PROTECT IP Act called unconstitutional by bipartisan group of law professors

Seems Eric Schmidt isn’t alone in his vehement opposition to the PROTECT IP Act , and the resistance is hardly partisan. a bunch of over 100 law professors signed a letter (jointly authored by Mark Lemley, David Levine, and David Post) arguing that the legislation working its way through congress is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has previously ruled that speech cannot be suppressed without the speaker being given a possibility to defend his or her actions. Yet, under the bill being advocated for by the RIAA the MPAA , a judge can issue a brief restraining order in an effort to essentially shutdown a domain based only on evidence presented by the federal government. The letter warns that, not just could overseas domain owners be cheated of definitely the right to due process but, a lot of protected speech might be censored based a single piece of infringing material. As we warned, this will only get nastier and this nascent battle remains only just getting started. Take a look at the whole letter on the source.

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