[LucyT]

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.

[Candor7]

Well, say good bye to Free Republic folks, if this becomes law.

[MHGinTN]

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.

[maggief]

Just wow! And, Rockefeller’s “little bug” wants to silence FNC.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2629832/posts

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/18/sen-rockefeller-wishes-fcc-shut-fox-news/?test=latestnews

“There’s a little bug inside of me which wants to get the FCC to say to Fox and to MSNBC, ‘Out. Off. End. Goodbye.’ “

“It would be a big favor to political discourse; to our ability to do our work here in Congress; and to the American people, to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and, more importantly, in their future,”

[tutstar]

sounds like some folks would like to shut down free republic