Today, Congressman Mike Turner released the following statement on the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) pending in the House, and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) pending in the Senate:
“While I support and respect Intellectual Property rights, SOPA and PIPA are fundamentally flawed bills which I do not support. Both of these bills would restrict Americans' ability to access sites on the Internet, impose burdensome and costly new regulations on web companies and expand the powers of the federal government to police the Internet. Ultimately, these bills would reshape the landscape of the Internet as we know it. In the process it would do more harm than good in the battle against copyright infringement. Congress must balance the important needs of enforcing intellectual property laws while continuing to promote innovation and preserving an open exchange of information and ideas on the Internet.”
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