SOPA's proponents are using lies, such as NBC Universal's general counsel Rick Cotton did on PBS NewsHour, this evening. He spoke of "the big picture" of going after counterfeiters, but that's ridiculous, coming from a lawyer whose sole focus is not on the big picture, but on the fine points of what's written in a law.
When people are allowed to make such fatuous representations without challenge, we have to stand up and demand that they be held to their words. Will Rick Cotton be willing to pay a personal $1M fine for every innocent blogger who ends up getting caught up with a SOPA dragnet? If you don't think these mistakes will be made, think again...UMG's false takedown of legal content on Google, anyone?
If you post a video clip that is held in copyright by some owner...say the NFL?...you could find your website / pages taken down and/or blocked from being accessed, without warning.
Take your rights seriously!
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