Another attack on the Internets, yo.

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Robtard
The COICA (Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act) Bill is gaining steam; if it passes there's a lot of gray-space for tomfoolery that could have sites like Youtube.com taken down/censored, even though they already remove copywritten material when informed of the infringement. IE More 'Big Government' nonsense.

http://www.eff.org/coica

Huff & Puff's rant on it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-segal/stop-the-internet-blackli_b_739836.html

Petition to stop it and further info: http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/

King Kandy
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f11/t539489.html

Come on, it was on the front page and everything...

Deja~vu
I really hate our government. Grrrr.

Robtard
Originally posted by King Kandy
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f11/t539489.html

Come on, it was on the front page and everything...
I was out that day, diarrhea.

Sadako of Girth
Thats messed up.

I thought you guys were for sanity again, when you kicked Bush's mob out...

inimalist
huh, I figured this would be about Stuxnet or the massive rerouting of data through China recently.

AJE on Stuxnet:

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AJE on the data routing through China:

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An interesting perspective in the second one for sure, especially as it tempers the rhetoric coming from Washington about China's cyberwar. My question is, could the rerouting be a test of Chinese server limits, thus an attempt to protect themselves from DNS attacks?

Stuxnet is also amazing, in that terrifying way that military technology is. Stuff like that makes me want to be a spy, considering all the levels of organization it would have taken to develop the code for proprietary systems and machines, and then get a physical USB key into the Iranian systems.

inimalist
Or, to keep on the topic, this whole COICA thing represents something worse even than controlling the internet. The only people pushing hard against online piracy are the RIAA and the MPAA. The lawmakers who are most heavily funded by these groups are the ones who put forth the legislation. This means, literally, that you can buy legislation. If you have enough money, as a non-elected entity, you can set political agenda and have a huge influence over where tax dollars are allocated simply by contributing enough to a particular campaign.

Obviously this is old news, but rarely is there such a blatent example. I can't imagine too many people would put "internet piracy" at the top of the list of issues facing America today, yet time in both houses is now being used to determine if, what would have to be a steady stream of tax dollars, should be spent trying to harass sites that have a history of lurking in a legal grey zone. The recent case against ISOhunt should show this type of legislation is unnecessary anyways, as a site that knowingly supported piracy was held liable in a court of law. Essentially, we have crony-ism to the extreme here, and in order to ensure full coffers for their next election, politicians are acting as agents for major corporate bodies.

That coming out against piracy is an easy photo op for either party surely helps. Most people will react more favorably to a harsh condemnation of "theft" but probably don't have the stomach for a calm conversation about remodelling internet media distribution copyrights.

Zeal Ex Nihilo
Originally posted by Robtard
The COICA (Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act) Bill is gaining steam; if it passes there's a lot of gray-space for tomfoolery that could have sites like Youtube.com taken down/censored, even though they already remove copywritten material when informed of the infringement. IE More 'Big Government' nonsense.

http://www.eff.org/coica

Huff & Puff's rant on it: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-segal/stop-the-internet-blackli_b_739836.html

Petition to stop it and further info: http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/
VOTE DEMOCRAT AND VOTE FOR FREEDOM. Stop the Republican warmachine before they strip us of our basic liberties! George Bush is going to seize control of the United States government and institute martial law! No justice, no peace!

Hope 'n' change, baby. Maybe one day you leftards will wake up and realize that there's one man fighting for freedom in America, that there's one man free of corporate strings, that there's one man who stands against tyranny.

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But you won't. You'll vote for the same corporatist Democrats because you think you're fighting against the corporatist Republicans. I'll give you a hint, sweetcheeks: they're all on the same side. They all want power, control, and money. And as long as you keep voting, they're going to keep getting it.

Ushgarak
Alright, folks, use the already provided thread. And do remember to check for already existing topics.

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