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It would require blocking of sites that are the subject of internet piracy. critics argue the crackdown on piracy will not be the bill's only effect. >> sopa places tremendous incentives towards anyone who does business with an american company to pull the plug on them without warning. so if anyone complained about something posted on a website that they didn't like they could most likely get that website pulled off the internet. >> reporter: those in favor maintain safeguards are in place to prevent such shut downs and today's protest by sites like wikipedia is misguided. >> i think it's very...

You have insurance, the brand will be $50 and generic, $10 and now you can get the medication for $4 a month and some sites, lipitorforyou.com, sign up and ask for it, and as marc mentioned they are trying to keep a lot of patients on the brand medications and that is the best thing to happen. >> and one thing to add. if you can get it on-line make sure your physician is in the loop. we talked about it last week and stay away from internet piracy. >> eric: a wonder drug as they call it. >> jamie: great news, if we don't have your attention, how about this: viagra may have more uses besides the...

Will cover it. >> making a lot of money. shannon bream, thanks so much. the federal government announced a major crackdown on internet piracy and counterfeiting. officials say they're targeting web sites that allow about anybody to illegally down copyrighted music, software for free. they've already shut down five web sites that are offering movie releases hours after they hit the theaters. they vow to target sites that sell counterfeit pharmaceuticals. they say it costs the industry billions of dollars each year. the senate has decided whether to confirm david petraeus as the top u.s. command...

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Crack down on the theft of other people's content online. theft like the kind senator blunt engaged in himself, very publicly on his own twitter page. it's not just senator blunt. vice magazine screen grabbed the twitter page for claire mccaskill, sponsored the forerunner of the legislation, to stop online piracy. like the kind she apparently committed in taking this poor guy's picture off flicker without his permission. it's not just senator blunt and mccaskill, dennis ross, a sponsor of this bill to stop internet piracy. this congressman put this cartoon picture of a fat piggy government on ...