05-20-2011, 04:41 PM | #1 |
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US - Bill S. 968 re piracy
Today I received an email from a music industry group encouraging me to write my Senators and Congressman in support of Bill S. 968, which it says would punish ISPs which do business with pirate websites.
I suspect that many here have a relevant opinion, and therefore may wish to contact their representatives regarding Bill S. 968. |
05-20-2011, 04:48 PM | #2 |
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Is that the one that makes illegally streaming copyrighted movies a felony?
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05-20-2011, 05:02 PM | #3 |
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I have no idea what that bill is about...
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05-20-2011, 05:05 PM | #4 |
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Okay, something is hinky here. Bill S. 968 is the "Secondary School Innovation Fund Act." Either someone is hoaxing, or that's the wrong bill number.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:S968: |
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Here's what the email I received said:
"...a bipartisan group of legislators recently introduced S. 968; a bill giving the Justice Department the authority to seek a federal court order to seize a domain name used by a website engaged in criminal piracy or counterfeiting. Under the bill the Court would also issue an order to intermediaries -- such as ISPs, payment processors, Internet registries, advertisers, etc. -- prohibiting them from doing business with such criminal operations." I don't know anything more about it. |
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05-20-2011, 05:21 PM | #6 |
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http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s112-968
It's in the very first step of the legislative process. Hopefully it dies a slow, tortuous death in committee. |
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Here's the bill for the 112th congress, also known as the Protect IP Act of 2011... http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s112-968 |
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I'm not in favor of this act, as anyone who does not believe in intellectual property should be.
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I would think at least some of what this supposed bill is supposed to cover is already covered by other laws. I mean fraud that involves money being sent via wire and such for example. That would be the purview of the Treasury Department I would think. Especially since they talk about conterfeiting.
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05-21-2011, 05:40 PM | #13 |
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One of the issues, to me, is I want my ISP to provide a "dumb" data pipe. They shouldn't be responsible for what I or others do with the pipe.
One analogy is, if I do something illegal with my car on the road, and not because of the road, I don't expect anyone other than myself to be responsible. I can't imagine ISP's having much more control over their traffic than we do over vehicles on a highway and I don't want them sniffing our data any more than necessary to obtain more control. |
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