That's supposed to make me feel better?
Take a good look at who "initiates an action."
Posted on 11/19/2010 5:41:04 AM PST by markomalley
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill that would give the Attorney General the right to shut down websites with a court order if copyright infringement is deemed “central to the activity” of the site — regardless if the website has actually committed a crime. The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is among the most draconian laws ever considered to combat digital piracy, and contains what some have called the “nuclear option,” which would essentially allow the Attorney General to turn suspected websites “off.”
COICA is the latest effort by Hollywood, the recording industry and the big media companies to stem the tidal wave of internet file sharing that has upended those industries and, they claim, cost them tens of billions of dollars over the last decade.
You make good points. I hope others see them and start to realize how far this has gotten...I think many don’t understand how bad this is.
And isn’t it funny that many of those who cry “First Amendment!” so loudly are some of the ones who are supporting this subversion of the First Amendment (as well as other Constitutional protections).
|I always did like your posts/replies, Laz.
What the hell is the matter with Coburn? Everyone tells me he is so conservative. Would this be the same Coburn that stated “Nancy Pelosi is a nice person” then berated his audience when they groaned at that statement?
The America I grew up in died a long time ago. Just another step down.
November 18th, 2010
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES BIPARTISAN HATCH BILL TO COMBAT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT, PIRACY
” WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved legislation to combat copyright infringement and the sale of counterfeit goods online. The bipartisan Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act was introduced in September by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). The Committee voted unanimously, 19-0, to send the legislation to the full Senate for consideration. “.....
“The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act is cosponsored by Judiciary Committee members Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Senators George Voinovich (R-Ohio), Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.). “
Better still, go back to using Fidonet
I think this is why it is coming out of committee. But I think this point is deceptive.
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As per Senate.gov website-
“The bill also provides safeguards allowing the domain name owner or site operator to petition the court to lift the order, and safeguards against abuse by allowing only the Justice Department to initiate an action, and by giving a federal court the final say about whether a particular site would be cut off from supportive services. “
That’s absolutely a concern.
The sad thing is, you go to any tech site and the communities are typically 75% liberal. So it’s interesting to see the outrage against the Democrats pushing this crap.
Of course, their criticism is usually limited to “meet the new boss, same as the old boss,” as if Bush tried any of this.
...if copyright infringement is deemed “central to the activity” of the site — regardless if the website has actually committed a crime.
Not for long - but don't worry, they have put "safeguards" in place for us - the Dept. of Justice and the ability to petition the court. LOL. The government protecting us from itself, with itself.
The Commies are indeed doubling down. Remember that the Food Control law passed through the Senate committee as well a couple of days ago....
We need to conceptualize a true peer to peer network.
There might serve, as a Free Republic 'coordinator', a fat-client application that resides on your computer. It is not a server. Each equipotent node would distribute messages and threads to other nodes. The Free Republic experience could never be the same between any two nodes, since messages and threads would come in to your computer in different orders.
JimRob would maintain a secured protocol which would allow him and other moderators to send 'kill message' and 'block user' messages, allowing moderation.
Otherwise things would be the same. It would be up to the application to render things in the same look and feel.
While it would be possible for the Feds to identify and raid each FR user, it would be a daunting task often involving significant physical resistance.
That's supposed to make me feel better?
Take a good look at who "initiates an action."
Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Daily Caller ^ | 11/19/2010 | Sam Gustin
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill that would give the Attorney General the right to shut down websites with a court order if copyright infringement is deemed “central to the activity” of the site — regardless if the website has actually committed a crime. The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is among the most draconian laws ever considered to combat digital piracy, and contains what some have called the “nuclear option,” which would essentially allow the Attorney General to turn suspected websites “off.”
Article and # 1.
Could cut and pasting from another website into a post be “copyright infringement” ???
What if the piece is sourced...credit given ???
What if its a Bible verse ???
Theres no end to the possible “violations”
Wow, if this isn’t another foul intimidation tactic, I don’t know what is.
We need a ginormous Tea party and plant our boot on this government.
Unacceptable.
Well, say good bye to Free Republic folks, if this becomes law.
The copyright on the Bible expired long ago.
The reason why I suggest a Fidonet-like protocol vice peer-to-peer IP is that Fidonet can be used completely “off the grid” as it were. Connections are dependent upon analog phone calls from point a to point b in order to transfer message traffic. The phone numbers associated with point a or point b are also completely at random, since it is inherently an asynchronous network. Peer-to-peer networking, while it has the security of being M:N, still runs on the Internet, so there is the ability to perform traffic analysis. Unless, of course, a fairly large onion router network is set up.
Oh this will go well, giving the criminal Holder and the Obama media czar the unmonitored power to squelch opposition wherever the democrats want it done. ... Democrats are the enemy of America.
My first thought, too.
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