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[Discuss] SOPA



On 12/19/2011 02:50 PM, Rich Braun wrote:
> Ackkk, the politicians are turning their attention to the Internet again.
> First came the America Invents Act of 2011.  Now comes SOPA, the Stop Online
> Piracy Act, which gives the same corporate clowns control over who gets to say
> what online.  Appropriate for bureaucrats in China or North Korea, perhaps,
> but here I say hands off my Internet.
>
> Read more at:
>   http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/12/16/dear-congress-it-s-no-longer-ok-to-not-know-how-the-internet-works
>
> Congressman Capuano already has a letter from me in his in-box.  Write yours...

I wrote Sen. Brown about this and got an acknowledgment letter back 
within a couple hours.  Nothing stating an opinion on the legislation, 
but enough of a reply to make me believe that someone in his office at 
least read my letter.

I never got a response when I wrote Sen. Kerry about a different issue.

Matt



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