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Re:Google has contributed $17.5k to SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith by spinchange on Saturday December 24, 2011 @11:54AM (#3389169)
>Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has said the bill would "criminalize" the Internet, and warns it would create a Web censorship regime similar to ones used in authoritarian countries like China.

>Smith says his bill does not apply to lawful websites, and opponents like Google are "spreading lies" about the legislation

Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/200133-g...

Lamar Smith has basically been calling the politically active chairman of his $17.5K donor a liar for the last two weeks or so.

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Re:Google has contributed $17.5k to SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith by SquareWheel on Saturday December 24, 2011 @12:19PM (#3389215)
That shouldn't be surprising, the passing of SOPA is much larger than a $17.5K donation.
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