[/h2]
[img]http://www.nndb.com/people/294/000028210/Darrell-Issa.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

He is the new Garry

[Xenocidebot]

[QUOTE=yawmwen;38633933]cispa didnt actually regulate anything. it was made to facilitate information sharing between the government and private companies[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=yawmwen;38632426]hes against any legislation that gives government [B]power over the internet[/B][/QUOTE]
CISPA doesn't need to do the first to do the second.