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Morning Bell: The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation [Stop SOPA]
heritage.org ^ | Dec 28, 2011 | By Rob Bluey

Posted on 12/29/2011 2:20:45 AM PST by Jim Robinson

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To: Einherjar

We were at the same point a long, long time ago.


21 posted on 12/29/2011 4:50:31 AM PST by wastedyears (Not too long you devious little parathyroid. Soon I'll be rid of you and I'll be free.)
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To: Jim Robinson

And watch what the other hand is doing - to create confusion.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/12/online-gambling-states-justice.html


22 posted on 12/29/2011 4:52:07 AM PST by sodpoodle ( Newt - God has tested him for a reason..)
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To: fatima

http://www.newser.com/story/136397/godaddy-braces-for-todays-mass-exodus.html
GoDaddy Braces for Today’s Mass Exodus

http://www.businessinsider.com/godaddy-is-facing-a-nasty-boycott-for-once-supporting-sopa-2011-12
GoDaddy Is Facing A Nasty Boycott For Once Supporting SOPA


23 posted on 12/29/2011 5:28:58 AM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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To: Jim Robinson
federal authorities viewed it differently

That's the fundamental problem in America. Apply the above phrase to everything the FedGov does. Its views on liberty, the Constitution and America are in sync with despotism.

Bureaucrats fundamentally don't understand freedom. They don't choose it personally, so why should you?

24 posted on 12/29/2011 5:34:23 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: abb

It’s a worldwide socialist phenomenon.

Argentine Senate approves government control of newsprint for media friends and foes alike:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/americas/argentine-senate-approves-government-control-of-newsprint-for-media-friends-and-foes-alike/2011/12/22/gIQAc6O4BP_story.html


25 posted on 12/29/2011 5:39:14 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: abb

There are better hosting companies than godaddy. I’ve used Bluehost.com for years and have been quite happy.


26 posted on 12/29/2011 5:39:42 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: abb
SOPA opponents may go nuclear and other 2012 predictions

It's absolutely what they must do. Google or Wiki going black would definitely shake the world.

27 posted on 12/29/2011 5:47:46 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The RNC would prefer Obama to a conservative nominee.)
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To: driftdiver

GoDaddy is crooked. I used their Whois to search for a domain name availability, and the creeps bought the domain name themselves a few days later. The tried to charge me $5000 for my idea that they have parked on.


28 posted on 12/29/2011 5:53:34 AM PST by Tzfat
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To: Tzfat

Register.com did the same thing to me.


29 posted on 12/29/2011 6:01:18 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Both of these SOPA Bills are pure evil.

They're something Himmler and his SD, the Sicherheitsdienst, (Secret Service, State Secret Police), or the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) would have came up with if the Net existed in the 30's and 40's. As it was they could only go after radios and transmitters - with fairly good success. If they had today's technology they would have had a 100% shutdown of 'foreign propaganda'. As that's what these two Bills add up to. Shutdown and CONTROL.

If I'm wrong, I'd like some genius in Congress to show me where I'm wrong comparing them to Himmler and his SD with these bills!

an aside: It's stuff like this why I never liked the idea of: "Homeland Security". It smacked of Himmler's: SS, SD, Gestapo, and other little state security groups.
(note: Ernst Röhm's SA is not to be included. They were kind of like 'SEIU Thugs with Badges' and terminated with extreme prejudice when no longer useful to 'The Leader')

30 posted on 12/29/2011 6:02:11 AM PST by Condor51 (Yo Hoffa, so you want to 'take out conservatives'. Well okay Jr - I'm your Huckleberry)
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To: Jim Robinson

Wouldn’t this just be another gold mine for a new set of lawyers involved?

Never thought I would see Reddit (my son’s favorite site) and FR on the same side of an issue!


31 posted on 12/29/2011 6:04:16 AM PST by jaybee
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To: Einherjar
but it seems to me that we are at the same point as the American Colonists were when the King was infringing on the liberties of the Colonists

Read the Declaration of Independence today. You are more right than you realize.

32 posted on 12/29/2011 6:34:23 AM PST by exit82 (Democrats are the enemies of freedom. We have ideas-the Dems only have ideology.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Thanks!

Now we're talkin'

Everybody needs to get after this big time.

Stop SOPA and PIPA NOW!

33 posted on 12/29/2011 7:02:08 AM PST by upchuck (Let's have the Revolution NOW before we get dumbed down to the point that we can't.)
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To: Jim Robinson; ShadowAce; Quill Pen
This POWER GRAB by the federal government is evil and the "copyright infringement" is just a convenient excuse!

FREEDOM OF SPEECH HANGS IN THE BALANCE!!

Thank you for keeping this in the attention of FReepers -- WE CAN'T LET FREEREPUBLIC GET SHUT DOWN BY THE FEDS!!

34 posted on 12/29/2011 7:05:53 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: dayglored
Has anyone seen this Youtube? If not, check it out, it has a lot of interesting information on it regarding SOPA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc
35 posted on 12/29/2011 7:50:31 AM PST by Gennie
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To: Jim Robinson

Right on it and also posting this on Facebook.


36 posted on 12/29/2011 8:07:26 AM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: Jim Robinson
Each FReeper should contact his/her two Senators and Representative about these issues.

Will do! This is some serious $hit they are up to.

37 posted on 12/29/2011 8:14:44 AM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Jim Robinson; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...

38 posted on 12/29/2011 9:08:56 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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39 posted on 12/29/2011 9:09:32 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: upchuck
Stop SOPA and PIPA NOW!

No, no, no! Don't touch Pipa!!!!


40 posted on 12/29/2011 11:07:35 AM PST by WildSnail (The US government now has more control over the people than the old Soviet Union ever dreamed of)
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