2011-10-27, 07:08 | Link #1 |
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E-PARASITES Act, Even worse than PROTECT IP
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201...-america.shtml
So yeah. Great Firewall of the USA, First Amendment thrown out the window for the interests of the Copyright MAFIAA and anyone. It seems like Google is going to have to pull out of the United States at this rate. |
2011-10-27, 10:57 | Link #5 |
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Ehh, if the bill should get passed I suspect that people will (in the words of synaesthetic): lrn2proxy. Or maybe just tor with an exit node somewhere outside the US. A certain usenet indexing site has already released a tool (which has an in-built tor client) to circumvent a court-ordered block.
I think the two biggest problems with this bill are firstly that the Attorney General gets to decide what site is or isn't "inducing" infringement. Only a court should have that kind of power, not a person under the influence of politicians, who themselves are under the influence of corporations. Secondly, site blocking makes it more troublesome for users (most people will not bother with lrn2proxy), which means that this will have a chilling effect on ideas for sites which the creative industry do not like. I'd imagine it would've been less appealing for youtube to have existed if such an environment was present when it was founded. Fewer site visitors = less advertising revenue. |
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2011-10-27, 18:48 | Link #12 | |
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no way i wanna be associated with the majority of traffic seen in tor & proxys (as featured below) http://gawker.com/5805928/the-underg...rug-imaginable http://gawker.com/5851459/vigilante-...nd-kiddie-porn ... so you anime piraters ready and willing to share space with these creeps? Last edited by flying ^; 2011-10-27 at 19:17. |
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2011-10-28, 17:14 | Link #19 |
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Even if you just think it, at least tell people you know about this bill so they can spread it to others, and those others will do the same. The internet was always sought after since it appeared so it is truly no surprise. Still it doesn't hurt to have people be aware of what's going to happen when they wake up to see it one day. The day that can be avoided...
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2011-10-28, 19:56 | Link #20 | |
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Wow, deja vu.
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Wouldn't the way this thing is worded mean that VPN and TOR are illegal? Since you can use them to circumvent all of this.
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