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American Internet Censorship Bill!!!!!

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icantskiiFILM
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sorry if repost. i couldnt find anything after search barring

http://americancensorship.org/

Today, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system.
This bill can pass. If it does the Internet and free speech will never be the same.

Website Blocking
The government can order service providers to block websites for infringing links posted by any users.

Risk of Jail for Ordinary Users
It becomes a felony with a potential 5 year sentence to stream a copyrighted work that would cost more than $2,500 to license, even if you are a totally noncommercial user, e.g. singing a pop song on Facebook.

Chaos for the Internet
Thousands of sites that are legal under the DMCA would face new legal threats. People trying to keep the internet more secure wouldn't be able to rely on the integrity of the DNS system.



this cant be good. lets hope it doesnt pass. everyone! please send a letter after clicking on the site!

Nov 16 2011 5:58PM
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icantskiiFILM
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i dont get how no one answers this. understand that if this passes. we can never make ski edits again with music that we dont have a license for!!!
Nov 16 2011 6:15PM
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PJS.
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gonna take the passive route and say it won't ever pass.
Nov 16 2011 6:16PM
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.frenchy
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Repost. My 4chan thread is pretty much the same thing lol
Nov 16 2011 6:17PM
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ORDEAL
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This is reeeally stupid, i already sent 2 emails to my dumbass representative (michelle bachman idk if youve heard of her shes pretty underground)


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Nov 16 2011 6:18PM
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*Bird
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NNNNOOOOOOO
Nov 16 2011 6:18PM
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eheath
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one positive note, people would stop using dubstep for edits...
Nov 16 2011 6:22PM
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PJS.
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alot of that shit isn't copyrighted.
Nov 16 2011 6:23PM
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eheath
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ah shit
Nov 16 2011 6:25PM
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danderson.
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Fuck that. It'll never pass.
Nov 16 2011 6:30PM
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Dustin.
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....and that means....every edit would be Dubstep....

Mother of God....
Nov 16 2011 6:32PM
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darsh.
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Fuck that, we deserve some rights. Also, this will give the occupy fuckers more to complain about
Nov 16 2011 6:33PM
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oil.
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if this goes through, im deleting my facebook, myspace, gmail, aim, and just about everything else. pretty much totally unplugging
Nov 16 2011 6:48PM
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eheath
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Nov 16 2011 6:54PM
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Supergyro
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Dubstep? Every edit? I'm not sure I could handle that.
Nov 16 2011 7:03PM
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ORDEAL
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mute
Nov 16 2011 7:09PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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That means that dubstep would be illegal in the first place and won't be used in edits ever. They get alot of their samples from other songs and places on the internet. Thats why a lot are free to down load. Like pretty lights albums are free cuz he samples everything so he only makes money from products and touring. But if they make it illegal to use other peoples stuff with out paying them makes it so that dubstep and music like that will be harder to make and it will be illegal. Anyway the bill won't pass there is just no way and if it does i will protest because that shit is just stupid it really pisses me off.
Nov 16 2011 7:14PM
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Mister.F
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Nov 16 2011 7:15PM
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iSmokeweed
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please tell that you P.s'd asking her to step down from all political positions.
Nov 16 2011 7:16PM
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Downtofilm
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hmmm.
shitty I guess.
Nov 16 2011 7:17PM
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icantskiiFILM
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lost it
Nov 16 2011 7:28PM
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TheQuailman
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So fucking terrifying...thank god I've been stockpiling porn on my hard drive for years now

Kinda like Noah's Ark but with porn

Nov 16 2011 7:40PM
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saucybiscuits
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fuck censorship. i hate this country.
Nov 16 2011 7:41PM
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Logey.
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Communism
Nov 16 2011 7:46PM
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Inline.
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fucking don't let it pass
Nov 16 2011 7:48PM
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theBOSS.
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Shut up eheath.

This is a HUGE deal. There was an initial meeting with congress today, and essentially the only people selected to give their opinions were siding for the content industries. The lone voice at the meeting that was against the bill was Google, and they were essentially framed as "supporting the pirates" by the others. Quoting an excerpt from ARS: " This wasn't a hearing designed to elicit complex thoughts about complex issues of free speech, censorship, and online piracy; the hearing was designed to shove the legislation forward and to brand companies who object as siding with 'the pirates.' "

What a fucking joke.

Don't think for a second this can't/won't pass. A huge majority of our representatives have been bought by the content industries lobbying, and most of the ones that haven't literally don't know any better. This is with thousands of tech companies, human rights advocates, lawyers, scientists, and politicians both here and abroad speaking out against this.

If you value the internet and the fact that it is the last free, open source of information in the world, email your representative and tell them this. This fact that this bill is even being discussed shows how corrupt our government has become..

More information (the article I quoted) can be found at

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/at-web-censorship-hearing-congress-guns-for-pro-pirate-google.ars
Nov 16 2011 7:53PM
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Porsntar
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Nov 16 2011 7:57PM
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PJS.
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If you only listen to dubstep remixes, yes.
Nov 16 2011 8:02PM
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EastCoast315
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Beat me to it.
Already called my senate representative today about it.
Everyone should download Vidalia/Tor and store it on a flash drive/install it now, because post-censorship, it might be hard or impossible to download, and it will be the most practical way to go.

http://vimeo.com/31100268 +k for embed
Nov 16 2011 8:04PM
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EastCoast315
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Oh, and social network the fuck outta this too. Share share share share links. The more people know, the better. who knows what bizarre stance the media will take on it (likely whatever the big cats pay for)
Nov 16 2011 8:05PM
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Darth.Maul
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We must fight this! I fear that the post apocalyptic internet would be a sad and empty place
Nov 16 2011 8:12PM
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ReignMan
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hahaha that would be fucked. think about all the dance recitals that would get shut down.
Nov 16 2011 8:33PM
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Rumi.
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hahaahah

but really. what makes the internet so good is the fact that you can share music and make videos all you want. it is one of the last true outlets of free speech. but now that i think about it, we prob should have seen this coming...
Nov 16 2011 8:42PM
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PJS.
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I think you're unaware that the majority of people in America are not internet cowboys.
Nov 16 2011 8:43PM
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Abu_Hajaar
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Holy Fuckin Ass this means no more music from TPB Nooooooooooooo! If this passes I'm goin to Canada.....ftw
Nov 16 2011 8:44PM
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tripnip
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wasnt it heard today was there any result?
Nov 16 2011 9:12PM
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Joebin
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John Boehner went to graduated from my high school (/claim), so Ill try and send a letter or email or something to him to try and help
Nov 16 2011 9:19PM
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oil.
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what is vidalia?
Nov 16 2011 9:22PM
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J.D.
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Christ how do you even make these connections in your head? It must be an insanely complex process.

Has someone actually posted the bill in here yet? It's pretty fuckin' gnarly:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-3261
Nov 16 2011 9:25PM
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Timotheezy.
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what kind of world are we about to live in????
Nov 16 2011 9:26PM
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KANGAROOJACK
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F-F-F-FUCK CENSORSHIP. i think it's bad enough they censor music and tv, and now their gonna go ahead and fuck the internet? fuck that.
Nov 16 2011 9:26PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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how will this effect canada?

i like my internet the way it is
Nov 16 2011 9:28PM
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J.D.
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Can someone explain why this would not result in a large number of tech companies currently headquartered in the USA to simply say "well, fuck this, off to Canada I guess"?
Nov 16 2011 9:30PM
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84891jnf92048
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will i be allowed to say fuck cunt shit cock rimjob?




Either way, FUCK THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Nov 16 2011 9:36PM
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tds103
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this bill will never pass; one because congress/senate will be arguing back and forth and two it is a violation of your 1st amendment
Nov 16 2011 9:38PM
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PJS.
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change "say" to "see" and you have the problem.
Nov 16 2011 9:38PM
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Logey.
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NS RIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nov 16 2011 9:41PM
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.frenchy
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Yea.. Totally, America just sucks...!!
Nov 16 2011 9:42PM
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PJS.
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someone who downloads illegal shit, looks at fringe-ish websites and generally is not an average user of the internet, ie someone who would be affected by this law.
Nov 16 2011 9:43PM
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Skavengers303
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oh, so to the people who are against the ows protests. this bill is being backed by lobbyist of the riaa and the american motion pictures association. which pretty much is more proof that our government is run by the corporations. and that is one of the two main issues of the ows.
Nov 16 2011 9:46PM
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PJS.
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unfortunately, like most of the vocabulary I used on this site, I made that up. It'd be nice if it became a term though
Nov 16 2011 9:47PM
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