28-10-2011, 07:27 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Opole, Poland
Posts: 14,276
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US seems to be insistent on inflicting this particular brand of madness on their citizens.
After: http://act.demandprogress.org/letter..._jvGQ&rd=1&t=2
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REP. ZOE LOFGREN CALLS BILL "THE END OF THE INTERNET"
It's alive! And it's a nightmare.
The rumors were true: The new Blacklist Bill could effectively destroy YouTube, Twitter, and other sites that rely on user-generated content by making the sites' owners legally responsible for content their users post.
It also includes provisions that would make it a felony to stream unlicensed content -- including cover band performances, karaoke videos, video game play-throughs, and more.
It's a grab-bag of Halloween goodies for a handful of big corporations -- but for us it's Frankenstein's monster, cobbled together from half-born bills, set to suffocate free speech and innovation and terrorize consumers and Internet users.
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