[aklug] Stop Online Piracy Act, a.k.a., Internet blacklist bill

New bill going through Washington, another attempt to destroy freedom in
the war against copyright violations:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/16/sopa-condemned-internet-blacklist-bill?newsfeed=true

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/112%20HR%203261.pdf

It is hard to read through the entire bill (as there are so many pages)
but sections 102 and 103 especially stuck out at me. Basically they
force Internet providers, search engines, electronic payments services,
and Internet advertising services to blacklist foreign Web sites that
are violating copyrights, at the summons of the Attorney General. It
also provides said organizations immunity from lawsuits and from
liability for complying with said orders.

The sponsors of the bill assure us that concerns about future government
censorship are highly exaggerated.

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