Re: Help Stop Online Censorship
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:27 pm
Getting shot in the head has that effect on people.darph nader wrote:I'll do what I can,but one of our congressmen hasn't been to work in almost a year...
Stories about guest behavior in theme parks.
https://unclewalts.com//forum/
Getting shot in the head has that effect on people.darph nader wrote:I'll do what I can,but one of our congressmen hasn't been to work in almost a year...
Here's the problem with both bills. Each one gives Copyright holders the power to erase the DNS entry to a website on US servers. The DNS is basically like the white pages of the internet. When you type in an address (Like Stupidguesttricks.com) the DNS server reroutes your traffic to the appropriate IP Address (72.249.65.228).felinefan wrote:Just got an email reply from Dianne Feinstein. She says the bill actually is aimed at internet piracy, not everyday users. She admits that the bill needs some work on it, but the First Amendment would not be affected.
I don't understand how the article relates to the use of DBS removal orders to "hide" or make a site vanish.CujoSR wrote:Take a look at this article if you don't believe me.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news ... videos.ars
I have No problem with copyright holders asking for infringing content to be taken down. These protections are already part of law in the DMCA. The issue I have is both the Protect IP act and SOPA have very broad definitions as to what they can do. SOPA in particular can effectively remove a website without the injured party ever stepping inside a courtroom. One day SGT (or for that matter, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, etc.) could just be gone. I support Artist's rights. I support Copyright. But I do not support this.So the question is do you trust rights holders to properly investigate each and every link and act with common sense and fair play? Because they have obviously done so in the past... NOT!
Yeah... she's wrong. There's so much wrong with both SOPA and PIPA that they need to be scrapped entirely, not just "worked on."felinefan wrote:Just got an email reply from Dianne Feinstein. She says the bill actually is aimed at internet piracy, not everyday users. She admits that the bill needs some work on it, but the First Amendment would not be affected.
This from the same government that for the last ninety-eight years has been pushing things through to take away freedom any chance they get. It doesn't matter who is in office or which office they are in. This is a huge problem, way beyond democrat or republican issues (that's all a horse and pony show anyway). This is a perfect way to make it so that free speech is ended. The idea of ending information piracy is a good one. The problem with the bills is that they are worded that if someone was to accuse us of hosting illegal files or file sharing, they merely need to make the accusation and without any fact-checking by the people who have the power to make it happen.felinefan wrote:Just got an email reply from Dianne Feinstein. She says the bill actually is aimed at internet piracy, not everyday users. She admits that the bill needs some work on it, but the First Amendment would not be affected.
Doesn't your constitution protect you against such things? Since this would amount to unreasonable search and seizure, or guilty without a trial ? Here it would be challenged, successfully, as unconstitutional .Big Wallaby wrote:This from the same government that for the last ninety-eight years has been pushing things through to take away freedom any chance they get. It doesn't matter who is in office or which office they are in. This is a huge problem, way beyond democrat or republican issues (that's all a horse and pony show anyway). This is a perfect way to make it so that free speech is ended. The idea of ending information piracy is a good one. The problem with the bills is that they are worded that if someone was to accuse us of hosting illegal files or file sharing, they merely need to make the accusation and without any fact-checking by the people who have the power to make it happen.
The language in the bill, even if it was never used as it possibly can be, is against everything that the United States once stood for.