David Segal, DemandProgress.org

 
Great news:  We don't always see eye-to-eye with Google, but we're on the same team this time.  Google CEO Eric Schmidt just came out swinging against PROTECT IP, saying, "I would be very, very careful if I were a government about arbitrarily [implementing] simple solutions to complex problems." And then he went even further.  From the LA Times:

"If there is a law that requires DNSs, to do X and it's passed by both houses of Congress and signed by the president of the United States and we disagree with it then we would still fight it,"

We're making a lot of noise, and the chorus is growing.  Will you make sure your friends know about this noxious bill by using these links or forwarding the email below?

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Big content is irate.  The Motion Picture Association of America released a statement saying, "We’ve heard this ‘but the law doesn’t apply to me’ argument before – but usually, it comes from content thieves, not a Fortune 500 company.  Google should know better."
We're forcing politicians and the press to pay attention -- and making our opponents real nervous.  Will you make sure your friends know about PROTECT IP by using the links above or forwarding the email below?
Together we can win this one.
 -- The Demand Progress team

Here's that email that you can send to your friends.
Friends,
Shhh... We're not allowed to talk about it.  The new Internet Blacklist Bill shows so little regard for free speech and Internet freedom that it would actually ban people from having serious conversations about the new Internet Blacklist Bill. 
It would block "information location tools" from pointing to sites suspected of piracy.  So that means that we couldn't send you an email just like this one with links to the websites that were being prosecuted.
Will you click here to urge Congress to oppose the ridiculous, obscene, draconian, PROTECT-IP Act?
It's not an exaggeration for CNET's headline to shout, "Senate bill amounts to death penalty for websites." They say the draft bill "would certainly sweep in Google, Yahoo, and search engines, and may also cover many other Web sites." 
Please help us fight this legislation, which is far worse than the first Internet Blacklist Bill -- just click here.
Thanks for standing with us.

P.S. The new bill is a "death penalty for websites" and it's moving fast.  Will you forward this email to your friends or share the petition with them using these links?

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