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

Knowing our luck lately getting our elected officials to vote what the =
constituency wants, I would like to propose Plan B.

http://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/

"A mesh network is basically a network where each client(user) directly =
connects to other clients in the network instead of all of the clients =
being attached to a cable leading to an Internet Service Provider. This =
is a distributed architecture which relies on the network participants =
themselves to provide the connections and routes for packets to flow =
across the network."

Jim MacDonald
jim@macdonald.org

On Nov 18, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Christopher Howard wrote:

> On 11/18/2011 09:34 AM, Jim MacDonald wrote:
>> So has anyone done the work and asked our representatives where they =
stand on this bill?
>> Jim MacDonald
>> jim@macdonald.org
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>> On Nov 17, 2011, at 10:53 AM, adam bultman wrote:
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>>> On 11/17/2011 06:05 AM, Bruce Hill wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 02:53:03PM -0900, Christopher Howard wrote:
>>>>> New bill going through Washington, another attempt to destroy =
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>>>>> the war against copyright violations:
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/16/sopa-condemned-internet-b=
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>>>>> http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/112%20HR%203261.pdf
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>>>>> 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 =
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>>>>> 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.
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>>>>> The sponsors of the bill assure us that concerns about future =
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>>>>> censorship are highly exaggerated.
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>>>> Just the facts, Jack
>>> FTFY
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> Murkowski is the only one who has sent me a response so far. It is=20
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> it seems to describe the Senate bill in rather glowing terms:
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> Thank you for contacting me regarding S. 968, the PROTECT IP Act of=20
> 2011. I appreciate hearing from you and having the opportunity to =
respond.
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> S. 968 is a bill designed to protect intellectual property rights from=20=

> theft, take action against internet piracy, and prevent online threats=20=

> to economic creativity in our nation. S. 968 was introduced by =
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> Leahy on May 12, 2011, and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
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> Should the full Senate consider this bill, I will keep your concerns =
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> mind. Again, thank you for contacting me.
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> The following article indicates that none of them are cosponsors of =
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> House or Senate bills, which perhaps says something because there are =
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> lot of cosponsors:
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http://alaskapride.blogspot.com/2011/10/stop-online-piracy-act-hr3261-viol=
ates.html
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> The article indicates that there is some pretty strong political=20
> pressure on both sides of the issue, with the Chamber of Commerce and=20=

> 359 companies on one side, and Tea Party activists and a left-wing=20
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> senators are still trying to figure out what is the most=20
> politically-correct approach to take here.
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