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IainB:
The Continuing Assault on Internet Freedom - via US Statute - is evidently is not going to stop anytime soon.
Article from publicknowledge.org:
Secret Bill Pushes Part of SOPA and Wastes Your Money
-IainB (July 10, 2012, 01:43 PM)
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And now, there's this in confirmation: (part quote only, sans hyperlinks)
US Chamber Of Commerce Launches Ad Campaign For Son Of SOPA
from the of-course-they-are dept
Next to the MPAA, the main lobbying organization that pushed SOPA was the US Chamber of Commerce. The organization and its laughably inept "Global Intellectual Property Center" are infamous for the fact that they have absolutely no shame in using completely bogus numbers to argue for bad laws that their highest spending backers support. Not surprisingly, the USCoC did not take the loss over SOPA lightly, and it appears that they're gearing up for the next version of SOPA in 2013. As pointed out by Gautham Nagesh, the USCoC has kicked off a new ad campaign priming the pump for new legislation to "protect intellectual property."
(Read the link for the rest.)
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Renegade:
These douches will never stop. Another assault: TPP
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/dont-let-them-trade-away-our-internet-freedoms
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) endangers the Internet and digital freedoms on par with ACTA, SOPA, and PIPA, and it does so in two significant ways: First, its intellectual property (IP) chapter would have extensive negative ramifications for users’ freedoms and innovation, and second, the entire process has shut out multi-stakeholder participation and is shrouded in secrecy. The TPP is a major threat because it will rewrite global rules on IP enforcement and restrict the public domain.
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Actually, there is 1 way to stop them...
kyrathaba:
Here's a nice 14-minute overview of this calamity:
IainB:
This Slashdot post says a lot:
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Accuses UK Government of "Draconian Internet Snooping"
Posted by samzenpus on Friday September 07, @03:33AM
from the keep-your-eyes-on-your-own-screen dept.
An anonymous reader writes "According to British daily The Telegraph, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that plans to monitor individuals' use of the internet would result in Britain losing its reputation as an upholder of web freedom. The plans, by Home Secretary Theresa May, would force British ISPs and other service providers to keep records of every phone call, email and website visit in Britain. Sir Tim has told the Times: 'In Britain, like in the US, there has been a series of Bills that would give government very strong powers to, for example, collect data. I am worried about that.' Sir Tim has also warned that the UK may wind up slipping down the list of countries with the most Internet freedom, if the proposed data-snooping laws pass parliament. The draft bill extends the type of data that internet service providers must store for at least 12 months. Providers would also be required to keep details of a much wider set of data, including use of social network sites, webmail and voice calls over the internet."
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IainB:
Penny just dropped. Apparently **AA had figured out a long time back that copyright infringement complaints may not necessarily need to have any basis in fact. Vague or fabricated allegation might be all that is needed for relevant authorities to feel obliged to take action, and it becomes SEP (Someone Else's Problem) as to who pays for the time-wasting that ensues:
Anti-Piracy Outfits Think Megaupload, Demonoid & BTjunkie Are Still Alive
"What this shows is that anti-piracy companies aren’t even bothering to check content anymore – they’re simply searching Google, firing off notices without a second thought, and then expecting the search giant to clean up the mess."
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This seems pretty irresponsible, to me.
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