Please log in or sign up to continue. Recommend Unrecommend Add to Blog. Edit Tags. Done Editing Tags. Share this article. We cannot simply shrug off the threat of online piracy. We cannot do nothing. This content was created by a Daily Kos Community member. Opponents of the bills argued that the entertainment industry's supporters in Congress drafted the bills with the close cooperation of the industry, particularly the Motion Picture Association of America and the recording industry.
They said the tech industry's concerns were given short shrift in the drafting phase. Supporters of the bills argue they are needed because rampant copyright theft by unauthorized websites located overseas costs American companies billions of dollars a year in lost revenues. Klobuchar has also received financial support from the entertainment business interests that backed PIPA.
Still, University of Minnesota political science professor Larry Jacobs thinks that the political storm will eventually blow over for Franken and Klobuchar. Jacobs also said Franken's response to the debate says a lot about his evolution as a politician. This one, he kind of just ducked and hid. Franken's staff said he wasn't available for an interview on the issue this week due to a heavy travel schedule.
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Ruffini argued that the controversy over PIPA gives the GOP "a chance to flip the tech community," winning Republicans a new donor base, or at least making it harder for Democrats to raise money in Silicon Valley. He noted that Republican politicans have already begun visiting technology companies seeking support. By picking a fight with the Democratic leadership over PIPA, they could win lasting respect from technologists.
Ruffini encouraged Republican leaders to "make a partisan issue out of it. It's not like this is an obscure issue," Ruffini said.
But polarization can help ensure that both sides of the debate are strongly represented, he noted. The lack of polarization has meant that both parties consistently side with Hollywood. Events have moved quickly since we talked to Salam and Ruffini on Thursday afternoon. Former speaker Newt Gingrich explicitly tied his opposition to his broader antipathy toward Hollywood liberals. The bill's sponsor, Sen. Patrick Leahy D-VT was furious. And Rep.
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