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Censorship on teh interwebs

Posted 11-16-2011 at 09:55 AM by Sekto Springs
Last time I wrote on this subject, it applied to only individual states in the US. Now, a bill is before Congress to allow the same level of censorship on a national scale. Watch the video for more info.

PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.


I urge anyone who reads this, especially those outside of the country, to sign the petition here.
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Wings of Fire's Avatar
Done.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 10:31 AM by Wings of Fire

Daxter King's Avatar
Saw this on 4chan, signed it and posted the vid to my Facebook.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 10:39 AM by Daxter King

MA's Avatar
signed. fucking ridiculous.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 10:55 AM by MA

Havoc's Avatar
I must be missing the petition? Where is it?
Posted 11-16-2011 at 10:58 AM by Havoc

Wings of Fire's Avatar
Right here. You just need to give us your address and bank card number and we'll make sure the federal government hears your issue.

Alternatively: The link from the 'here'
Posted 11-16-2011 at 11:03 AM by Wings of Fire

Havoc's Avatar
Yeah but the link from the 'here' just takes me to a page where I need to fill in my e-mail. Did that, but I don't receive anything.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 11:04 AM by Havoc

Havoc's Avatar
Nevermind I got it.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 11:07 AM by Havoc

Sekto Springs's Avatar
Thanks alot guys.
Apparently one of the many petitions going out already reached over 500k, so here's hoping.

Cheers.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 11:36 AM by Sekto Springs

enchilado's Avatar
Eek. Done.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 11:44 AM by enchilado

MA's Avatar
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Right here. You just need to give us your address and bank card number and we'll make sure the federal government hears your issue.
when do i receive my congratulatory Christmas hamper?
Posted 11-16-2011 at 11:51 AM by MA

Wings of Fire's Avatar
Six to eight weeks.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 12:02 PM by Wings of Fire

Jordan's Avatar
Done!
Posted 11-16-2011 at 02:35 PM by Jordan

DarkHoodness's Avatar
Signed from me too. And for those who haven't come across my topic/not done it yet, sign the Avaaz one as well, it's currently at 279,000:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet_d/?tta
Posted 11-16-2011 at 04:04 PM by DarkHoodness

moxco's Avatar
That video bullshits a bit.

:
From Wikipedia
The PROTECT IP Act focuses on websites that have "no significant use" other than copyright infringement, or enabling or facilitating copyright infringement.
So I doubt YouTube, Facebook or Google will be blocked.

That said it still sounds like a pretty shit idea. I especially dislike this.
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From Wikipedia
For example, if WikiLeaks were accused of distributing copyrighted content, U.S. search engines could be served a court order to block search results pointing to Wikileaks. Requiring search engines to remove links to an entire website altogether due to an infringing page would raise free speech concerns regarding lawful content hosted elsewhere on the site.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 08:00 PM by moxco

Sekto Springs's Avatar
The video does contain quite a bit of fearful hearsay. The core issue remains the same though.
Posted 11-16-2011 at 10:02 PM by Sekto Springs

Mac Sirloin's Avatar
Done and done. How am I supposed to embed music nobody will listen to in my blog if America is in the way?
Posted 11-17-2011 at 01:52 PM by Mac Sirloin

 

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