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Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman
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Yes, the original bills
COICA &
PROTECT IP have been twice held up in the Senate by Senator
Ron Wyden.
So, now its been raised in Congress after being rename "
SOPA".
It's basically the same bill only with even more overbroad wording, plus they slipped in parts of the Streaming Criminalization Bill
S.978
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Originally Posted by arete
They will simply chase the big sites out of the US. Canada may be chilly, but guess what: it's free, and the cops don't shoot you for Looking At Them In A Funny Way.
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The whole point of this law is to block off access to all
"Foreign Sites", which are beyond the reach of US Copyright Law.
They want mass IP Blocking + Search Result Censoring powers to use on offshore Websites by all US ISP & Search Providers.
Also the power to issue injunctions to US Payment Processing Companies (PayPal, etc...), to stop all money going to those sites.
Edit: 02/11/11
Apparently, websites that offer ways or tools to bypass blocks are also to be blocked off...
Websites in the USA are already vulnerable to being seized under current laws (see
Operation In Our Sites).
However these new powers would also no doubt be used against domestic sites as well...
Edited on 02/11/11
This may turn out bigger then I thought...
Considering the
"Shoot first, ask questions later" attitude of the Copyright Industry, they could well try to make Internet in the USA into their own private
Intranet...