They have a point. It’s also why I’m not staying logged in to any google account because of the privacy policy changes and why my mail accounts won’t be with google either (not that they are now anyway).
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What it comes down to is that google is a giant marketing company based on ads. They feed you ads so their product remains free for you. This time, there is no opt-out. Basically, if you don’t like their new policies, you will have to move your information elsewhere. The new policies will take effect March 1, 2012.
Meet Lamar Smith, representative from Texas, and Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary.
As Chairman he can kill any bill he doesn’t like by denying it a hearing while giving priority to the bills he wants to pass, Like SOPA.
While addressing the massive outcry over SOPA he stated that:
“It’s a vocal minority. Because they’re strident doesn’t mean they’re either legitimate or large in number. One, they need to read the language. Show me the language. There’s nothing they can point to that does what they say it does do. I think their fears are unfounded.”
Above is a list of people that have pointed at the language, including law professors and computer experts.
You have a civil war among video game companies, and the successful boycott of a company. How do you ignore that?
It’s an election year. This November. Whatever happens, Texas, please kick this guy out of office.
Picture by ChadRocco.
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit.com, talks about his opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act. Ohanian, speaking on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness With Margaret Brennan,” said he would like to see innovative solutions to piracy as opposed to government intervention. (Source: Bloomberg)
Discussions at reddit and Hacker News.
Lamar Smith still thinks that Reddit SOPA Protestors are not legitimate or large in number.
When asked about online opposition to the bill from places such as Reddit, Smith was quite dismissive.
“It’s a vocal minority, he said. “Because they’re strident doesn’t mean they’re either legitimate or large in number.
Remember folks, reddit, google, facebook, and amazon, are just a vocal minority.
