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Originally posted by idealord
The bill has been killed by a hero senator from Oregon. Anybody here in his district, hell all of us, should call or write his office and thank him!
www.rawstory.com...
Originally posted by Revolution-2012
The bill just got blocked, thanks to my informants via Anon
Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, says the Combating Online Infringement & Counterfeits Act is the “wrong medicine” for battling online copyright infringement, and argues that if not done properly the “collateral damage would be American innovation, American jobs, and a secure Internet.”
Source: www.zeropaid.com...
Originally posted by thecinic
Pirate-slaying COICA censorship bill gets unanimous support
arstechnica.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) sets up a system through which the US government can blacklist a pirate website from the Domain Name System, ban credit card companies from processing US payments to the site, and forbid online ad networks from working with the site. This morning, COICA unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"We are disappointed that the Senate Judiciary Committee this morning chose to disregard the concerns of public-interest groups, Internet engineers, Internet companies, human-rights groups and law professors in approving a bill. A controversial proposal allowing the government to pull the plug on Web sites accused of aiding piracy is closer to becoming a federal law.
After a flurry of last-minute lobbying from representatives of content providers including the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), a Senate committee approved the measure today by a unanimous vote.
Originally posted by PsykoOps
We need a proper long term solution. Take the dns system off american hands and place it into china or something. Get those copyright nazis out of the western world where they only seek to protect their own business of 'protecting artist'.
Originally posted by depressed67
Originally posted by thecinic
Thank you tasim here is the blacklist/censor/Seized image.. Time to learn some new tech and how to
[atsimg]http://files.abovetopsecret.com/images/member/ac3eebe1a009.jpg[/atsimg]
i love this image. ive been saving it for a while waiting for april fools day... lol
sounds like evil is rampant in the USA as it is here in the UK
Originally posted by serial
If ICANN allows the US government to block sites it doesn't agree with, there are other TLD's out there we can use. I cant imagine this is actually going result in anything happening on our end, but if the dns system comes under this kind of censorship ICANN will lose control of the internet as people use alternatives to keep it free. See here for information about alternative dns roots. goo.gl...