Thread: Is the Government Trying to Kill the Internet?

The end of the internet as we know it

PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet

Is the Government Trying to Kill the Internet?

DigitalMediaWire:

New legislation proposed today raises all kinds of demons and specters that have nothing to do with Halloween. The STOP Online Piracy Act, introduced Wednesday by leaders of the House Judiciary Committee and a companion to the Senate Judiciary Committee�s proposed Protect IP Act, instantly ignited heated arguments both for and against. The entertainment industry is broadly on one side, supporting the law�s provisions. Generally on the anti side is an array of groups that advocate on behalf of individual liberties, the technology industry and other interests. Not only is there no middle ground, there�s a vast turbulent ocean keeping the sides apart.

SOPA (HR 3261) is an attempt to tackle websites and addresses that violate U.S. copyright laws but have no physical presence in the country by making them invisible and strangling their income. It requires Internet service providers to block access to them; search engines to omit them from results; credit card and other financial services to disallow payments to them; and everyone from advertising on them.

What it doesn�t require is any kind of verification that the site is actually infringing...

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The Internet is all about enabling communication, especially among oppressed people fighting for freedom.

But as for online theft of copyrighted works, be it by way of China or North Korea, or by Kazaa or Bittorrent, stopping piracy is a worthwhile objective. Receiving a just payment for one's compositions, productions, inventions, and writings ENCOURAGES new works.

Besides, it's not right to steal anyone's productivity without paying a mutually agreed-upon price.