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"an attempted takeover of the democratic process by industry"

I hate to be the one to tell you this, but the attempt happened a long time ago, and it was completely successful.

There is also precedent for something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_World_Wide_Web_protest

(1) It was a different time, when almost everyone online was technical; (2) it didn't work then like protesting SOPA today would be intended to, since the act passed back then; and (3) that act was ruled unconstitutional by the courts, rather than by democratic action motivated by protest.

So I think that example is irrelevant in almost every way.

(As to whether congress was taken over by industry; of course I agree with you. I'm not in favour of SOPA, after all. I'm just wargaming the potential scenario of a protest like this today.)

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