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Bellow you will find resources on how you can take action as well as our latest blog posts and analysis on the issue.
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by these over-reaching bills that had no business being considered.”
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The letter, coordinated by Public
Knowledge, said, “Now is the time for Congress to take a breath, step back, and
approach the issues from a fresh perspective.” The text of the letter is
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“This letter shows that the opposition
to SOPA and PIPA came from an extraordinarily diverse coalition of
well-informed groups and companies who understood perfectly well what was in
the bills. This was not an industry-led movement, it was an Internet user
movement,” said Ernesto Falcon, congressional affairs director for Public
Knowledge. “Contrary to what Hollywood executives are saying, the sole
reason why the Internet blackout occurred was because the public was concerned
by these over-reaching bills that had no business being considered.”
In the
letter, the groups argued that the concerns about the bill are too many to be
addressed through “hasty revisions” to legislation, and shouldn’t be done by
“closed-
door negotiations among a small set of inside-the-beltway stakeholders.” Instead, Congress should determine the
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