Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-19 Thread Robert Kim App and Facebook Marketing
John... wow.. +1 on the find Honestly.. its every old monolyths' position to try to survive it's changing environment because it just cant adapt fast enough... But it'll fail like the dinosaurs did. The internet ain't going nowhere fast. Unless a big comet hits the One Wilshire Building o_O

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-18 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 11/17/2011 11:00 PM, Butch Evans wrote: On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 20:01 -0500, Fred Goldstein wrote: Well, I'm on record as disliking IPv6 and telling my clients to not adopt it, so this is one more reason... ;-) Really? Hiding a customer identity behind a NAT in order to make it harder for

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Sam Tetherow
As an individual I think it is way out of line. Near as I can tell it circumvents due process. I doubt it will stand up in court, but if it passes someone is going to have to challenge it first. Basically it takes all those lovely copyright violation emails you get and turns them in to

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Eric Tykwinski
To: wireless@wispa.org Subject: Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship As an individual I think it is way out of line. Near as I can tell it circumvents due process. I doubt it will stand up in court, but if it passes someone is going to have to challenge it first. Basically it takes all those lovely

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Butch Evans
On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 21:08 -0800, John Thomas wrote: What is everyone's take on this? http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/11/sopa-internet-piracy-bill-criticized-as-internet-censorship/ My take is that piracy should be punishable by jail time. We have laws against such things already.

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Josh Luthman
So some people go to jail for downloading Cars 2 illegally for 15 years where a week before a rapist went to prison for 90 days. That's so insanely ridiculous. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Butch

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Butch Evans
On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 17:14 -0500, Josh Luthman wrote: So some people go to jail for downloading Cars 2 illegally for 15 years where a week before a rapist went to prison for 90 days. That's so insanely ridiculous. I agree that it is ridiculous. It doesn't change my opinion of what SHOULD

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread David E. Smith
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 16:12, Butch Evans but...@butchevans.com wrote: My take is that piracy should be punishable by jail time. Yikes. I think we'll have to agree-to-disagree here (biting tongue so hard it's bleeding). David Smith MVN.net

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 11/17/2011 05:12 PM, Butch Evans wrote: On Wed, 2011-11-16 at 21:08 -0800, John Thomas wrote: What is everyone's take on this? http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/11/sopa-internet-piracy-bill-criticized-as-internet-censorship/ My take is that piracy should be punishable by jail

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Sam Tetherow
I have no issue with prosecuting theft, and as you state, there are plenty of laws on the books, and mechanisms in place to be able to handle it. I disagree on your statement about censorship. If someone posts a fair use clip on a website parodying the MPAA or the RIAA for instance, all they

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Butch Evans
On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 16:51 -0600, Sam Tetherow wrote: I disagree on your statement about censorship. If someone posts a fair use clip on a website parodying the MPAA or the RIAA for instance, all they need to do is file a complaint to paypal/CC processors and that site's ability to

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Butch Evans
On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 17:41 -0500, Fred Goldstein wrote: Some of these proposals create a presumption of guilt, the burden of proof to prove one's innocence. And some put more onus on the ISP than before, no small issue. The copyright lobby does not like the Internet at all. It breaks

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Josh Luthman
The authors are paid either way. Doesn't matter if 1 or a million copies are sold. Can't feel bad for them as they aren't directly effected. That is publicized falsely. Stealing a car by comparison is different...the original owner still has it and completely without change. Do I think it is

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Sam Tetherow
On 11/17/2011 06:10 PM, Butch Evans wrote: On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 17:41 -0500, Fred Goldstein wrote: Some of these proposals create a presumption of guilt, the burden of proof to prove one's innocence. And some put more onus on the ISP than before, no small issue. The copyright lobby does not

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Fred Goldstein
At 11/17/2011 07:10 PM, Butch Evans wrote: On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 17:41 -0500, Fred Goldstein wrote: Some of these proposals create a presumption of guilt, the burden of proof to prove one's innocence. And some put more onus on the ISP than before, no small issue. The copyright lobby does

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Butch Evans
On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 20:01 -0500, Fred Goldstein wrote: Well, I'm on record as disliking IPv6 and telling my clients to not adopt it, so this is one more reason... ;-) Really? Hiding a customer identity behind a NAT in order to make it harder for law enforcement is your argument against

Re: [WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-17 Thread Butch Evans
On Thu, 2011-11-17 at 19:17 -0500, Josh Luthman wrote: The authors are paid either way. Doesn't matter if 1 or a million copies are sold. Can't feel bad for them as they aren't directly effected. That is publicized falsely. This is not entirely true, or is misleading at best. Musicians are

[WISPA] Internet Censorship

2011-11-16 Thread John Thomas
What is everyone's take on this? http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/11/sopa-internet-piracy-bill-criticized-as-internet-censorship/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/

[WISPA] Internet Censorship bill dead... for now. (DNS Nazis)

2010-11-20 Thread Marco Coelho
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/11/20/1437259/Oregon-Senator-Stops-Internet-Censorship-Bill I'm really surprised a Democrat was the killer of this bill I thought the lawyers, movie, and music industry owned them... Maybe they missed a payment? (no flames required both sides are