I personally agree. Without due process these laws are a total joke, sadly on the authority of the US law system. We have already seen some of the effects of such legislation through ICE and the take down of mooo.com. (http://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=mooo.com)
IMHO, without the legal rigmarole, copyright holders and prosecutors have no justification to ensure that they are abiding the laws either. Sincerely, Eric -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Sam Tetherow Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 9:19 AM 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 copyright violation emails you get and turns them in to something with real teeth. It assumes everyone who has a complaint filed against them is guilty until proven otherwise, it crosses international borders (.com, .org and .net are not US only domains), and like most anti-terrorism, anti-piracy legislation it is next to worthless in stopping the problem, but still manages to curtail citizen rights. I wonder how long it will be before someone starts filing takedown notices on campaign sites that use copyrighted music in their ads... If they spent half as much time trying to find a real solution to the problem or actually prosecuting violators of the laws on the books... </rant> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
