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AllentownDarkWater
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URGENT: Congress wants to shutdown Youtube and make it a felon to stream
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Copied and pasted from another forum:
| quote: | A good video explanation of what is going on, although a bit long:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAtSfNh9B0c&feature=feedu
A clear explanation of what congress is rushing to pass:
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/pipa_house/
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A bit of an emergency: The rumor all over Capitol Hill is that the House version of the Internet Blacklist Bill will be introduced this week, probably on Wednesday.
Our allies on the Hill say the bill's so bad that it could effectively destroy Youtube, Twitter, and other sites that rely on user-generated content by making the sites' owners legally responsible for everything their users post.
Nobody will want to take that risk, so sites like Youtube and Twitter could be forced to shut down.
Facebook, Myspace, and Google+ would be at risk. The cyberlocker and streaming provisions could affect your iPhone, Android, AmazonCloud, Pandora, Grooveshark and even your email accounts.
It also includes provisions that would make it a felony to stream unlicensed content -- including cover band performances, karaoke videos, video game play-throughs, and more.
And all of this is being driven by a few major corporations who are trying to protect their private profits.
Will you use the form at right to ask your Congressmember not to cosponsor the legislation, at least until they've heard our concerns?
ALSO: We need to completely overwhelm the social networking sites with info about this legislation so we can bombard Congress with constituent contacts:
CONTACT YOUR LOCAL CONGRESS MEMBER USING THIS URL!!!
http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/pipa_house/ |
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I'm scared!!!!!!
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29-10-2011 05:32
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condorcandi
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First, chill out and breathe. Worse case scenario, if it gets passed, the companies will get overseas server space and continue business as usual. A US law cannot be applied in other countries except on US territory, like embassies. Meanwhile, the case(s) will be winding their way through the courts, and the law will, in all likelihood, be struck down for being too vague, unconstitutional, or both.
But since this bill would tick off many many many large wealthy companies, it's unlikely to happen -unless the politicos who vote for it want to lose their contributions from said wealthy companies. Never mind losing votes from the constituents who don't like their personal convenience being threatened.
Also, please remember we US folk are headed into an election year. Mudslinging and blamethrowing will abound. From the amount of hype, and very little hard fact, I found when researching this bill and the associated actions, it looks like it's already started.
And, just saying, look up the history of Demand Progress, their website, and the people who run it, especially the guy in charge. Really. Reliable sources start with the people behind them. And reliability does not seem much in evidence here.
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