Strange bedfellows: Nancy Pelosi, Ron Paul join SOPA opposition
Strange bedfellows: Nancy Pelosi, Ron Paul join SOPA opposition
By Timothy B. Lee
We’ve already written about the wide variety of groups outside of Congress, including legal scholars, high-tech investors, and network engineers, that oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate counterpart, the PROTECT IP Act. More recently, we’ve seen growing opposition within Congress itself. The latest SOPA opponent: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
Reacting to a tweet from San Francisco resident Jeffrey Rodman, the San Francisco Democrat tweeted on Thursday that her colleagues “need to find a better solution than #SOPA.” She also urged Congress: “#DontBreakTheInternet.” This seems to be the first time Pelosi has weighed in on the SOPA debate, and it suggests that the concerns of SOPA’s critics are being heard on the Democratic side of the aisle.