Jan 18
this is a move that threatens, rather than protects, property rights, and also threatens america’s internet and tech leadership. — neil stevens

Jan 18
[sopa would] overturn the long-accepted principles and practices [of the dmca] in favor of a one-sided enforcement mechanism that is far more broad than existing law while not attempting to protect the rights of anyone accused of copyright infringement. — gigi b. sohn

Jan 18
these bills were written by the content industry without any input from the technology industry. and they are trying to fast track them through congress and into law without any negotiation with the technology industry. — fred wilson

Jan 18
it contains provisions that will chill innovation. it contains provisions that will tinker with the fundamental fabric of the internet. it gives private corporations the power to censor. and best of all, it bypasses due legal process to do much of it. — james allworth

Jan 18
when ideas are blocked, information deleted, conversations stifled and people constrained in their choices, the internet is diminished for all of us…there isn’t an economic internet and a social internet and a political internet. there’s just the internet. — hillary clinton

Jan 18
sopa, regrettably, represents a big step backward in washington’s efforts to support the digital revolution, one of the only sectors of the economy that continues to grow. — larry downes

Jan 18
the potential for abuse of power through digital networks—upon which we as citizens now depend for nearly everything, including our politics—is one of the most insidious threats to democracy in the internet age…this is no time for politicians and industry lobbyists in washington to be devising new internet censorship mechanisms, adding new opportunities for abuse of corporate and government power over online speech. — rebecca mackinnon

Jan 18
the internet’s domain name system (‘dns’) is a foundational building block upon which the internet has been built and on which its continued functioning critically depends. the act will have potentially catastrophic consequences for the stability and security of the dns.

Jan 18
the solutions are draconian. there’s a bill that would require [internet service providers] to remove urls from the web, which is also known as censorship last time i checked. — google executive chairman eric schmidt

Jan 18
within our community we’re very strong defenders of copyright. we have very strict rules about obeying copyright and we don’t link to materials that we know to be copyright infringement. that isn’t really the issue…the other side will try to paint this as anybody who’s opposed to this must be making money off of piracy or be in favor of piracy. that isn’t true. the issue here is that this law is very badly written, very broadly overreaching… — wikipedia co-founder jimmy wales