Law professors want to kick PROTECT-IP to the curb

Law professors want to kick PROTECT-IP to the curb

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 [PDF] and asked Congress to reject it. These legal minds determined that if passed, then the U.S. would be censoring freedom of speech as badly as “repressive regimes.” The start of the letter states:….

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