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Tinman57:
<---- Waiting for the "Pound them into the sand" US response... -TaoPhoenix (January 29, 2013, 07:47 AM)
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You got that right! Once Hollywood, the pocket fillers of politicians starts crying, the U.S. will get nasty....
TaoPhoenix:
<---- Waiting for the "Pound them into the sand" US response... -TaoPhoenix (January 29, 2013, 07:47 AM)
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You got that right! Once Hollywood, the pocket fillers of politicians starts crying, the U.S. will get nasty....
-Tinman57 (January 29, 2013, 04:26 PM)
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But only *AFTER* the "Clickbait ad revenue comes in" - that's the new American Way!
AKA if this were serious they'd have responded to the *FIRST* Slashdot article. But it's not. So the Powers will let everyone get their click ads, THEN pummel them. Maybe in a week. Might even be 2-3 if they're lazy.
IainB:
The draft trade agreement between the European Union and Canada (CETA) threatens the Internet, health and democracy. The agreement contains an investor-state arbitration clause, which gives multinational companies the right to directly sue states in international tribunals. CETA places these arbitration tribunals above the high courts of Europe and Canada.
Refer: CETA threatens Internet, health and democracy
Covers these points:
* Bypass democracy.
* Conflicts of Interest.
* Block Reforms.
* Agenda for EU trade commissioner.
IainB:
If it was, then presumably those of us who advocate the unfettering of restraints on, and an increase in Internet freedoms, might also fall into the same life-shortening, labelled bucket as MLK. Of course, killing lots of people is out, but if you can make life a living hell for them, then they just might oblige by killing themselves. But that surely couldn't happen, could it?
Oh, but wait...it just has: US justice system ‘overreach’ blamed in suicide of Internet-freedom activist
-IainB (January 19, 2013, 08:07 PM)
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Just received a relevant email from Demandprogress.org.
Re: Investigation, etc.
Thanks so very much to all of you who've had a chance to donate. We have some real momentum now: Our allies in the House and Senate are on the verge of introducing a new-and-improved version of Aaron's Law, and an investigation in the House is moving forward.
We're asking for your help one more time, so we have the resources we need to keep pressing forward. Here's the email we sent a couple of days ago:
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It's been a very tough few weeks, and there's a lot of work in front of us.
Please click here if you're able to chip in 5, 10, or 20 dollars so we can keep on fighting.
Millions of people across America -- and the world -- are calling for justice.
We're leading the charge for an investigation into Aaron's prosecution and the firing of his prosecutors, for reform to the CFAA and other cybercrime laws, and for Internet freedom and more open access.
We can't do all of this on our own: We need your support now more than ever.
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"Our allies in the House and Senate?" This sounds like they are at war - they have allies in the US Government.
If it is a war, then who is the enemy? The US Government?
But that can't be right, can it? :tellme:
TaoPhoenix:
"Our allies in the House and Senate?" This sounds like they are at war - they have allies in the US Government.
If it is a war, then who is the enemy? The US Government?
But that can't be right, can it? :tellme:
-IainB (February 03, 2013, 06:36 PM)
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"Yes. Yes it can!" :o
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