Posted on 11/19/2010 5:41:04 AM PST by markomalley
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill that would give the Attorney General the right to shut down websites with a court order if copyright infringement is deemed “central to the activity” of the site — regardless if the website has actually committed a crime. The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is among the most draconian laws ever considered to combat digital piracy, and contains what some have called the “nuclear option,” which would essentially allow the Attorney General to turn suspected websites “off.”
COICA is the latest effort by Hollywood, the recording industry and the big media companies to stem the tidal wave of internet file sharing that has upended those industries and, they claim, cost them tens of billions of dollars over the last decade.
Won't work. The US owns all the domain name servers running the Internet.
Marxists-Communists-Socialists never give up. And they never learn..................
The ACLU wants to charge GW Bush for torture yet will be completely silent on freedom of press violations by the federal government.
What a bizarre world we now live.
“C’mon 2012.”
Wondering if 2012 would happen if this gets passed. Seems to me ‘THEY’ would have total control of what is said about anything, and everything from that point on.
Combine this potential censorship of the web with their control of the MSM, their rampant fraud, and never forget their control of all the bureaucracies staffed with their own, and we have one “H” of an obstacle to overcome.
‘They’ would have total control of our communications not only Nationwide.
Many people thought the election would slow the leftists down. It has only convinced them they must try harder.”
Do their mischeif quicker.
The obamites can hire an army to pull down the flyers every day. Full employment guaranteed.
We beat the British army. If necessary we cheeky yanks can circumvent a red diaper-led leftist oligarchy. We are not Ukrainian peasants. Americans (traditional value ones) are too irreverent and resourceful to be suppressed by dictators ....I hope.
Let's see what happens on “opt out” day.
Sounds like the end of conservaive internet sites - pretty soon Freepers will be gone. Townhall.com hotair, drudgereport and so on and so forth. It has been nice knowing you all. how much longer we are allowed to speak to one another will be determined. Wait a moment there is a government car driving up, there a two men in it and they have a very big scissors and they are now coming to the door. i better send this quick, they are breaking down the door ....
The problem with these types of bills is both parties generally are in bed with the MPAA and RIAA, so they just sail through.
We are screwed. Zero chance to stop this.
Zero.
Anyone have a break down on the vote? I’m wondering how my senator voted.
“... regardless if the website has actually committed a crime.”
“Looks like the dems aren’t ‘retreating’....they are ‘reloading’”
That’s for sure. Does anybody in the GOP not understand what we’re dealing with here? “Go along to get along” is no longer an option if we’re to get our country back.
Sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
17 co-Sponsors, including: Alexander (R-TN), Coburn (R-OK), Grahamnesty (R?-SC), Grassley, Hatch & Voinovich...
Now what? Can S3804 be stopped?
I pray we will meet in the streets.
A, and, & the. See how easy it would be to shut down anyone... Sounds like the burden would then be on the guilty until proven innocent to go to court. This sounds like the French system.
It involves using the peer-to-peer model.
We might have to work fast.
Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country. There’s nothing that the government can do to me if I’ve broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room.
We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner. The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen. “Sorry about that,” said the President. “Andrew is very hungry.” “I don’t appreciate...” I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. “Of course,” I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp. “And his brother Eric is very thirsty.” said the President.
The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I don’t want to seem unkind. My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite. “Eric’s children are also quite hungry.” With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room. “And their grandmother can’t stand for long.” I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game.
I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President.”Their grandfather doesn’t like the cold.” I wanted to shout- that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in.
The President hadn’t moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him. “Andrew’s whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven’t planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a subprime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do.” My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor.
The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.”By the way,” He added, “I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I’m firing you as head of your business. I’ll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There’s a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can’t come to you for jobs groveling like beggars.” I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his creme brulee. He drained the last drops of his wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss.
I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us. What had I done wrong? As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands he said: “You should have stopped me at the dinner roll”.
Exactly. Mark Steyn almost had a woman in tears yesterday when he made this point on Rush's show.
The recent election was just a battle, not the end of the war. The Left has plenty of weapons. This law could shut this site down in an instant for just one cross linked picture.
Jeff Sessions
Orin Hatch
Chuck Grassley
John Kyle
Lindsey Graham
John Cornyn
Tom Coburn
Damn
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