[Solar-general] Google just dropped a bomb

[Luciano Lamaita]

On Thu, May 19, 2011 17:37, David Segal, DemandProgress.org wrote:
>       Luciano,
>
>    Great news:  We don't always see eye-to-eye with Google, but we're on the
>    same team this time.  Google CEO Eric Schmidt just came out swinging
>    against PROTECT IP, saying, "I would be very, very careful if I were a
>    government about arbitrarily [implementing] simple solutions to complex
>    problems." And then he went even further.  From the LA Times:
>
>    "If there is a law that requires DNSs, to do X and it's passed by both
>    houses of Congress and signed by the president of the United States and we
>    disagree with it then we would still fight it,"
>
>    We're making a lot of noise, and the chorus is growing.  Will you make
>    sure your friends know about this noxious bill by using these links or
>    forwarding the email below?
>
>    [1][fb] If you're already on Facebook, [2]click here to share with your
>            friends.
>    [3][fb] If you're already on Twitter, click here to tweet about the
>            campaign: [4]Tweet
>
>    Big content is irate.  The Motion Picture Association of America released
>    a statement saying, "We've heard this `but the law doesn't apply to me'
>    argument before - but usually, it comes from content thieves, not a
>    Fortune 500 company.  Google should know better."
>
>    We're forcing politicians and the press to pay attention -- and making our
>    opponents real nervous.  Will you make sure your friends know about
>    PROTECT IP by using the links above or forwarding the email below?
>
>    Together we can win this one.
>
>     -- The Demand Progress team
>
>
>
>    Here's that email that you can send to your friends.
>
>    Friends,
>
>    Shhh... We're not allowed to talk about it.  The new Internet Blacklist
>    Bill shows so little regard for free speech and Internet freedom that it
>    would actually ban people from having serious conversations about the new
>    Internet Blacklist Bill.
>
>    It would block "information location tools" from pointing to sites
>    suspected of piracy.  So that means that we couldn't send you an email
>    just like this one with links to the websites that were being prosecuted.
>
>    [5]Will you click here to urge Congress to oppose the ridiculous, obscene,
>    draconian, PROTECT-IP Act?
>
>    It's not an exaggeration for CNET's headline to shout, "Senate bill
>    amounts to death penalty for websites." They say the draft bill "would
>    certainly sweep in Google, Yahoo, and search engines, and may also cover
>    many other Web sites."
>
>    [6]Please help us fight this legislation, which is far worse than the
>    first Internet Blacklist Bill -- just click here.
>
>    Thanks for standing with us.
>
>
>
>    P.S. The new bill is a "death penalty for websites" and it's moving fast.
>    Will you forward this email to your friends or share the petition with
>    them using these links?
>
>    [7][fb] If you're already on Facebook, [8]click here to share with your
>            friends.
>    [9][fb] If you're already on Twitter, click here to tweet about the
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