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Deozaan:
This doesn't look good (emphasis added by me):

On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill that would give the Attorney General the right to shut down websites with a court order if copyright infringement is deemed “central to the activity” of the site — regardless if the website has actually committed a crime. The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is among the most draconian laws ever considered to combat digital piracy, and contains what some have called the “nuclear option,” which would essentially allow the Attorney General to turn suspected websites “off.”-http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/coica-web-censorship-bill/
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JavaJones:
Fortunately then this happened:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/oregon-senator-vows-block-internet-censorship-bill/

- Oshyan

Deozaan:
Cool!

KynloStephen66515:
Fortunately then this happened:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/oregon-senator-vows-block-internet-censorship-bill/

- Oshyan
-JavaJones (November 20, 2010, 09:35 PM)
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Wow, good guy, id shake his hand...and what a quote this is:  

"Deploying this statute to combat online copyright infringement seems almost like using a bunker-busting cluster bomb, when what you need is a precision-guided missile,"
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JavaJones:
Yeah, there are still a few "good guys" left in our government, hehe. Robert Byrd was quite an interesting character too...

- Oshyan

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