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on Saturday May 10 2014, @02:00AM
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from the my-favorite-acronym-that-sounds-like-Mario-asking-for-cleaning-supplies dept.
Cory Doctrow at bOing bOing brings us Congressmen ask ad companies to pretend SOPA is law, break anti-trust:
A murder of Congresscritters and Senators have told Internet ad-brokers that they expect them to behave as though SOPA passed into law (instead of suffering hideous, total defeat); they want the companies to establish a secret, unaccountable blacklist of "pirate" sites. The group comprises Congressmen Bob Goodlatte and Adam Schiff, and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Orrin Hatch. This isn't just a terrible idea, it's also an obviously illegal antitrust violation.
He also links Mitch Stoltz from the Electronic Frontier Foundation Who points out this is a violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust law.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by hash14 on Saturday May 10 2014, @08:52AM
There's no such thing as a law against legislative malpractice - but this is exactly what it would be: abusing your position as a legislator to push an agenda that has been overwhelmingly rejected is a criminal act and should be treated as such.
The problem is that there is no repercussion for this behavior, just as there is no repercussion for patent trolls (including the corporate ones like Microsoft, IBM, Apple, etc.). Suggestions on how to fix it?
Yes, yes, I know - the US Congress members actually are serving those they represent, it's just it's not the people who elect them, it's the ones who pay for them to get elected.