From Techdirt: House Judiciary Committee SOPA Hearings Stacked 5 To 1 In Favor Of Censoring The Internet | Techdirt
from the what-are-they-afraid-of dept
Apparently the folks behind SOPA are really scared to hear from the opposition. We all expected that the Judiciary Committee hearings wouldn't be a fair fight. In Congress, they rarely are fair fights. But most people expected the typical "three in favor, one against" weighted hearings. That's already childish, but it seems that the Judiciary Committee has decided to take the ridiculousness to new heights. We'd already mentioned last week that the Committee had rejected the request of NetCoalition to take part in the hearings. At the time, we'd heard that the hearings were going to be stacked four-to-one in favor of SOPA. However, the latest report coming out of the Committee is that they're so afraid to actually hear about the real opposition that they've lined up five pro-SOPA speakers and only one "against."
Click the link above for the rest of the article. And for a very clear explanation of SOPA and why it's wrong, check out the infographic below from AmericanCensorship.org
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