(I got this link from the Cybertelecom-l mailing list)
Who's Missing From Today's SOPA Hearing? A Short List
The House Judiciary Committee will meet today for a hearing on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). What could have been an opportunity for the committee to hear from a variety of stakeholders has devolved into a parade of pro-SOPA partisans. Scheduled to testify are representatives from the Register of Copyrights, Pfizer Global Security, the Motion Picture Association of America, the AFL-CIO, and Mastercard Worldwide, many of which helped to draft this legislation in the first place, and didn't let anyone else into the room. The only scheduled witness in opposition to the bill is Katherine Oyama, policy counsel on copyright and trademark law for Google.
The curtain rises a little more each day: Comcast is able to pack the FCC's public meetings, and nothing was ever said. Now, the Judiciary committee of "our" House of Representatives excludes opinions that their owners^H^H^H^H^H^H contributors don't choose to let them hear.
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