Windows 7: Senate Approves Internet Censorship Bill

marsmimar · 19 Nov 2010

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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the COICA Internet censorship bill this morning, despite bipartisan opposition, and countless experts pointing out how it would be ineffective, unconstitutional, bad for innovation and the tech economy, and would break the Internet.

To recap, COICA gives the government dramatic new copyright enforcement powers, in particular the ability to make entire websites disappear from the Internet if infringement, or even links to infringement, are deemed to be “central” to the purpose of the site. Rather than just targeting files that actually infringe copyright law, COICA's "nuclear-option" design has the government blacklisting entire sites out of the domain name system — a reckless scheme that will undermine global Internet infrastructure and censor legitimate online speech.

Source: UPDATE: The Case Against COICA | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Read More: Stop the Internet Blacklist! | Demand Progress

Solarstarshines · 19 Nov 2010

Makes me feel like why are we even given this technology to us if your just going to stop us from using it the way we intended

Some self rightous pr*** has felt he could change the world by doing this I think were in the age of being Big brothered on the net as well which is tottal bsing our first admendment rights along with most of the constitution it was built on

I bet this won't last long though these companies will end up sueing the government over freedom laws that were made for us in the first place basicly obstructing freedoms that we are supposed to have

Honestly this really ticks me off

DarkDavil · 19 Nov 2010

Supreme Court + This Bill = Win for the People, as in Bill is not able to be passed. Sorry Senate, but why can't you follow the rules that established this government, as in the friggen CONSTITUTION.

Ridiculous.
Period.

kodi · 19 Nov 2010

The problem with this type of legislature is that they will be administered by some Bureaucrat that wouldn't know what the Internet was even if someone shoved it up his/her backside.

galaxys · 19 Nov 2010

What a waste...don't they have anything better to do in Washington

vierasniper · 19 Nov 2010

oh hell no

Savage · 19 Nov 2010

Well... this is some Grade A bollocks if I ever heard it.

Darician · 19 Nov 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by kodi

The problem with this type of legislature is that they will be administered by some Bureaucrat that wouldn't know what the Internet was even if someone shoved it up his/her backside.

If presented with it, they could believe that the attached picture is the internet.

Lebon14 · 19 Nov 2010

Welcome to the end of Internet guys.

essenbe · 19 Nov 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by galaxys

What a waste...don't they have anything better to do in Washington

Sure they do. Spend more of our money, infringe on our constitutional rights and approve supreme court judges that will write their own laws. (and for you English experts out there I did not capitalize supreme court on purpose).

Windows 7: Senate Approves Internet Censorship Bill

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