SOPA/PIPA not dead, revived as kiddy porn bill
The same bought jerkoff from Texas Rep. Lamar Smith who sponsored SOPA also submitted:
"Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011"
This bill will accomplish much of the same things and be reworked with the same hooks into the internet. What is really absurd is that they can already immediately shutdown and websites involved with child pornography, and they already have the ability to go after IP addresses of anyone involved with file sharing.
As the Megavideo take down shows, they don't need any of these SOPA/PIPA/PCIP laws. The difference is that big corporations want the ability to decide which companies to go after instead of having to influence the DOJ and FBI to enforce the existing copyright laws.
"Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011"
This bill will accomplish much of the same things and be reworked with the same hooks into the internet. What is really absurd is that they can already immediately shutdown and websites involved with child pornography, and they already have the ability to go after IP addresses of anyone involved with file sharing.
As the Megavideo take down shows, they don't need any of these SOPA/PIPA/PCIP laws. The difference is that big corporations want the ability to decide which companies to go after instead of having to influence the DOJ and FBI to enforce the existing copyright laws.
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marinara"under language approved 19 to 10 by a House committee, the firm that sells you Internet access would be required to track all of your Internet activity and save it for 18 months, along with your name, the address where you live, your bank account numbers, your credit card numbers, and IP addresses you've been assigned."
gwiz665Well, that's it, time for a revolution.
notarobot...And then ACTA got passed under our radar. Some info here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/oz4n1/acta_the_latest_threat_to_internet_freedom/
gharkWell I doubt many of the protesters of the PCIPA bill will use anything but the acronym on their posters. The media will of course try to label protesters as 'pro-child porn'. Quite a low tactic, even for politicians.
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