Many of you have heard of a bill that may be passed in the U.S.A. that will effectively take away many of the privileges of the internet.What does this mean for you?
Well basically, if this bill goes through, you can say goodbye to this blog.
I won’t fill up your dashboard with another lengthy explanation about what this bill does, but you can read about it here and read it in full here.
For more information:
American Censorship Day
The White House Petition
Tumblr’s Protect The Net
Change.org
from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow
James Losey from New American Foundation says, "Rebecca MacKinnon, former CNN Beijing Bureau Chief and now a researcher focusing on the intersection of the Internet, human rights, and foreign policy warns that the Stop Online Piracy Act introduces Chinese style censorship to the United States in a New York Times op-ed:"China operates the world's most elaborate and opaque system of Internet censorship. But Congress, under pressure to take action against the theft of intellectual property, is considering misguided legislation that would strengthen China's Great Firewall and even bring major features of it to America.The legislation (the Protect IP Act, which has been introduced in the Senate, and a House version known as the Stop Online Piracy Act) has an impressive array of well-financed backers, including the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Motion Picture Association of America, the American Federation of Musicians, the Directors Guild of America, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Screen Actors Guild. The bills aim not to censor political or religious speech as China does, but to protect American intellectual property. Alarm at the infringement of creative works through the Internet is justifiable. The solutions offered by the legislation, however, threaten to inflict collateral damage on democratic discourse and dissent both at home and around the world."
Thursday 17 November 2011
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