Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Web Activists’ Assault On AntiPiracy Bills Sends Supporters Fleeing More Senators Dropping Off As CoSponsors Of PIPA Marco Rubio says he's pulling support for Internet piracy bill A Tea Party State of Confusion withdraws internet and his website crashes Republican SOPA Bailing Out Amidst Blackout Senate Copyright Bill Loses Key Supporter Senator His CoSponsorship Support Wanes as Protests Spread Sen. making Haiti visit to review rebuilding efforts Time everyone else get serious Department Defense cuts are too deep ObamaClinton vs. RomneyRubio White House

Sen. Marco Rubio drops support of PIPA, a bill he co-sponsored Good news for the anti-SOPA/PIPA crowd: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) announced on his official Facebook page that he no longer supports the "PROTECT IP Act" (PIPA), a bill he co-sponsored. In his statement, Sen. Rubio also urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to "abandon his plan to rush the bill to the floor." PIPA is currently schedule to go before the full Senate for a procedural vote to ... PIPA backers Sens Marco Rubio, John Cornyn back off bill The Wednesday blackout protests by SOPA and PIPA protesters have been the latest pressure against lawmakers to stop the anti-web piracy bills – and it seems to be working. read more Marco Rubio on GQ's Most Powerful List GQ names the men and women whose decisions matter in a town where everyone inflates their own importance. Sen. Marco Rubio drops support of PIPA, a bill he co-sponsored [Update: 2nd Sen. backs down] In an early sign that the mass online blackout in protest of the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and the "PROTECT IP Act" (PIPA) is working, PIPA co-sponsor Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has pulled his support for the Senate's controversial anti-piracy bill. Marco Rubio Jumps Protect IP Ship Amid Internet Blackout Protest WASHINGTON -- With thousands of websites large and small blacked out Wednesday in protest of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, a House bill, and its Senate counterpart, the Protect IP Act , another co-sponsor of the legislation has withdrawn his support -- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). PIPA Co-Sponsor Marco Rubio Dropped His Support In a Facebook posting today, Florida Senator Marco Rubio withdrew support of the Protect IP Act (PIPA) the Senate's anti-piracy legislation--a bill he had originally co-sponsored. The bill is the Senate's complementary bill to the House's Stop Online Piracy Act (which are two pages that Wikipedia did not black out todayt).  At around 10 a.m. Rubio posted his withdrawal of support.  "I have a ... Sen. Marco Rubio's website crashes dropping PIPA support Hours after Sen. Marco Rubio pulled support of the anti-piracy bills, his website slowed to a crawl and crashed. Marco Rubio says he's pulling support for Internet piracy bill Marco Rubio reversed field on Internet piracy today, saying he would no longer support a suddenly controversial bill now before the Senate. read more SOPA and PIPA sponsors withdraw bill sponsorship UPDATE: Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Ben Quayle, and other sponsors of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Poll: Rubio could sway Fla. Republcans A new poll shows that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) could swing this month's Republican primary in Florida.
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References:
http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/web-activists-assault-on-anti-piracy-bills-sends-supporters-fleeing/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/11581717456/more-senators-dropping-off-as-co-sponsors-pipa.shtml
http://feeds.jacksonville.com/~r/JacksonvillecomNews/~3/qodrl8ZP_oo/marco-rubio-says-hes-pulling-support-internet-piracy-bill
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=481940bfc34f8e8fffd7ffeaf47c7295
http://feeds.sun-sentinel.com/~r/sun-sentinel/news/education/~3/ylLkfCb0rcM/fl-rubio-heads-to-haiti-20120116,0,6437357.story
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