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Stop more than SOPA, demand INTERNET FREEDOM bills

11 points by Joakal 15y ago

It's simple. Demand the complete opposite. Demand SOPA to be replaced with INTERNET FREEDOM related bills. Stopping SOPA is delaying the inevitable; they'll keep doing it until there's protest fatigue and it'll be easier to make compromises that will still lead to less internet freedom (SOPA Lite)[0]. Especially when they'll keep presenting such bills to less internet freedom. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door-in-the-face_technique

nextparadigms 15y ago
Yes, this is exactly what I was thinking, too. Stopping SOPA will only be temporary. They will remake the bill and try again either by end of this Congress or with the next one. There need to be some definite laws that protect the Internet - without compromise. And these laws should stop any SOPA-like law dead in its tracks.
Joakal 15y ago
Here's a list of past attempts to control the internet: The Commercial Felony Streaming Act. Makes illegal streaming a felony recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_S.978 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_S.978 Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act. It's an attempt to confiscate domain names legally. Now re-entered as PROTECT-IP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combating_Online_Infringement_and_Counterfeits_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combating_Online_Infringement_... Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Not a bill but an international discussion behind closed doors rumoured to get foreign governments to adopt three strikes, etc. USA says details can't be released due to 'national security reasons': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agre... DMCA. There's no protection for people who wish to share music freely as civil judges ask "How much damages did you suffer when <abusive company> took your free music down?" and many USA attorneys refuse to touch DMCA abuses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A... There's still more.
tobylane 15y ago
Who will lobby for it? No company cares anywhere near as much as Disney, the music labels and so on. Even if a clever, up to date congressman did get a sensible bill written, it'd be completely weakened by the time the others were done with it, before it was law.

11 points by Joakal 15y ago

nextparadigms 15y ago

Yes, this is exactly what I was thinking, too. Stopping SOPA will only be temporary. They will remake the bill and try again either by end of this Congress or with the next one. There need to be some definite laws that protect the Internet - without compromise. And these laws should stop any SOPA-like law dead in its tracks.

Joakal 15y ago

Here's a list of past attempts to control the internet: The Commercial Felony Streaming Act. Makes illegal streaming a felony recently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_S.978 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_S.978 Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act. It's an attempt to confiscate domain names legally. Now re-entered as PROTECT-IP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combating_Online_Infringement_and_Counterfeits_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combating_Online_Infringement_... Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. Not a bill but an international discussion behind closed doors rumoured to get foreign governments to adopt three strikes, etc. USA says details can't be released due to 'national security reasons': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agre... DMCA. There's no protection for people who wish to share music freely as civil judges ask "How much damages did you suffer when <abusive company> took your free music down?" and many USA attorneys refuse to touch DMCA abuses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A... There's still more.

tobylane 15y ago

Who will lobby for it? No company cares anywhere near as much as Disney, the music labels and so on. Even if a clever, up to date congressman did get a sensible bill written, it'd be completely weakened by the time the others were done with it, before it was law.