What's with all the NY Democrats voting for this horrid bill?
I think (and correct me if I'm wrong) that NY Democrats get a lot of donations from those in the entertainment industries (Hollywood, TV Networks, and whatnot), and those industries support these kinds of bills because they think an unregulated Internet cuts into their profit margins.
If this is true, that probably also explains California Democrats (where Hollywood is located after all) doing the same thing, and why Al Franken is in support of this (because he's been involved with the same industries, if I recall correctly).
People seem to be confusing this with PIPA and SOPA. This is not an anti-piracy bill. It is an anti-privacy bill.
Probably it's because NY Democrats (or at least the type that end up in Congress) are more hawkish on security/law enforcement than a lot of places, esp post 9/11.
And because they live next to New Jersey.
