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Congressman Lamar Smith, Author Of SOPA, Breaks Copyright Law On Campaign Website (IMAGE)
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Jan 18, 2012 04:46pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | On the same day that Wikipedia turned off their lights for 24 hours to protest the proposed “Stop Online Piracy Act” or SOPA as it is better known, the very politician who wrote the bill was called out by the 9GAG website for being caught redhanded breaking copyright law on his official campaign website.
Lamar Smith, the politician in question that has been pushing the bill that has even the tech Gurus over at Mashable screaming foul over SOPA’s extreme overreach and censorship capabilities, has allegedly used a photograph for the background of his campaign website without giving credit to the photographer or paying for its use. That’s right, the guy who wants to stop online piracy is apparently an Internet pirate himself – Arrrrrrr |
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