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71. Id. §337A(e)(4) .
72. Id. §337A(c)(3).
73. Rep. Ron Wyden, “Statement for the Record, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Hearing ‘Targeting
Websites Dedicated To Stealing American Intellectual Property’” (Feb. 16, 2011) (available at http://
www.wyden.senate.gov/priorities/fighting-for-digital-rights).
74. Law Professors, Letter in Opposition to COICA (undated) (available at https://www.eff.org/files/
filenode/coica_files/Professors’%20Letter%20re%20COICA%20and%20Signatories.pdf); Peter Eckersley, “An
Open Letter from Internet Engineers to the Senate Judiciary Committee,” Electronic Frontier Foundation (Sept.
28, 2010) (available at https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/09/open-letter); “Statement of the Center for
Democracy & Technology Regarding the Hearing: Targeting Websites Dedicated to Stealing American Intellectual
Property,” Center for Democracy & Technology (Feb. 16, 2011) (available at https://www.cdt.org/files/pdfs/
20110216_rogue_sites_statement.pdf).
75. Some of the rebuttal came from Internet engineering experts who thought the concerns were
wrongheaded, misleading or overblown. See, e.g., George Ou, “My DNS Filtering Research before House
SOPA Panel” (Dec. 16, 2011) (available at http://www.hightechforum.org/my-dns-filtering-research-beforehouse-sopa-panel/);
George Ou, “DNS Filtering is Essential to the Operation of the Internet” (June 24, 2011)
(available at http://www.hightechforum.org/dns-filtering-is-essential-to-the-internet/).
76. Statement of Michael O’Leary, Senior Executive Vice President for Global Policy and External Affairs at
the MPAA, “Open Act Ineffective in Targeting Growing Threat of Foreign Criminal Websites,” Press Release
(Jan. 11, 2012) (available at http://www.mpaa.org/resources/428712e0-704e-4f00-b2ab-2e5c59b35a82.pdf).
77. Library Copyright Alliance et al., Letter to Sen. Wyden, Rep. Issa, and Rep. Chaffetz (Dec. 12, 2011)
(available at http://www.arl.org/storage/documents/publications/lca_letteropenact_12dec11.pdf).
78. Joint Letter to Rep. Issa and Rep. Chaffetz (undated), signed by AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google,
LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo!, Zynga (available at http://keepthewebopen.com/assets/pdfs/12-13-
11%20Big%20Web%20Companies%20OPEN%20Endorsement%20Letter.pdf).
79. Susan Decker, “Kodak Loses Case Against Apple, RIM on Imaging Patent,” Bloomberg (July 20, 2012)
(available at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-20/kodak-loses-case-against-apple-rim-on-imagingpatent.html);
see also Jamie Keene, “RIAA call online piracy a threat to national security,” The Verge (Jan. 6,
2012) (available at http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/6/2686593/riaa-rejects-open-confirms-sopa-support); Chloe
Albanesius, “Amidst SOPA, PIPA Blackouts, Issa Introduces Rival OPEN Act,” PCMag.com (Jan. 18, 2012)
(available at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399070,00.asp); Sandra Aistars, “The Alternative is
Impractical,” New York Times (Jan. 18, 2012) (available at http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/01/18/
whats-the-best-way-to-protect-against-online-piracy/the-open-act-is-impractical-for-artists).
80. Eric Goldman, “The OPEN Act: Significantly Flawed But More Salvageable Than SOPA/PROTECT-
IP” (Dec. 10, 2011) (available at http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/12/the_open_act_de.htm).
81. Id.
82. Id.; see also Colleen V. Chien, “Patently Protectionist? An Empirical Analysis of Patent Cases at the
International Trade Commission,” 50 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. at. 63 (2008) (available at http://papers.ssrn.com/
sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1150962).
83. Eric Goldman, “The OPEN Act: Significantly Flawed But More Salvageable Than SOPA/PROTECT-
IP” (Dec. 10, 2011) (available at http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2011/12/the_open_act_de.htm).
84. Id.; see also Colleen V. Chien, “Patently Protectionist? An Empirical Analysis of Patent Cases at the
International Trade Commission,” 50 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. at. 63 (2008) (available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/
papers.cfm?abstract_id=1150962).
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