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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by scrod on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:21PM (#3461676)
You need to go to the press with this conversation ASAP.
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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by inmygarage on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:32PM (#3461724)
The call wasn't recorded and I did not get the person's name. I took clear notes and asked him to repeat that the Senator is in favor of "censoring" illegal content, which he confirmed.

The way he said "censor" really made my skin crawl - it was so pompous. Gillibrand's people were nice, fyi.

I asked twice if he had spoken with any constituents over the phone who support the bill and he confirmed twice that he had not.

But still, I am not a journalist and didn't plan to blog about this except that I was so shocked by the replies I got. Surely people who work the phones at these offices must assume that everything they say could end up "on the internet"?

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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by jerf on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:35PM (#3461733)
It's OK, a half-decent journalist wouldn't want to take your word for it anyhow, and would hopefully make their own calls to verify. Just go for it.
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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by pbhjpbhj on Friday January 13, 2012 @07:28PM (#3463055)
So, where can we find this mythical journalist then ...

I'm kidding, I think.

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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by dhimes on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:55PM (#3461824)
The way he said "censor" really made my skin crawl

Maybe, just maybe, the guy on the phone is also against the bill, in fact is sickened by it, and wants you to be angry and take action.

How's that for optimism?

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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by steve-howard on Friday January 13, 2012 @02:26PM (#3461974)
That's already about as much action as we can all do, unless you've got a couple million lying around.
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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by walexander on Friday January 13, 2012 @03:20PM (#3462222)
My guess is he was being facetious.

I'm going to assume this guy has been picking up the phone on this issue non-stop for the last week and is tired of hearing from opponents.

He was probably just entertaining himself.

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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by weaksauce on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:26PM (#3461694)
Is it legal to record phone calls in new york without informing the other party? This would be an excellent sound bite for the national news if so.
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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by cypherpunks01 on Friday January 13, 2012 @02:04PM (#3461867)
It seems that New York is a "one party consent" state, so it is legal to record phone calls without informing the other party. Someone should do this!

http://www.aapsonline.org/judicial/telephone.htm etc.

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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by beagle3 on Friday January 13, 2012 @02:08PM (#3461883)
Most of the press is happy to support SOPA. They've been mostly mum about it so far, with a few minor exceptions.

They're not working for you; they're working for the advertisers.

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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by marshray on Friday January 13, 2012 @02:28PM (#3461990)
A lot of the "press" are the same large multinational corporations that are pushing SOPA.
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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by Udo on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:31PM (#3461719)
If the past months are any indication, no news organization is interested in reporting anything remotely relating to SOPA (except maybe as a short piece to promote it as "the legislation that will stop piracy for good" and that anyone who opposes this is a criminal).

SOPA did not get any media coverage, and I'd be surprised if flippant comments made by an anonymous staffer changed that.

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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by rabble on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:45PM (#3461776)
I mean turning off the internet would put a huge dent in piracy. It's kind of true.
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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by ojbyrne on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:51PM (#3461806)
False. Yesterday I posted a link to an article from Fortune discussing the SOPA "battle."

I'm (obviously) anti-SOPA, but the level of hysteria is somewhat annoying.

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Re:My Call to Senator Schumer’s Office on PIPA: It’s So Much... by ojbyrne on Friday January 13, 2012 @02:38PM (#3462032)
Here's another: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/us/anti-piracy-bill-sopa-b...
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