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Re:Tumblr's anti-censorship message generated 87,834 phone c... by Dn_Ab on Friday November 18, 2011 @09:43AM (#3251843)
This is not just a risk to the U.S. Europe, Australia and especially the U.K. look to the U.S. for precedent. If this passes it is likely that they would use it as a basis to extend this nonsense to their respective jurisdictions while justifying it as necessary for protective or economic reasons.

Then these countries will have less of a leg to stand on when criticizing less open countries; who will be able to say: actually you are no different to us, the only difference is that we are more honest about the fact that we prioritize other things above freedom and cultural advancement.

Re:Tumblr's anti-censorship message generated 87,834 phone c... by dclaysmith on Friday November 18, 2011 @09:48AM (#3251866)
Looks like the EU has already come out against SOPA. https://torrentfreak.com/eu-adopts-resolution-against-us-dom...
Re:Tumblr's anti-censorship message generated 87,834 phone c... by Dn_Ab on Friday November 18, 2011 @09:58AM (#3251902)
Ah thanks. That is something positive at least.
Re:Tumblr's anti-censorship message generated 87,834 phone c... by dhimes on Friday November 18, 2011 @12:15PM (#3252448)
cnn and msnbc don't appear to be following the story at all.
Re:Tumblr's anti-censorship message generated 87,834 phone c... by waqf on Friday November 18, 2011 @08:02PM (#3254219)
No surprises there since CNN is a content provider and MS is also believed to be pro-SOPA:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3249396

Re:Tumblr's anti-censorship message generated 87,834 phone c... by dhimes on Saturday November 19, 2011 @10:03AM (#3255398)
Following up, I asked my wife last night and she had heard nothing about it.