PROTECT IP Act Up for Vote This Week

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This bullshit is up for vote (again). Its the bill that will allow for broad internet censorship and domain seizures in a completely futile effort to reduce copyright infringement. Its crafted by people who understand fuck-all about how the internet works or what the side effects would be.

And surprise, the senators who cosigned for it all being paid BIG money from the MPAA / RIAA. Some of them getting 200-600k.

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The "PROTECT IP" Act: COICA Redux | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Even Google is fighting this

The Protect IP Act: Google's Eric Schmidt squares off against RIAA and MPAA -- Engadget

Once bills like this become law, they never goes away. I mean for fucks sake we still have the patriot act. If you don't fight now you won't be able to fight later.
 


Already called my congressman and two senators today. Their secretaries said they'll pass along the message, but they probably didn't even make a note since they sounded really annoyed I called on the phone.

It's sad really, the companies worried about copyright infringement only look at the immediate sales and loss of a small portion of their revenue. What they don't understand is that if they made their music, movies, programs, etc. more accessible, there would be no need to pirate it. Even if they didn't, it's often the piraters that are their strongest advocates and often lead to 3-10+ additional people knowing about and buying their product, who then spread the word about it even further. Even if they didn't they are continually putting the word about the brand out there which overall gets passed around and leads to a stronger market position.

Hell, that's why Adobe beat out Corell several years ago. Students and people just starting up in graphic design pirated a copy from someone's work and started putting out tons of free online tutorials, etc. and encouraged people to buy the products. That's how it became the standard in the industry. Not because it was a better product, but because there was a larger community supporting it.

Pirating is only the surface argument though, not what they are really after. If they can shut down and prevent Internet access to sites on a whim, they can monopolize and collude to force people to buy certain products and services, limit progress, and control the flow of information. That's the real threat here, and reason why this bill is not being discussed at all on the news.

So, make a lot of noise and fight against this by annoying the shit out of your representatives and let them know that they will be losing votes if they support the adoption of this bill.
 
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Holy shit. Facebook method = works the best it seems.


Representative Bill Cassidy (or staff member) responded to my comment on his FB wall.

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You guys can call them, facebook them, and even doodle them in the shower all you want; but you just don't know if the people you're contacting are also taking money (under the table or otherwise) from the MPAA & friends too.

You're right, this isn't going to get unstuck for a long, long time if ever if they pass this shit somehow.

This is exactly the shit I'm always talking about. Corps & special Interest groups are ALLOWED BY LAW to bribe your congressmen. That should be the outrageous part; not this little, tiny, short-term-one-in-a-billion single-issue battle.

There is ONLY ONE WAY to stop them all. It must become Illegal to bribe congressmen.

These people are suggestion (and holding a petition to) pass an AMENDMENT that would do just this.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5kHACjrdEY]YouTube - ‪The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011)‬‏[/ame]
 
Not only do these homosexual senators / congressmen support this shit, also the current administration sucks the dick of the MPAA/RIAA.

Let them all know how you feel about this.
 
According to that Rand Paul and Ron Wyden was given $5,550 and $25,900. I bet that was a waste of money :)

I don't know rand paul's stances on internet censorship and gov control but I'm willing to bet he's against it all. Ron Wyden is super hardcore against any form of internet censorship and net neutrality so that was clearly a complete waste on him.
 
lukep said:
You guys can call them, facebook them, and even doodle them in the shower all you want; but you just don't know if the people you're contacting are also taking money (under the table or otherwise) from the MPAA & friends too.

You're right, this isn't going to get unstuck for a long, long time if ever if they pass this shit somehow.

This is exactly the shit I'm always talking about. Corps & special Interest groups are ALLOWED BY LAW to bribe your congressmen. That should be the outrageous part; not this little, tiny, short-term-one-in-a-billion single-issue battle.

There is ONLY ONE WAY to stop them all. It must become Illegal to bribe congressmen.

These people are suggestion (and holding a petition to) pass an AMENDMENT that would do just this.

YouTube - ‪The Story of Citizens United v. FEC (2011)‬‏
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you're right, this really is such a small issue from the 10k ft view. lobbying is what makes the political system go round

left messages with 1 rep and 2 congressmen for my district. posted on their fb, but none of them have approved my wall post. it really is slippery slope towards china-like censorship. the mppa et al is really buying a tool to strip citizens of due process rights of their property.

and of course in my state of CA, the MPAA et al has given barbara boxer the most funding on that list: $680k.
 
Unnecessary DNS filtering required by the PROTECT IP Act will decrease the overall global DNS security of the Internet.

Study released yesterday:
Experts Urge Congress to Reject DNS Filtering from PROTECT IP Act, Serious Technical Concerns Raised

Highlights:
  • The U.S. Government and private industry have identified Internet security and stability as a key part of a wider cyber security strategy, and if implemented, the DNS related provisions of PROTECT IP would weaken this important commitment.
  • DNS filters would be evaded easily, and would likely prove ineffective at reducing online infringement. Further, widespread circumvention would threaten the security and stability of the global DNS.
  • The DNS provisions would undermine the universality of domain names, which has been one of the key enablers of the innovation, economic growth, and improvements in communications and information access unleashed by the global Internet.
  • Migration away from ISP-provided DNS servers would harm efforts that rely on DNS data to detect and mitigate security threats and improve network performance.
  • Dependencies within the DNS would pose significant risk of collateral damage, with filtering of one domain potentially affecting users' ability to reach non-infringing Internet content.
  • The site redirection envisioned in Section 3(d)(II)(A)(ii) is inconsistent with security extensions to the DNS that are known as DNSSEC. The U.S. Government and private industry have identified DNSSEC as a key part of a wider cyber security strategy, and many private, military, and governmental networks have invested in DNSSEC technologies.
  • If implemented, this section of the PROTECT IP Act would weaken this important effort to improve Internet security. It would enshrine and institutionalize the very network manipulation that DNSSEC must fight in order to prevent cyberattacks and other malevolent behavior on the global Internet, thereby exposing networks and users to increased security and privacy risks.
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This bill just got pushed to the Senate floor today.
 
Bad news first: Yesterday afternoon the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the new Internet Blacklist Bill -- the PROTECT IP ACT.

The good news: Within minutes, Demand Progress ally Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) placed what's known as a "hold" on the bill, buying us some time and drawing attention to our cause.

PROTECT IP would let the government force Internet service providers, search engines, and other “information location tools” to block users’ access to sites that have been accused of copyright infringement — creating a China-like censorship regime here in the United States.

Nobody's organizing against this noxious bill as aggressively as we are. Will you help us keep up our work?


Opposition to the bill is snowballing: Google, Yahoo, and the Computer and Communications Industry Association, Consumer Electronics Association, and Net Coalition are making their opposition vocal. Demand Progress and a dozen other civil liberties and human rights groups circulated a letter in opposition this week.

Most impressively, more than 3,000 Demand Progress members called Washington to urge their lawmakers to vote no.

We're an entirely member-funded organization. Will you help us keep up our work?


Thanks for your ongoing support.

-- The Demand Progress team
 
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