AD'ers: your internet under supervision

It's a shame I can't really sign any petitions since I'm a Canadian, but if they were to bring this to Canada, you can bet I'll sign a petition and protest it. However, I am doing my duty to spread the awareness because of the ramifications involved and how it affects us on a global scale.
 
Banjo said:
It's a shame I can't really sign any petitions since I'm a Canadian, but if they were to bring this to Canada, you can bet I'll sign a petition and protest it. However, I am doing my duty to spread the awareness because of the ramifications involved and how it affects us on a global scale.
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Unfortunately this might have world wide consequences. You could write to your ambassador to the U.S. I'm sure if enough international interest builds up, the president will take notice. I cannot predict what he will do, but I doubt he would be in favor of angering the international community.
 
Cheetah said:
Unfortunately this might have world wide consequences. You could write to your ambassador to the U.S. I'm sure if enough international interest builds up, the president will take notice. I cannot predict what he will do, but I doubt he would be in favor of angering the international community.
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It will. Any domains ending in .com, .net and .org will be affected. It doesn't matter where your website is hosted, if it is hosted in Europe or Asia, the US government can still block it as long it ends in the domains I mentioned.

So it doesn't matter where you live, you won't be able to access a website ending in these domains, and it doesn't matter if the website has nothing to do with the USA.
 
SneakerNet said:
there's going to be very controversial, in term of "Public access", "Freedom of Information Act" and such. What I believe is that if you set this "items" as private, copyrights, and if it been breached, then Gov have the right to take actions. If you set this "items" as public, anyone can duplicate and put it in another location. So, the owner has to decide if you want to set items to public or private. It's all up to the owner. The biggest concern is invasion of privacy in this entire wide world of networks. The Gov can keep track of where this item originated... like for example, hacker hacked famous female star's smartphone that contain nude photo and been placed in his or someone's website.... what Gov will do? You know?
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Looks like you get it, you seem to be computer tech or understand this!


I just sent a letter form at the mozilla site. Did not notice it was there earlier. They have a pre-filled letter and contacts for your local Senator. Once you enter your name/address/whatever, it will mail them the letter for you, free of charge.

Cool!
 
Update

Small update:

The BSA (Business Software Alliance) posted here yesterday, apparently they backed out this morning in favor of not supporting the bill. Small victory!

Apple's Pro-Censorship Software Alliance Backs Down

Business Software Alliance said:
"While the BSA has a long history of focusing on the worst offenders and mostly ignoring casual piracy, this still represents a dramatic turnaround as the organization has been a SOPA supporter since the act's inception. BSA President Robert Hollyman posted on the company blog that 'Due process, free speech, and privacy are rights that cannot be compromised. ....Some observers have raised reasonable questions about whether certain SOPA provisions might have unintended consequences in these areas.'"
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Banjo said:
It's a real threat all right. Not just that, it will affect the internet on a global scale. You see, three main domains like .com, .net and .org, if any of them are blocked, no one can see them. It doesn't matter if your website's hosting service is based in Europe or anywhere else, no one can access it if it is blocked by the USA since the domains are under the so-called jurisdiction of the USA.
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Yeah.

We complain about China's heavy censorship acts and trying to cover up a bunch of things.

Now, USA wants to do it too?

We have rights to access to information regardless of where it comes from.
 
VamPyroX said:
Yeah.

We complain about China's heavy censorship acts and trying to cover up a bunch of things.

Now, USA wants to do it too?

We have rights to access to information regardless of where it comes from.
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You are absolutely right about China!

Nobody is saying you don't have a right to access information... Just you do not have a right to pirate (make a profit off of or prevent someone else from making a profit) copyrighted materials. The full intent/consequence of this law is unknown as it's not written and voted on yet... but the fear is a company could complain and your internet access blocked due to a possible copyright violation. and this being done without proper judicial overview. on the minor side you might be blocked from viewing a new movie (that you did not pay for). on the extreme side, an entire web site like Youtube could be blocked for everyone around the world due to one youtube video clip of the same movie. It's just all conjuncture at this point.

Also, you do not have a right to all information. Examples are government secrets, corporate trade secrets (the coke cola recipe), personal documents, medical records... ect...

I think we already have the laws we need in place. If someone is violating your copyright, call your lawyer and start the process. you may not need to go to court, but if you do, the court is there for everyone's protection.
 
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