Protect IP Act

[TheLastSuperman]

Curious to see how Congress handled this today :erm:... I can't find anything as of yet but post if you run across something and or your thoughts .

http://www.mozilla.org/sopa
http://www.ryanmcintyre.com/wp/archi...-and-sopa.html
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s968/show

I'm all against pirating however this threatens much more than that, see the video in the 2nd link for a simple break-down.

[Videx]

I'd like to know how to use the "Code to 'censor' your site's logo" at http://americancensorship.org/ ?

[setishock]

That is so incredibly stupid. The beginnings of a dictatorship in this country.
WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!

[RobbieZ]

Here's a video that may interest you Michael..

http://vimeo.com/31100268

Explains it all

[TheLastSuperman]

Originally Posted by RobbieZ

Here's a video that may interest you Michael..

http://vimeo.com/31100268

Explains it all

Same one in the 2nd link I posted, showed it to my wife and she was shaking her head.... what's worse is the fact I've seen one of the Generic replies from from Kay Hagan as well:

Dear Friend,

Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns regarding the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, more commonly referred to as the PROTECT IP Act of 2011. I appreciate hearing your thoughts on this important issue.

On May 12, 2011, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 (S. 968) was introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. This bill would allow the Attorney General or an intellectual property right owner who has been harmed by an Internet site dedicated to infringing activities (ISDIA), also known as a rogue website, to take action against that site. A site would be designated as an ISDIA if their sole purpose is to facilitate copyright infringement, or promote or sale counterfeited works.

As you may know, I am a cosponsor of this bill and support the goals of this legislation. I am concerned about unscrupulous individuals engaging in the online theft of intellectual property, and believe that this bill represents a step in the right direction to combat this issue. I will keep your thoughts on this legislation in mind as it is further considered in the United States Senate.

Again, thank you for contacting my office. It is truly an honor to represent North Carolina in the United States Senate, and I hope you will not hesitate to contact me in the future should you have any further questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Kay R. Hagan

[final kaoss]

Here's an interesting bit I should add.
http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pi...sopa-20111117/

When I first read that Google, Facebook, and Twitter were throwing their hat in to try and stop this bill from passing, I was impressed. It was more than a hint that this Bill was not supposed to pass, it was like a call to arms. At least, that’s what I thought until I saw that all they did was write a letter asking to let them help make a more targeted solution to the problem. Seriously, that was all they did. Aside from an interview with Eric +++++++, you can’t really find record of these companies getting involved in any other way. Which is strange when you think about it, because of those 9 companies, at least 4 of them have access to absolutely massive droves of people using their social networks.

[RobbieZ]

Sorry Michael, didnt read you post properly.

Google, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, eBay, Mozilla, Yahoo, AOL, and LinkedIn
have all petitioned against it.

Trouble is what the WORLD wants won't get it as the lobbyist get bribes and will pass it per se!

[BSMedia]

Originally Posted by setishock

That is so incredibly stupid. The beginnings of a dictatorship in this country.
WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!

The beginnings of the dictatorship started long ago. You dont see much about this outside of tech blogs and industry giants because people are such sheep in this country its almost embarrassing. They'll take whatever is crammed down their throats with little to no retaliation or fight.

[Videx]

Considering that this bill would allow a single disgruntled user to completely take down our sites, I would think this would at least warrant the same concern as a vulnerability.

I mean, if hackers were going around taking down vb sites at will, 99% of the community would be up in arms and demanding vb do something about it.

[BirdOPrey5]

People get the governments they deserve.