[JerseyHighlander]

In the end, despite vigorous attempts by Polis and Rep. Lofgren to explain why this was so problematic, the Committee basically just ignored the whole thing and rejected the amendment. End result: SOPA 2.0 contains a crazy scary clause that's going to make it crazy easy to cut off websites with no recourse whatsoever. And this part isn't just limited to payment providers/ad networks -- but to service providers, search engines and domain registrars/registries as well. Yes. Search engines. So you can send a notice to a search engine, and if they want to keep their immunity, they have to take the actions in either Section 102(c)(2) or 103(c)(2), which are basically all of the "cut 'em off, block 'em" remedies. That's crazy. This basically encourages search engines to disappear sites upon a single notice. It encourages domain registries to kill domains based on notices. With no recourse at all, because the providers have broad immunity.

It's this kind of insanity that should terrify people about this bill moving forward.

[Old Sarge]

Thoughts, gentlemen?

[emax]

It seems like this bill has zero true support from leftists, rightists, libertarians, modern liberlas, paleo conservatives/stuanch conservatives, progressives, from absolutely noone. And if that is the case, whose trying to push this bill through and does it have any chance of getting past Congress, Obama and the Supreme Court ? Not that we can at all count on the latter two doing the right thing of course .

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Congress-criminals should recuse themselves from considering this bill.

It's such an obvious conflict-of-interest, "crafting" unconstitutional legislation to silence their opponents.

[LucyT]

How SOPA 2.0 Sneaks In A Really Dangerous Private Ability To Kill Any Website (including FR)

Article, then # 6 , # 7 .

[upchuck]

I notice a couple of posts on this thread addressed to Jim and/or John. I've posted to them on other threads about this issue. I sent Jim a FReepmail:

Jim,

This should be attacked with the same vigor we show during a FReepathon.

Each FReeper should contact his/her two Senators and Representative about these issues.

The continued long term existence of Free Republic may hang in the balance.

upchuck

Strangely, I've gotten no response. Can't imagine why.

FWIW, I've contacted both of my Senators and my Rep on this. We need to be yelling and screaming about this!

[theBuckwheat]

This means a rise in blog and opinion sites that will be hosted outside of the US, using non-US domains and run by people who must keep their real names private.

It also means the rise of non-US alternative DNS providers.

It means more Land of the USED TO BE Free.

[dayglored]

Hi Shadow, might want to check this out, looks to get interesting.

[ShadowAce]

[manic4organic]

bump

[GOPJ]

One more totalitarian move by leftists... it’s getting scary out there...