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Anti-Piracy Bill (SOPA) Nears House Approval
« on: December 16, 2011, 06:02:47 AM »



The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee met on Thursday to discuss the controversial  Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which is a copyright bill that many believe to be extremely dangerous for the future of the Internet as we know it.

What's more, they appear to be moving toward approving the bill, as the committee rejected six amendments that were supposed to address the concerns of those who believe the bill to be suspect. These rejected amendments included an amendment proposed by Rep. Darrel Issa (R - California) that would have gotten rid of the most controversial parts of the bill, namely the provisions that target search engines and ISPs.

The committee is led by the introducer of the bill, Rep. Lamar Smith (R - Texas). Smith Monday offered a 71-page amendment to the bill, which attempted to address some (but not most) of the criticisms of the bill. However, even after this amendment (read it here: PDF), Consumer Electronics Association CEO Gary Shapiro said the bill remained "unbalanced."

The amended plan addressed some of the issues. For example, it includes a provision that a judge must order an ad network to end business with an "infringing" website. The amendments also state that .com, .org, and .net websites are not covered by the bill, and so the bill is targeted only at foreign sites.

However, the amended bill still allows the government to order that ISPs block customers' access to "infringing" websites. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D - California) believes this provision goes too far:
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"We never tried to filter the telephone networks to block illegal content on the telephone network, yet that is precisely what this legislation would do relative to the Internet."

Critics of the bill pushed for delay--Rep. Dan Lungren (R - California) asked, "Why is there this rush?" According to Wired, Lungren pointed out that there is no reason to rush into anything, and "For the life of me, I can't understand it."

Issa, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R - Utah), and other opponents of the bill asked Smith for a delay on the markup of the bill so they could hold a hearing and bring in tech experts and engineers to see whether the bill might make the Internet less secure. After all, the committee has held only one hearing on SOPA--featuring zero engineers or experts.

Smith declined to delay the bill.

Why You Should Care

Millions of people--including engineers, security experts, Internet watchdog groups, tech corporations, innovators, editorial boards, libraries, industry groups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and regular people--oppose the bill as it stands.


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Re: Anti-Piracy Bill (SOPA) Nears House Approval
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2011, 06:06:31 AM »
Oh no, How do they continue to let this stuff fly. Americans don't care anymore all they care about is their stuff.

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Re: Anti-Piracy Bill (SOPA) Nears House Approval
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 06:08:24 AM »
I did all I can to support a free internet. Just have faith. And if it does pass and they do allow this to happen. Expect to see a Lot less of me I will be waging a Cyber war mark my words.

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Re: Anti-Piracy Bill (SOPA) Nears House Approval
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2011, 04:02:05 PM »
None of them know how the internet works socially... none of those politicians should have ANY say for this bill in my opinion.


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Re: Anti-Piracy Bill (SOPA) Nears House Approval
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2011, 04:04:14 PM »
None of them know how the internet works socially... none of those politicians should have ANY say for this bill in my opinion.


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Re: Anti-Piracy Bill (SOPA) Nears House Approval
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2011, 05:57:42 AM »
I find it interesting that all the news networks have no coverage of this. and they timed it so its during the busy holiday season. No one is paying any attention to this.
Why do Americans not care?
This land is becoming a police state very quickly.
The first amendment is treated like a joke around here. I am disgusted with the way this country is heading.
Is there a place that is still free?
What does this bill mean for non americans? How do you regulate something that has no boarders?

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Re: Anti-Piracy Bill (SOPA) Nears House Approval
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2011, 06:08:56 PM »
If anyone knows the full Second amendment they will know that whats happening now, is why the second amendment was included not just the right to bear arms but for a well regulated militia to keep a free state. everyday this Government we know is slowly taking away our rights. Honestly its time to stand up and fight for a free country. We need to rebuild the government.

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Re: Anti-Piracy Bill (SOPA) Nears House Approval
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2011, 09:12:13 PM »
free rights... very limited.. its getting worse and worse everyday


 

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