Senator Roy Blunt (SOPA Co-Sponsor) Snags Image From Blogger To Use As Twitter Background

Senator Roy Blunt's Twitter page uses a background image found from a BlogSpot user's personal collection.

Jefferson City, MO (prHWY.com) January 13, 2012 - With the recent news of Congressman Lamar Smith's (SOPA Author) alleged copyright violation (http://www.vice.com/read/lamar-smith-serial-copyright-violator), many Congress members are now having their web sites reviewed for violations of this proposed bill.

Senator Roy Blunt, SOPA Co-Sponsor, is currently using an image for his Twitter background that was taken by a blogger on the popular blogging site BlogSpot.com.

Roy Blunt's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/RoyBlunt

BlogSpot User's Image (halfway down the page):
http://linnykenney.blogspot.com/2010/08/willow-springs-missouri.html

Under SOPA's current revision, Roy Blunt's Twitter page could be taken down immediately or even worse, Twitter.com through DNS manipulation.

More information about SOPA can be found at:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

https://www.eff.org

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