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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: cavegal on November 19, 2010, 10:25:33 AM

Title: Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Post by: cavegal on November 19, 2010, 10:25:33 AM
http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/19/web-censorship-bill-sails-through-senate-committee/

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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.[/u]
:censored: :mad: :argh:


Title: Re: Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Post by: thundley4 on November 19, 2010, 10:29:07 AM
Guilty until proven innocent.  This bill is backed by Hollywood and the record companies in a major way.

A lot of Dems are on that list.


Patrick J. Leahy -- Vermont
Herb Kohl -- Wisconsin
Jeff Sessions -- Alabama
Dianne Feinstein -- California
Orrin G. Hatch -- Utah
Russ Feingold -- Wisconsin
Chuck Grassley -- Iowa
Arlen Specter -- Pennsylvania
Jon Kyl -- Arizona
Chuck Schumer -- New York
Lindsey Graham -- South Carolina
Dick Durbin -- Illinois
John Cornyn -- Texas
Benjamin L. Cardin -- Maryland
Tom Coburn -- Oklahoma
Sheldon Whitehouse -- Rhode Island
Amy Klobuchar -- Minnesota
Al Franken -- Minnesota
Chris Coons -- Delaware
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101118/10291211924/the-19-senators-who-voted-to-censor-the-internet.shtml
Title: Re: Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Post by: JohnnyReb on November 19, 2010, 10:52:10 AM
Guilty until proven innocent.  This bill is backed by Hollywood and the record companies in a major way.

A lot of Dems are on that list.


Patrick J. Leahy -- Vermont
Herb Kohl -- Wisconsin
Jeff Sessions -- Alabama
Dianne Feinstein -- California
Orrin G. Hatch -- Utah
Russ Feingold -- Wisconsin
Chuck Grassley -- Iowa
Arlen Specter -- Pennsylvania
Jon Kyl -- Arizona
Chuck Schumer -- New York
Lindsey Graham -- South Carolina
Dick Durbin -- Illinois
John Cornyn -- Texas
Benjamin L. Cardin -- Maryland
Tom Coburn -- Oklahoma
Sheldon Whitehouse -- Rhode Island
Amy Klobuchar -- Minnesota
Al Franken -- Minnesota
Chris Coons -- Delaware
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20101118/10291211924/the-19-senators-who-voted-to-censor-the-internet.shtml


There's my DUmbass senetor again, right in the middle of them damn liberals.

HEY DUDE!...I ain't gonna be DUmb enough to vote for you again.
Title: Re: Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Post by: true_blood on November 19, 2010, 12:03:22 PM
Meanwhile, the Bush tax cuts take a back seat. The democraps don't want to pass it because the repubs want extensions for all, and I agree. Where's the imposter as well? Is he still in the U.S.? Or is he speaking with Medvedev about the START treaty.
Title: Re: Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Post by: thundley4 on November 19, 2010, 01:23:34 PM
I wonder if this would apply to sites in other countries. Piratebay is based in Sweden (?) , and is a big torrent site.    Will they shut Google (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=monty+python+torrents) down?

Title: Re: Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Post by: Ptarmigan on November 19, 2010, 04:12:22 PM
That's going to be hard to enforce.
Title: Re: Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Post by: Airwolf on November 19, 2010, 07:55:49 PM
No way they would abuse this. Not one time right? ****ing DUmmies wet dream come true if they were to use this to shut a site down just because a link to some news service went out and got posted in a few sites like CU or CC.
Title: Re: Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Post by: cavegal on November 20, 2010, 12:58:33 PM
Senator: Web Censorship Bill A ‘Bunker-Busting Cluster Bomb’

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/senator-web-censorship-bill-a-bunker-busting-cluster-bomb/

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The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA, S.3804) 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.
More info
Title: Re: Web censorship bill sails through Senate committee
Post by: Freeper on November 20, 2010, 01:06:42 PM
Well Barry did say there is way too much information available. So no surprise they want the power to shut down some of that information.
I bet you Holder can't wait to shut down Free Republic.
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