Rep. Jared Polis (Colorado Democrat who previously founded BlueMountainArts.com) has entered the complete lyrics of "The Internet is for Porn" into the official record of the SOPA debate.
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4:51 pm Fri
Dec 16, 2011
"The Internet is For Porn" entered into official SOPA debate record
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