Law Professors Want To Kick PROTECT-IP To The Curb

By: Darlene Storm ~ Computer World

“When Internet law professors come together to say something fails the test to be constitutional, wouldn’t you think they know what they are talking about? How many groups of professionals can shout from the rooftops before politicians hear and heed that wisdom? It is time to give America back the freedoms and rights for which the USA is supposed to stand for and was founded upon, like freedom of speech.”

“The Volokh Conspiracy announced that more than 90 (and still counting) “law professors who teach and write about intellectual property and Internet law” signed a letter opposing Senator Leahy’s PROTECT-IP Act and asked Congress to reject it”

Article Continues At:  Computer World

Update Of Final Letter:

PROTECT – IP Letter

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Protect IP Act 2011:

“Protect IP Act (short for Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, also known as United States Senate Bill S.968) is a bill introduced on May 12, 2011 by senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)^[1] and aimed at denying access and linking to “pirate” or “rogue” websites, especially those registered outside the U.S., which are “dedicated to infringing activities”.^[2]

Having been passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Bill was placed on hold by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR).^[3]

The legislation is a re-write of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act which failed to pass in 2010.^{[4] “}

For Full Information, Please Visit: Protect IP Act 2011

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“Danno”