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An Open Letter to Congress: On #PIPA and #SOPA
Dear Members of Congress:
I am gravely concerned about the potential adoption of the bills generally known as SOPA and PIPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act.
As eWeek recently noted, “The language of SOPA is so broad, the rules so unconnected to the reality of Internet technology and the penalties so disconnected from the alleged crimes that this bill could effectively kill e-commerce or even normal Internet use. The bill also has grave implications for existing U.S., foreign and international laws and is sure to spend decades in court challenges.”
Both bills greatly expand on existing, reasonable restrictions to the point of unreasonableness and provide tools to law enforcement agencies that effectively place non-Judicial persons in the role of playing judge and jury without due process.
Both bills usurp existing protections on prosecutorial restraint and permit gross travesties of free commerce to occur on no more than flagrant accusations, with little recourse for those affected.
I urge you, Members of Congress, to stand proudly against these two dangerous pieces of legislation.
Sincerely,
Cory Siansky
www.WellKnownFact.com
