PIPA Response from Senator Michael Bennet
Emailed to me today in response to the email I sent urging him to oppose SOPA/PIPA.
As a free place for expression and commerce, the Internet is a representation of what is best about American ingenuity. Unfortunately there is a disturbingly large number of criminals who take advantage of this forum by stealing and illegally selling intellectual property. Many of these individuals do not even live in this country. And current law is inadequate to address the problem of offshore rogue pirates exploiting the creativity of Americans.
The chain of logic at work here.
- Foreigners are stealing our IP.
- U.S. laws don’t apply to foreigners.
- Therefore, we need new laws here in the US to solve this problem.
