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BAD Internet Laws Heading Your Way

Nov 18, 2011 09:31

I recommend watching the video at Boing Boing to get this explained in plain language. Also click on the SOPA tag to read other, more recent news about this lovely little bit of legislation.

Originally posted by write_light at BAD Internet Laws Heading Your Way

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<br /><br /> Website Blocking <br /><br /> The government can order service providers to block websites for infringing links posted by any users. <br /><br /> Risk of Jail for Ordinary Users <br /><br /> It becomes a felony with a potential 5 year sentence to stream a copyrighted work that would cost more than $2,500 to license, even if you are a totally noncommercial user, e.g. singing a pop song on Facebook. <br /><br /> Chaos for the Internet <br /><br /> Thousands of sites that are legal under the DMCA would face new legal threats. People trying to keep the internet more secure wouldn't be able to rely on the integrity of the DNS system. <br /><br /> <a class="external" href="http://boingboing.net/2011/11/11/stop-sopa-save-the-internet.html">Read this analysis from boing-boing.net</a> <br /><br /> Get on the phone and call your representative. Express your disapproval. Tell him or her exactly how you feel, and that you don't support this. Tell your friends to call their representatives, their Congressperson, and complain. Mention that you are a registered voter that takes your civic responsibility seriously and that you will use that vote to express your feelings about this. <br /><br /> <a class="external" href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_60/Internet-Companies-Boost-Hill-Lobbying-210345-1.html?pos=olobh">http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_60/Internet-Companies-Boost-Hill-Lobbying-210345-1.html?pos=olobh</a> <br /><br /> “We support the bill’s stated goals - providing additional enforcement tools to combat foreign ‘rogue’ websites that are dedicated to copyright infringement or counterfeiting,” the Internet companies wrote in Tuesday’s letter. “Unfortunately, the bills as drafted would expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities, private rights of action and technology mandates that would require monitoring of websites.”  The chamber-led coalition in support of the bill includes Walmart, Eli Lilly & Co. and Netflix. <br /><br /> Google and other opponents of the legislation argue that restricting the Internet in the U.S. sets a bad international precedent and that the language defines infringing too broadly. <br /><br /> 
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