[Infowarrior] - McConnell Calls for Senate Dems to Shelve PIPA

[Richard Forno]

Funny, if folks had just listened to the critics BEFORE the protest this week, it never would have come to this.   Now almost everyone in DC is falling over themselves trying to distance themselves from SOPA/PIPA.    Sen Pat Lame-Hy and Rep Lame-r Smith notwithstanding, of course. -- rick

Jan 19 2012

http://mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=395c3114-a1a5-4550-9080-ed412caf547d&ContentType_id=c19bc7a5-2bb9-4a73-b2ab-3c1b5191a72b&Group_id=0fd6ddca-6a05-4b26-8710-a0b7b59a8f1f

McConnell Calls for Senate Dems to Shelve PIPA, Study and Resolve ‘Serious Issues’ With the Bill

Washington, D.C.– U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement Thursday encouraging the Democrat majority to set aside the PIPA legislation pending resolution of ‘the serious issues’ with the legislation:

“While we must combat the on-line theft of intellectual property, current proposals in Congress raise serious legal, policy and operational concerns. Rather than prematurely bringing the Protect IP Act to the Senate floor, we should first study and resolve the serious issues with this legislation. Considering this bill without first doing so could be counterproductive to achieving the shared goal of enacting  appropriate and additional tools to combat the theft of intellectual property. I encourage the Senate Majority to reconsider its decision to proceed to this bill.”

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