Was the Stop Online Piracy Act written by lobbyists?

Everybody with an interest has a special interest group, and the special interest group hires lobbyists to help Congress write legislation. The problem here isn't that some lobbyist wrote the legislation, but that only one lobbyist did. That's Congress falling down on its job. read more

Lobbyists draft legislation all the time. In my past life, I personally wrote different pieces of legislation that extended hate crimes protections to the GLBT community, moratoriums on student loan payments for stay-at-home parents, and incentives for venture capital funds to invest in under-served areas. read more

How SOPA would affect you: FAQ. CNET takes an in-depth look at the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, backed by Hollywood and opposed by the largest Web companies and civil liberties groups. read more