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Editorial by Jann Scott

Below is the actual bill before congress. You can read it for yourself. In Boulder there is a severe reaction to this bill by  techies led by tech entrepreneur Brad Feld. In a tweet to me he said that he does “not support Piracy or Hacking or theft:” so why is he against this bill?? 

Privately most techies are hackers, steal songs and movies and feel the internet should remain a lawless wild west.  They think everything on the Internet should be in the public domain. They are anti-business anti capitalist though many of them work in so called Start-up business’s. They are anti-protected rights though all techies demand it for themselves.  We have come to a cross roads where the US Congress has now taken up the cause of protecting artists and film makers  from world wide internet Piracy and Organized crime.

At Boulder Channel 1 we see both sides of the issue.  We are concerned about censorship and the far reaching arm of a bad law.  We have been victims of  it many times. So we don’t like the idea of government reaching into our television channel or newsroom.  On the other hand we don’t steal movies or music.  We don’t allow criminal enterprises to advertise with us.  So we are pretty clean. 

Other issues at hand are hacking, corporate espionage, identity theft, credit card theft and theft of anything online. This now becomes a moral crisis for all  in the Boulder  tech world.

112TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. ll
To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by
combating the theft of U.S. property, and for other purpose

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/112%20HR%203261.pdf