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Even if these specific bills may be dead, like
zombies rising from the dead, they will be back because the key phrase
in all of this is “as written.”
Over the weekend, the Obama administration issued a
potentially game-changing statement on the blacklist bills, saying it
would oppose PIPA and SOPA as written, and drew an important line in
the sand by emphasizing that it “will not support” any bill “that
reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or
undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.”
Yet, the fight is still far from
over. Even though the New York Times reported that the White House
statement “all but kill[s] current versions of the legislation,” the
Senate is still poised to bring PIPA to the floor next week, and we can
expect SOPA proponents in the House to try to revive the
legislation—unless they get the message that these initiatives must
stop, now. So let’s take a look at the dangerous provisions in the
blacklist bills that would violate the White House’s own principles by
damaging free speech, Internet security, and online innovation:
[Dvorak
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Dvorak is funny. He used "White House" and "principles" in the same sentence, without the word "no" in front of the latter word.
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Could be wrong, but it looks to me that these bills put yet more power in the hands of Eric Holder. That would be a big no-no for me. Wiki (English) is going down for the day tomorrow in protest. I'll be taking my sight down as well (my 9 occasional viewers will undoubtedly yawn themselves into a stupor) in protest of this as well. Don't need more g'ment. Isn't piracy and copyright infringement already illegal?
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Actually I hope my sight remains intact. I'll be taking down my web site.
ReplyDeleteOld age is such fun.
Both of these bills are just revisions of previous ones that were themselves revisions. The free flow of information rightfully scares the crap out of the buffoons and criminals in Washington and they won't stop until they manage to break the internet.
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I think Mickey Mouse (tm) {still!!!} is about 80 years old, and is still copyrighted. That alone shows the power of the Hollywood crowd.
ReplyDeleteFor contrast, many medications have been invented, produced and have had their patents expire during the same time. {not that there is anything wrong with that}
It just shows that life-saving products are valued less than a cartoon mouse in our warped society.
The 'life' of trademark or copyright was just extended in the last 10 years for another twenty or so ... {i don't remember details..} Mickey will never go into the public domain.
tomw