Senate Approves Internet Censorship Bill

[Wordsworth]

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).

I don't expect this to get far, not that those in the national government wouldn't mind.

I would go you one step further than using lower case in "supreme court" and simply call it the "national court," there should be nothing "supreme" about it. The people of the various states need to check the national government whether that be an executive order, legislation, or court decisions.

 

[Windows i7 920]

Someone is going to get pissed, raise hell, and cause a whole slew of legal battles which will likely make its way up to the Supreme Court, where the law will likely be declared unconstitutional. Happens all the time here in the USA .

 

[Solarstarshines]

How does this affect piracy? Pirates would just move off America right?

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Congrates on you're skilled badge BlackZero

 

[kemo]

So... when they say censor... do they plan to go as far as other countries out east did? That's a little extreme.

 

[darkdisturbed]

Here we go .. US and Australia forcing censorship on internet users.. what happened to parents filtering their internet usage for their kids? I hate the idea of any government trying to enforce censorship upon the citizens of any country.

I still think this bill has a lot more hurdles to get through before it passes.

 

[s31]

the australian one has been pushed back a few years and most likley will not pass the senate anyway because it doesnt have the numbers for it

 

[Tepid]

This has nothing to do with piracy.
I could see this as more likened to the "Fairness Doctrine" or even the "THE RADIO ACT OF 1927".

Both of which have big negatives.
This is a take over (not unlike china) of the internet plain and simple.

"Oh, that will never happen, your crazy."
"Tyranny in America? No Way, your crazy, never happen."

All I can say, is, ,,, ,,, ,,, "If you say so."
But someone needs to pull their head from their corn hole and get a clue.

 

[Colonel Travis]

Bill is essentially dead, there's enough opposition outside of committee that there's no time left this session to get it to a full vote.

What's troubling is this passed out of committee 19-0. I can understand a split vote down party lines or whatnot, but not even 18-1? There wasn't one person who saw through this garbage?

Idiots.

 

[Catswold]

Bill is essentially dead, there's enough opposition outside of committee that there's no time left this session to get it to a full vote.

What's troubling is this passed out of committee 19-0. I can understand a split vote down party lines or whatnot, but not even 18-1? There wasn't one person who saw through this garbage?

Idiots.

This! Oregon Senator Wyden put a "Hold" on the bill. It ain't goin' nowhere. One of the wonderful and frustrating things about the Senate is that it is designed to force a bill's progress down to a snail's pace.

Any Senator can place a "Hold" on any bill indefinitely. The only way to move the bill forward is for the Senate to vote on cloture and I doubt that's gonna happen any time soon.

Relax and write to you Senator's and Congressperson. Let them know what you think.

I somehow don't think giving AG Eric Holder the power to shutdown any website he deems to be in violation of property rights laws is a good thing.

 

[cclloyd9785]

THIS is what Im talking about when I tell all my friends that Obama is trying to turn us communist.

 

[Klaw117]

THIS is what Im talking about when I tell all my friends that Obama is trying to turn us communist.

What makes this bill Obama's idea?

 

[bigcitycat]

I'm not 100% sure but I think the article is saying it was approved thru committee. It still has to go to the Senate floor for a vote and has to be passed in the House of Representatives and be signed by the President to become law. The Republicans are opposed to this regulation and it won't come up for a vote till they take control of the House. This isn't going to become law.

 

[Skulblaka]

That's it, I'm getting a laptop, getting my "stuff" through it, then transferring them to my rig. This insolence will NOT stop me!

By the way, it there a way to make a laptops IP to appear as a foreign IP or simply bypass this garbage? Also, Europe sounds appealing...

 

[Colonel Travis]

I'm not 100% sure but I think the article is saying it was approved thru committee. It still has to go to the Senate floor for a vote and has to be passed in the House of Representatives and be signed by the President to become law. The Republicans are opposed to this regulation and it won't come up for a vote till they take control of the House. This isn't going to become law.

Every (R) member of the Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of this bill, and it also had 7 (R) co-sponsors. As mentioned earlier, it was a (D) Senator not on that committee who's been leading opposition.

 

[Colonel Travis]

THIS is what Im talking about when I tell all my friends that Obama is trying to turn us communist.

What makes this bill Obama's idea?

Not sure if this bill was Obama's idea, but it would give the AG a lot of power. The AG is appointed by the president and takes charge of the broad policies the president supports, and one of those broad policies is going after intellectual property theft by any means necessary, which is how it's behaved on everything the past two years. Ever heard of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator? I hadn't, because that position has never existed until Obama. That person is Victoria A. Espinel, one of those many "czars" that Obama has appointed without Congressional approval. What does Victoria A. Espinel do? Stuff like going out and shutting down sites without approval from Congress or anyone else. This president has also appointed 5 RIAA lawyers to high DoJ positions. It is no secret the direction this administration is taking.

 

[Solarstarshines]

I doubt Obama was the one who started this he is a crucial part of our Goverment but really we have three parts to this deal in the US we learned this in school

Before Obama even signs anything he still has to get a ok himself this is typical Goverment action agaist things they do not understand basicly NWO comes to mind Communist i think not NWO yes any little issue nowdays is blown way out of context

If this was the case they should ban everything or atleast focus thiere attention to something that really needs to be done in the world like produce jobs and stop telling people what to do that is why everything is messed up in the first place

That is why we're still in Iraq Because they want to control the world

 

[wilywombat]

@Skulblaka - Google and have a look for "Secure VPN" to see if that fits your needs.

 

[Catswold]

THIS is what Im talking about when I tell all my friends that Obama is trying to turn us communist.

What makes this bill Obama's idea?

Not sure if this bill was Obama's idea, but it would give the AG a lot of power. The AG is appointed by the president and takes charge of the broad policies the president supports, and one of those broad policies is going after intellectual property theft by any means necessary, which is how it's behaved on everything the past two years. Ever heard of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator? I hadn't, because that position has never existed until Obama. That person is Victoria A. Espinel, one of those many "czars" that Obama has appointed without Congressional approval. What does Victoria A. Espinel do? Stuff like going out and shutting down sites without approval from Congress or anyone else. This president has also appointed 5 RIAA lawyers to high DoJ positions. It is no secret the direction this administration is taking.

Does anyone doubt that Obama would sign this abomination if it reached his desk? It's very much in line with his statist mind set.

 

[Solarstarshines]

What makes this bill Obama's idea?

Not sure if this bill was Obama's idea, but it would give the AG a lot of power. The AG is appointed by the president and takes charge of the broad policies the president supports, and one of those broad policies is going after intellectual property theft by any means necessary, which is how it's behaved on everything the past two years. Ever heard of the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator? I hadn't, because that position has never existed until Obama. That person is Victoria A. Espinel, one of those many "czars" that Obama has appointed without Congressional approval. What does Victoria A. Espinel do? Stuff like going out and shutting down sites without approval from Congress or anyone else. This president has also appointed 5 RIAA lawyers to high DoJ positions. It is no secret the direction this administration is taking.

Does anyone doubt that Obama would sign this abomination if it reached his desk? It's very much in line with his statist mind set.

I don't think he would because so far he has tryed to do the right thing
It pretty much sucks he has to pick up the pieces of the former pres and on top of it being the first Blk pres is being under alot of pressure to succeed

No matter what Obama does even if he was like Clinton i think this is the one and only chance a Blk man has a chance to change the world

I not making it a racial debate before people take it wrong Im just saying seems no matter what he does they always go back to that instead of thinking of him as our leader
If he does pass or not Someone is still going to fire off on him Especially these Big cry baby Companies that are the real one's complaining the Rich begets Rich Just a bunch of greedy Ceo's and politics Just look what happened to the city of Bell in Southern California tottal choas and melt down not to mention hefty prision sentences

 

[Lunarpancake]

That's it, I'm getting a laptop, getting my "stuff" through it, then transferring them to my rig. This insolence will NOT stop me!

By the way, it there a way to make a laptops IP to appear as a foreign IP or simply bypass this garbage? Also, Europe sounds appealing...

This is what VPN's are for.....not really but its what most p2p users use VPN's for. Make sure the VPN allowed p2p, doesnt save information, and is not based out of USA or UK.

Im not saying you should download illegal content (you shouldnt, and I dont). Nothing is foolproof. If you are seeding a movie that is popular and out in theatres obviously you are going to have a much higher risk of being caught than if you are seeding an 80s flick. Just dont be dumb!