On OpenCongress Blog, Donny Shaw reports ahead of [today’s scheduled] meeting the [House Judiciary Committee] chairman, Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX], has pulled a neat little trick. Smith has come out with a manager’s amendment that eliminates the most insanely…
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Browsing On A Sunday: Copyright, Cat Hair, And Warranties
11
Dec
Constitutional scholar Laurence H. Tribe has submitted an analysis of the Stop Online Piracy Act to the House Judiciary Committee. He says the Act is an unconstitutional implementation of prior restraint. This counters a memo by Floyd Abrams who says…
SOPA Goes To A (Carefully Managed) Hearing
16
Nov
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is headed to a hearing today before the full House Judiciary Committee. Well, we’ll call it a hearing because there is at least one party testifying that opposes the bill, and that is Katherine…
