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Renegade:
Meanwhile in Canada,
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/john-ibbitson-the-quiet-death-of-the-internet-surveillance-bill/article4602164/
"John Ibbitson: The quiet death of the Internet surveillance bill ...
C-30, you will remember, would grant the federal government and law enforcement agencies the power to obtain information about individuals who are online without having to apply for a warrant."
Aka Canadian SOPA.
So we won another one. More attempts to follow.
-TaoPhoenix (October 11, 2012, 04:14 PM)
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Seems Bill C-11 is still alive:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/legisinfo/BillDetails.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&billId=5134851
More legislation written by the copyright industry.
So absolutely YES! More attempts DO follow. :(
IainB:
The Six Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan has apparently been implemented and is now up and almost running:
(Only part of this post from TorrentFreak is copied below. Read the rest at the link.)
AT&T Starts Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan Next Month, Will Block Websites
by Ernesto
Last year the MPAA and RIAA teamed up with five major Internet providers in the United States to launch the Center for Copyright Information (CCI).
The parties agreed on a system through which subscribers are warned that their copyright infringements are unacceptable. After several warnings ISPs may then take a variety of repressive measures to punish the alleged infringers.
Thus far the participating Internet providers have refused to comment to the press on any of the details including the launch date. But, leaked internal AT&T training documents obtained by TorrentFreak provide a unique insight into the controversial plan.
The documents inform AT&T staff about the upcoming changes, beginning with the following overview.
“In an effort to assist content owners with combating on-line piracy, AT&T will be sending alert e-mails to customers who are identified as having been downloading copyrighted content without authorization from the copyright owner.”
“The reports are made by the content owners and are of IP-addresses that are associated with copyright infringing activities. AT&T will not share any personally identifiable information about its customers with content owners until authorized by the customer or required to do so by law.”
The papers further reveal the launch date of the copyright alerts system as November 28. A source connected to the CCI previously confirmed to TorrentFreak that all providers were planning to start on the same date, which means that Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon are expected to have a simultaneous launch.
The training documents also give insight into the measures AT&T will take to punish those who receive a 5th and 6th alert.
When repeated infringers try to access certain websites they will be redirected to an educational page. To lift the blockade, AT&T will require these customers to complete an “online education tutorial on copyright”.
The training does not give any information on what sites will be blocked temporarily, but it’s mentioned that “access to many of the most frequently visited websites is restricted”. What the copyright education tutorial entails remains a mystery.
...(Read the rest at the link.)
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Tinman57:
I posted a link to a site that you can do an online protest of the Six Strikes crap, hope you all contribute to the protest....
tomos:
^ http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/six_strikes/?
good idea...
For people directly affected, threatening to move -and letting them know all about it, should get a good response here.
IainB:
...threatening to move
-tomos (October 13, 2012, 05:45 PM)
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If the powers behind this have arranged it such that the consumer is likely to be stitched up sideways, then "threatening to move" could be infeasible or an empty threat. "Move where" exactly?
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