Public-interest group targets provisions in PROTECT IP (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
Public Knowledge is opposed to using DNS blocking techniques to limit access to websites accused of peddling pirated content. Far from just being demonstrably ineffective in the first place, Public Knowledge believes that the practice would threaten the functioning, freedom, and economic potential ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by Mysttic: When America passes Protect IP congrats on your next step towards Communism.
Take away one freedom for the the security of all & you start to lose your entire freedom (or some such quote of that nature).
Once again They're trying to control people. Put that thumb down on them & watch them squirm. Watch them pop & burst under the weight & might of their mighty hand... It's all a ruse & those in the governing bodies will never realize it till their asses are handed to them. When will they realize to have control of the situation you have to give people the chance at free will. When the situation is pleasurable, they WONT go against the grain & then it WONT be illegal, then there isn't a call for law enforcement or any of that BS.
But no, they have to have these tiny peckered individuals with fat wallets thinking 85% of the public still needs to be herded around (granted, there are about 5-8% that really do need herding/caging, but you get the point).
The remaining 7%...? They're too elderly, stoned, handicapped or already checking out, so we're going to let them go about their business.
The corrupt governments continue to do this kind of crap oblivious to world unrest towards 'them'. 2 countries have toppled and we will have a few more next year. They must feel invincible or are so preoccupied lining their pockets with gold to see the danger.
Originally posted by Mez: The corrupt governments continue to do this kind of crap oblivious to world unrest towards 'them'. 2 countries have toppled and we will have a few more next year. They must feel invincible or are so preoccupied lining their pockets with gold to see the danger.
Or they think they are going to take their ill gotten gains with them into their space ships and fly off into "Never Land" where we won't get them, destroy ourselves & they'll live happily ever after... or fill in some other silly sci-fi, fantasy story they're telling themselves... simply put, it has to be some form of brain damage on their part to just think 'everything is going to be alright' one morning. I'm pretty tired of that happy pill & cool-aid being passed around.
