January 18, 2012
Internet crackdown shows cracks as Sen. Bennet of Colorado backs away from anti-piracy legislation Allison Sherry writes: Last year, the Senate version passed unanimously out of a committee with broad Republican and Democratic support. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, was among 40 co-sponsors of the legislation. But Tuesday, Bennet backed away from supporting it in its current form. Sen. Mark Udall, also a Colorado Democrat, does not support the measure. He said Tuesday that it could be “a bill looking for a problem.” Rep. Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat and an Internet entrepreneur, has been a leading opponent of the measure. In protest, Polis entered the lyrics of “The Internet Is for Porn” into the Congressional Record in December. Read the rest of Allison’s examination of the state of SOPA and PIPA View images of sites as they appear during the Jan. 18, 2012 “blackout”

Internet crackdown shows cracks as Sen. Bennet of Colorado backs away from anti-piracy legislation

Allison Sherry writes:

Last year, the Senate version passed unanimously out of a committee with broad Republican and Democratic support. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, was among 40 co-sponsors of the legislation. But Tuesday, Bennet backed away from supporting it in its current form.

Sen. Mark Udall, also a Colorado Democrat, does not support the measure. He said Tuesday that it could be “a bill looking for a problem.”

Rep. Jared Polis, a Boulder Democrat and an Internet entrepreneur, has been a leading opponent of the measure. In protest, Polis entered the lyrics of “The Internet Is for Porn” into the Congressional Record in December.

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