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Cdesja5 · 01-01-2012, 10:19 AM

And it looks like they have managed to convince the US and CDN governments to their side...
There's a very interesting article in the Technology section of Friday's Globe and Mail, part of it quoted below and well worth a complete read...

Legislation threatens to turn Internet into an all-you-can-sue buffet

IVOR TOSSELL Last updated Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 10:14AM EST

Here’s what’s afoot: A pair of competing bills are working their way through the U.S. Congress that will take the crackdown on file-sharing to new extremes. Among other things, they would give the U.S. government the power to censor the Internet and its search engines, scrubbing references to foreign sites that trade in copyright violations. They would also give rights-holding companies the power to legally cut off advertising and search revenue from websites accused of copyright infringement by obtaining a court order. The laws could undermine the technological foundations the Internet is built on.

Could they become law? Yes: They have bipartisan support in both houses. America’s fractured government has finally found something that both parties can get behind – and it’s this.

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Cdesja5 Wizard Posts: 1,117 Karma: 2094306 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Device: Lots and lots of electronic gadgets...	And it looks like they have managed to convince the US and CDN governments to their side... There's a very interesting article in the Technology section of Friday's Globe and Mail, part of it quoted below and well worth a complete read... Legislation threatens to turn Internet into an all-you-can-sue buffet IVOR TOSSELL Last updated Friday, Dec. 30, 2011 10:14AM EST Here’s what’s afoot: A pair of competing bills are working their way through the U.S. Congress that will take the crackdown on file-sharing to new extremes. Among other things, they would give the U.S. government the power to censor the Internet and its search engines, scrubbing references to foreign sites that trade in copyright violations. They would also give rights-holding companies the power to legally cut off advertising and search revenue from websites accused of copyright infringement by obtaining a court order. The laws could undermine the technological foundations the Internet is built on. Could they become law? Yes: They have bipartisan support in both houses. America’s fractured government has finally found something that both parties can get behind – and it’s this.