[stormer]

I don’t think you understand the bill. I don’t see censorship here, I see protection of intellectual property rights.

The following summary was written by the Congressional Research Service...

9/20/2010—Introduced.

Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General (AG) to commence an action for injunctive relief against a domain name used by an Internet site that is “dedicated to infringing activities,” even where such a domain name is not located in the United States. Defines an Internet site that “dedicated to infringing activities” as a site that is: (1) subject to civil forfeiture; (2) designed primarily to offer goods or services in violation of federal copyright law; or (3) selling counterfeit goods. Requires the AG to maintain a public listing of domain names that the Department of Justice (DOJ) determines are dedicated to infringing activities but for which the AG has not filed an action. Allows parties to petition the AG to remove such a domain name from the list and obtain judicial review of the final determination in a civil action.

[BillM]

Go Read Sarah Palin’s latest Facebook. It is AIMED at these 19!

[Outlaw Woman]

Can you name any bill that is used strictly for it's intended purposes? It always morphs into something that works against the people. Always. It is always a stepping stone; always that "crack in the doorway". Summary? Please...all the "congressional oversight" type bodies have been corrupted. Now, if Heritage or Hillsdale came out and stated that something was innocuous....I might believe it...might. It's a guarantee there is something in this bill that will be used to stifle free speech. What you have to ask yourself is: just how bad is the problem they are claiming to solve?

[Sudetenland]

You're joking, right? How is giving Attorney General Holder the right to shutdown any website he deems in violation of copyright protection a good idea.

Post an article from a website, Holder deems FreeRepublic to be in violation and shuts it down. No problem. /rolleyes

Giving more power over anything to Holder doesn't seem like a good idea to me.

[JerseyHighlander]

COICA completely abridges 4th Amendment and 1st Amendment Rights, do you want some moonbat like AG Jerry BRown or AG Andrew Coumo or AG Blumenthal to be able to immediately and permanently completely shut down any and every website that any and any guest user posts a link to illegal activity?

That is the main point of COICA.

This entire COICA law is unconstitutional in the strict constructionist and living document interpretations. The McCainlaw in 1998, Child Pornography Prevention Act , wqas overruled in 2005.

If this COICA law is implemented, simulated child pornography will be given higher Constitutional First Amendment protections than political religious and unpopular speech found offensive by any of the State AGs in the country at any time for any reason with no 4th Amendment protections and no legal grounds to litigate the arbitrary and capricious decisions to ban domain names at the DNS level.

[TribalPrincess2U]

I see protection of intellectual property rights.

Right, if only that were it. These people start with small steps like this that eventually take over all our freedoms. Just like gun control. Give them an inch and they take... your freedom.

[SaraJohnson]

I would never trust the government with the power to shut down selected web sites. Obama would abuse that power in a New York minute. It would take a lot of time money to beat them back if they politically targeted you and our government agents has themselves to be unworthy to trust with such power now. Also the FCC could use this as an excuse to regulate the internet in other ways.

[LowOiL]

I don’t think you understand the bill. I don’t see censorship here, I see protection of intellectual property rights.

The following summary was written by the Congressional Research Service...

9/20/2010—Introduced.

Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize the Attorney General (AG) to commence an action for injunctive relief against a domain name used by an Internet site that is “dedicated to infringing activities,” even where such a domain name is not located in the United States. Defines an Internet site that “dedicated to infringing activities” as a site that is: (1) subject to civil forfeiture; (2) designed primarily to offer goods or services in violation of federal copyright law; or (3) selling counterfeit goods. Requires the AG to maintain a public listing of domain names that the Department of Justice (DOJ) determines are dedicated to infringing activities but for which the AG has not filed an action. Allows parties to petition the AG to remove such a domain name from the list and obtain judicial review of the final determination in a civil action.

Thank you for showing this.