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Former WMF counsel Mike Godwin (and former DC lawyer) just commented on the Foundation mailing list:

    Dan, you're misreading the implications of what the story you link to
    says. What's actually happening is that the House sponsors hope to
    defuse opposition by delaying and slightly modifying SOPA. My
    experience as a DC lawyer for much of my career strongly suggests that
    there's no reason to suspend expressions of opposition to SOPA or PIPA
    or the general effort by content companies to change the internet as
    we know it. In my view, it is wholly incorrect to say "that time is
    not right now."  Anything that the legislators can interpret as a lack
    of resolve from the internet communities will encourage them to
    resubmit SOPA or its equivalent in another form. The time for
    protesting this is, in fact, right now.



In that case, I will go with this guy's view :) He seems to know what he's talking about. Bring on the blackout!





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