Posted on 05/11/2011 9:06:15 AM PDT by Smogger
I have long said that the lawyers would eventually shut down the internet in the United States, based on copywrite laws.
I use BT to get Game of Thrones because I dont want to give HBO a ratings point. GD obama commie bastards.
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This will be a tool used by Obama “truth squads” to shut down sites that are critical of dear leader in order to “protect the public health”....
Pretty transparent really...
I haven’t seen ever in my life so much effort being taken to protect one small group of people i.e the commies in Hollywood and their sympathizers. It is funny to see lefty limousine liberals screaming for protection when somebody dips the hand in THEIR capital(The people doing this are actually their own ideological cohorts, because most of these pirate seeders are far left wackos)
Looks like going after ‘rogue’ downloaders and making an example out of them didn’t work. So now they have sunk to this.
These pricks are going to suffocate the internet. Pretty soon it is going to become impossible to host or publish a website without breaking some law if these fascists are allowed to do whatever they want without any opposition.
As far as I'm concerned, in a free country, it's the movie and music industry's problem to protect content. This just represents the first steps towards a Chinese model of "freedom".
Same game of thrones is good. Not as good as the books but good.
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And no state our size can truly stand free speech. The State does not like to be mocked.
these ‘laws’ only effect Americans.
IP is on the internet. people all over the globe copy and infringe daily. patents or copyrights are a joke.
these ‘laws’ effect only 5% of the population on the planet. worthless.
but hey, i’m sure plenty of union ‘workers’ will make plenty of money ‘enforcing’ it
Yet one more reason to use non-US hosting an non-US domain names.
And it is imperative that Congress gets this bill to the POTUS’ desk well before the next election so that lies about our dear leader can be kept under control. /administration spokesflunky
this will kill the us search engins
Who knew that this was such a pressing issue making sure the very weathy didn’t miss a cent of their income. I mean unemployment is near 20% really, gasoline is over $4 but gee Congress has time for the wealthy?
inciting assembly without permits.
FR has been routinely accused of and sued for supposed copyright violations. If this law had been in effect. Well. You probably wouldn’t be reading this now.
Now come on............ Future crime?
What we need around here are some minority report precog balls with various names photoshopped onto them for things like this.
A ball that says free republic on it, one that says rush limbaugh on it, you get the idea.
:-)
With the advent of the tea party movement, the politburo needs to act quick to clamp down before all is lost.
This will land up in fed court.
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