Bachmann Concerned About PROTECT IP Act

[alp227]

Source: Broadcasting & Cable

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), presidential candidate and chair of the Tea Party Caucus, says she has "serious concerns" about the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT IP Act), which would give the government and copyright holders more power to pursue off-shore digital content theft.

In a letter to IP Act critic Demand Progress, according to a copy of the letter supplied by the group, she says those concerns center on the government getting involved in regulation of the Internet and what she calls "ambiguities" in the bill that could result in an "explosion of destructive, innovation-stalling lawsuits."

"In June, Congresswoman Bachmann started hearing from constituents who oppose S.968, the PROTECT IP Act of 2011," said BAchmann press secretary Becky Rogness. "As is frequently the case when constituents contact their representative about an issue, Congresswoman Bachmann sent a letter in response to her constituents concerned about the PROTECT IP Act of 2011."

Read more: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/475368-Bachmann_Concerned_About_PROTECT_IP_Act.php

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Of course the two N's means it's Congress' resident fundie, not the rocker Randy Bachman. He may be Canadian, but he might have some legit concerns about this act too.

[Enrique]

1. so what's her angle on this

:shrug:

[alp227]

2. she's got a lot of constituents pirating TV/music?

because as the article says residents of her district were writing her with concerns.

[jmowreader]

3. Her angle is simple

This law is a form of regulation, and Republicans are uniformly against regulation. No matter what it is.

[TheWraith]

4. I agree with Bachmann about something... now I think I need a shower.

But the "PROTECT IP" Act is a big pile of steaming turds, designed to give the movie and music industries carte blanche to go around shaking down anyone they want.

[progrocktv]

7. Yea, but....

I agree the bill sucks but I hate to say I think the ONLY reason she is AGAINST it is because Biden is FOR it.

[Flitzy]

5. A broken clock is right twice a day.

The PROTECT IP act is a horrible piece of work and should be opposed. :\

(Shudder, I feel so dirty saying she's right about something!)

[Fearless]

6. +1

[Little Tich]

9. I feel the same. Agreeing with Bachmann is a strange feeling indeed.

[L0oniX]

8. GPL rox!

[saras]

10. It's stopped clock time. She is, once again, right completely by accident.

Like most corporate IP laws of the last few decades, it's a horrible law, with large harmful long-term effects.