Left and Right groups come together against Government control of the Internet

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SOPA and PIPA Would Destroy Internet Freedom
January 16th, 2012 by NC Tea Party Staff Categories: Hot Topics, Limited Government, Regulations, Uncategorized 3 Responses

Two pieces of dangerous legislation are currently being debated in Congress that could forever change the Internet: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA). The proponents of these harmful bills claim that it is necessary to stop online piracy, the illegal sale and/or distribution of copyrighted and trademarked products on the Internet. Regardless of how well-intentioned the pieces of legislation may be or one’s perspective on intellectual property laws, SOPA and the Protect IP Act would severely cripple free speech and stifle innovation online.

The Internet is a prime example of what Nobel Prize-winning economist F.A. Hayek called spontaneous order. One single institution does not control the Internet. This is primarily what makes the Internet so great. Billions of individuals all over the world are free to spread unrestricted information on the Internet. I actually became a libertarian largely because I was exposed to ideas that I never heard before on the free Internet. Can you imagine how terrible the Internet would be if it was centrally-planned by the government? A centralized institution cannot possibly know or satisfy the unique wants of billions of individuals across the globe.

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Why We Must Defeat SOPA: Fate of Democracy and Fate of Internet Are Linked
Wed, 01/18/2012 - 12:16pm — EricByler

SOPA Controversy Sparks Massive On-Line Protest, Congress Blinks

by Eric Byler

Whether or not you've been following the controversy over anti-piracy legislation, please watch the video below and check out this website, both by a group called Stop American Censorship.   

 

 

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet

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Good to see.   Especially nice to see the tea party is not taking their queue from Robert Murdoch and his media empire in this case.

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Good to see.   Especially nice to see the tea party is not taking their queue from Robert Murdoch and his media empire in this case.

.........yes, but a large swath of the Tea Party has been co-opted by the GOP, aka Tea Party Express......IMO, that's why the Tea Parties can't jointly arrive at a conclusive agenda..........