, it seems that the MPAA and the Chamber of Commerce of U. S. can expect even more of their "friends" to support the soup. The final surprise is that the Heritage Foundation argued against SOUP, warning that dangerous would probably have unintended consequences. It shows both security issues and concerns of the First Amendment:

The requirement that search engines ignore links to other sites dishonest undermining the role of search firms as trusted intermediaries in the transmission of information to users. There are, of course, other circumstances in which the search engines and to omit information and links, for example, Google automatically filter pornography from its search results. But it has never been a government mandate that information is retained from the search results. The imposition of a mandate to represent the first step in a classic slippery slope of government interference that has no clear stopping point.

No doubt, the limitations of search engines and other third parties under SOPA also violate constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression. But even if it is not prohibited by law, such restrictions should be imposed only after the most careful consideration, only when absolutely necessary, and even then for the smallest possible.



What is really surprising is that the Heritage Foundation has a long history, far from being strongly in favor of more stringent copyright, and champion the efforts of the RIAA and MPAA legal to go to the drop of a hat on copyright:

Unlike some groups in Washington that are predictable anti-copyright, Heritage has historically taken the opposite position. It is called the Motion Picture Association of America decision to prosecute peer-to-peer pirates a "good choice" and suggested that the disruption of P2P networks to curb piracy, an idea that some politicians actually proposed is "a step in the right direction. "


[....] For now the group go the other is a surprise - and promotes rapid growth momentum against the SOPA. It became a lot (but certainly not all) of the force had been "left." However, recent concerns groups DC as the "right" tends to follow and respect (including CATO, CEI and now the site), it seems that many politicians on both sides of the aisle can be any more skeptical about the soup. You can have the voice to leave the House Judiciary Committee, but it can be difficult for him to survive a floor vote

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