She's not called Pipa, but she is apeshit bonkers.
More sane than a Diablo III director? Sure. It appears that the mad, world-dominating Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) is on hold.
Ars Technica has picked up some tweets from Senator Harry Reid a Democrat from Nevada which state that:
" "In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote on the PROTECT IP Act".
He continues, "Americans rightfully expect to be fairly compensated 4 their work. I'm optimistic that we can reach compromise on PROTECT IP in coming weeks."
Apparently this displeased the bill's sponsor, Senator Patrick Leahy - another Democrat but this time from Vermont, who went on the kind of rant last seen in a Youtube video with footage from Downfall.
"The day will come when the Senators who forced this move will look back and realize they made a knee-jerk reaction to a monumental problem.
"Somewhere in China today, in Russia today, and in many other countries that do not respect American intellectual property, criminals who do nothing but peddle in counterfeit products and stolen American content are smugly watching how the United States Senate decided it was not even worth debating how to stop the overseas criminals from draining our economy..."
Thanks to Ars for eye-on-the-ball.
Ars Technica has picked up some tweets from Senator Harry Reid a Democrat from Nevada which state that:
" "In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote on the PROTECT IP Act".
He continues, "Americans rightfully expect to be fairly compensated 4 their work. I'm optimistic that we can reach compromise on PROTECT IP in coming weeks."
Apparently this displeased the bill's sponsor, Senator Patrick Leahy - another Democrat but this time from Vermont, who went on the kind of rant last seen in a Youtube video with footage from Downfall.
"The day will come when the Senators who forced this move will look back and realize they made a knee-jerk reaction to a monumental problem.
"Somewhere in China today, in Russia today, and in many other countries that do not respect American intellectual property, criminals who do nothing but peddle in counterfeit products and stolen American content are smugly watching how the United States Senate decided it was not even worth debating how to stop the overseas criminals from draining our economy..."
Thanks to Ars for eye-on-the-ball.
Comments
DrkStr 23 Jan 2012 09:13
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The day will come when the Senators who forced this move will look back and realize they made a knee-jerk reaction to a monumental problem.
Funny, that's what the rest of the world thinks about you.