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Showing posts with label Stop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stop. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
House Takes Senate's Bad Internet Censorship Bill, Tries Making It Worse
by Nate Anderson of arstechnica.com
Imagine a world in which any intellectual property holder can, without ever appearing before a judge or setting foot in a courtroom, shut down any website's online advertising programs and block access to credit card payments. The credit card processors and the advertising networks would be required to take quick action against the named website; only the filing of a “counter notification” by the website could get service restored.
It's the world envisioned by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) in today's introduction of the Stop Online Piracy Act in the US House of Representatives. This isn't some off-the-wall piece of legislation with no chance of passing, either; it's the House equivalent to the Senate's PROTECT IP Act, which would officially bring Internet censorship to the US as a matter of law.
Calling its plan a "market-based system to protect US customers and prevent US funding of sites dedicated to theft of US property," the new bill gives broad powers to private actors. Any holder of intellectual property rights could simply send a letter to ad network operators like Google and to payment processors like MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal, demanding these companies cut off access to any site the IP holder names as an infringer.
The scheme is much like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) "takedown notices," in which a copyright holder can demand some piece of content be removed from sites like YouTube with a letter. The content will be removed unless the person who posted the content objects; at that point, the copyright holder can decide if it wants to take the person to court over the issue.
Here, though, the stakes are higher. Continue to the rest of the article..
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Imagine a world in which any intellectual property holder can, without ever appearing before a judge or setting foot in a courtroom, shut down any website's online advertising programs and block access to credit card payments. The credit card processors and the advertising networks would be required to take quick action against the named website; only the filing of a “counter notification” by the website could get service restored.
It's the world envisioned by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) in today's introduction of the Stop Online Piracy Act in the US House of Representatives. This isn't some off-the-wall piece of legislation with no chance of passing, either; it's the House equivalent to the Senate's PROTECT IP Act, which would officially bring Internet censorship to the US as a matter of law.
Calling its plan a "market-based system to protect US customers and prevent US funding of sites dedicated to theft of US property," the new bill gives broad powers to private actors. Any holder of intellectual property rights could simply send a letter to ad network operators like Google and to payment processors like MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal, demanding these companies cut off access to any site the IP holder names as an infringer.
The scheme is much like the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's (DMCA) "takedown notices," in which a copyright holder can demand some piece of content be removed from sites like YouTube with a letter. The content will be removed unless the person who posted the content objects; at that point, the copyright holder can decide if it wants to take the person to court over the issue.
Here, though, the stakes are higher. Continue to the rest of the article..
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Classy Officer - We Need More Like Him
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The dude was even pushing the limit, almost to the point of being a jerk, and not only did the officer do exactly what he was supposed to, he was very courteous in doing so. Well done, Mr. Lyons, badge number #1093 from Oceanside, California!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Must Be Someone From The South
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Then again, here I am in south Texas - posting this picture. I'm not praying for it, but I'm hoping for a little bit. Those guys get so-o-o much, I'm sure they wouldn't mind if we had an inch or two of their snow. C'mon!!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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