That bill is really close to passing

Like, seriously close.

 

So much for freedom of speech.
Let the riots begin.

 

ok, if it actually passes, I will find a riot and join it

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_ip

 

Obama threatened to veto it so it won't pass. Even if he did not veto it it would be a violation of the Constitution and it will surely come up in judicial review.

 

Well surely that would have been noted by someone as it was being decided on.

 

It's absolutely amazing how little I care about whatever it is you and your pals are talking about in this thread.

 

k .

 

It pertains to this thread no longer existing.

Or something like that.

 

Stop living under that bridge and you might start to understand.

 

I'm going to laugh when the government bans all the sites you troll.

 

Your definition of amazing is odd .-.

 

too bad even if he vetos the house just had to get a 2/3 vote to get it through

 

Depending on what reason he gives for vetoing it, he may be able to convince them not to re-vote. And there are still those "unconstitutional" and "judicial review" things.

 

the fact that if it passes doesn't mean they think it's constitutional?

 

Nope.
You'd be surprised how many laws go through without them realizing that they're not constitutional.
Why do you think people bring up the fact that a certain law is unconstitutional during a trial, in a court case? It means they passed a law without even realizing that it breaches a certain amendment.

 

Why would a vote be judged based on the constitution? A court case is where that kind of judgment takes place.

 

I directly copied this from the other thread; don't currently have the time to edit it.

As some of you may already know, the US government is going to discuss about the first internet censorship system today on Congress. They are trying to get through a law, which allows the government to block any site's access or cut off their funds. It also allows for private corporations to immediately block access to a website without any court, just because they think you have copyrighted material. It also makes it a lot harder for new social media sites or new artists of any kind to get started on the internet, because big corporations shoot them down right away when they see the first sign of copyrighted material.

As a result, sites like YouTube or Twitter would have to be shut down, considering they are huge nests of piracy, containing clips from movies, music, cartoons and other related stuff.

This video should explain it a bit better -> http://vimeo.com/31100268

And here you can send a petition to the US government -> http://americancensorship.org/

This issue is, undoubtedly, one of the biggest issues right now on the internet.
Not only will this legislation have impacts on the United States, but it will have impact upon the world.

View it this way: If the United States starts blocking foreign countries and/or sites, they may very well in turn block us. Thereby leaving us at an economic disadvantage in an already downtrodden time.

Furthermore, this is a very sophisticated piece of legislation that threatens to impose upon the rights granted by the Bill of Rights. That being said, should this legislation pass, and should it stand the test of the Supreme Court (as it would undoubtedly go there) then the United States would be, in my opinion, no better than China, North Korea, or any other number of countries that restrict, limit, and censor content that comes in and goes out of their countries.

All of that being said, there is a few fundamental issues here.

Namely: The United States is trying to take charge of the internet by governing in international territories.

Secondly: The United States is trying to challenge and limit the right that we all have to a freedom of access to information. This in-turn will also limit us to a vast content base, such as Wikipedia, Flicker, Vimeo, possibly even YouTube, and most of the useful Google results.

 

This is bad

So I just hope no one votes for this law period.

 

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