SOPA & PIPA legislation

[cgchad]

I don't know if this belongs here or another area, if it should be somewhere else I am sure the mods will move it.

I don't know if any one else has heard of these two pieces of legislation, but it seems as tough they will give overreaching powers to corporations to shut down web sites that cut into their profits. From the little I have read this could be done without a trial and without notice.

I could see this impacting the e cigarette trade by BT claiming that it cuts into their profits.

It is difficult for me to post links from this little tablet, but if you to wikipedia today, you will see they have blacked out their site today in protest.

Hopefully our members who are better at translating legislation will chime in.

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[VapoVamp]

I don't know if this belongs here or another area, if it should be somewhere else I am sure the mods will move it.

I don't know if any one else has heard of these two pieces of legislation, but it seems as tough they will give overreaching powers to corporations to shut down web sites that cut into their profits. From the little I have read this could be done without a trial and without notice.

I could see this impacting the e cigarette trade by BT claiming that it cuts into their profits.

It is difficult for me to post links from this little tablet, but if you to wikipedia today, you will see they have blacked out their site today in protest.

Hopefully our members who are better at translating legislation will chime in.

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ECF is all over it....Call to ACTION!! all you vape Freaks!!! Call!Call! Call!!! your Senators and your Representative...I found this as a guide....Please everyone call now and leave a message...then call in the morning and speak with ANYONE......

Call your members of Congress now and tell them to oppose Internet censorship!



Here's a guideline of what to say:


Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME] from [YOUR CITY and STATE]. Can I speak with someone who works on copyright issues?

[wait to be transferred]

Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME] from [YOUR CITY and STATE]. I'm calling to ask Representative/Senator [NAME] to vote NO on the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, the bills that would kill online innovation and censor the Internet.

[wait for response -- if they won't say or are voting yes:]

Big corporations that fear Internet innovators are lobbying Congress to pass this bill that would prevent sites like ECF, reddit, YouTube, Google, or (YOUR FAVORITE) ....... from ever getting off the ground.

Representative/Senator [NAME] you must vote NO.



For you fellow Tarheels here's the numbers for ours: PLEASE! Make the Call ...The info I'm ggetting is Senator Hagen is for Censorship...Booooo! Do call her and Burr hasen't made a yea or nay? Did I say CALL?!!!!call now and leave the message. See ya'll in the Vapehaze


Representive Howard Coble: (202) 225-3065

Senator Richard Burr: (202) 224-3154

Senator Kay Hagan: (202) 224-6342

 

[Killjoy1]

I've already contacted my Reps regarding SOPA a while back (I'm about as anti-censorship as they come), got the usual brush-off form letter response . . .

 

[bryansthl]

My website is on strike today.

 

[denali_41]

i have seen this same issue posted on other types of forums i visit also,,this is the real deal !!!

 

[cgchad]

I don't know if anyone else noticed or not, but check out Google. On their main page they have a black stamp over the logo.

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[Killjoy1]

Makes sense that they would have something to say about the issue. Their business relies entirely on the web and the proposed bills could potentially harm them more than some people realize (though unlike most smaller web-based businesses, Google would likely survive even the worst-case scenario)

 

[Vocalek]

I wrote both senators and my congressman. I received this response from Sen. John Warner.

Thank you for contacting me about legislation to address online piracy. I appreciate hearing from you about this important issue, and I want you to know that I am opposed to the current legislation.

The global reach of the Internet has provided Americans with dramatic opportunities to access and share information. It has also created new challenges for managing intellectual property rights. Piracy of content and sal es of counterfeit products cost millions of dollars in economic harm to U.S. companies and consumers. The U.S. Department of Justice has been aggressive in targeting domestic infringement, but current law does not provide a means to target foreign "rogue" websites, which sell products and content to U.S. consumers that infringe U.S. intellectual property rights.

There are currently two bills in Congress that attempt to address online piracy enforcement. In the Senate, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the PROTECT IP Act (S. 968) and in the House of Representatives, Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA, H.R. 3261). Both bills raise serious concerns about unintended consequences for the Internet because they require Internet service providers, financial transaction providers, internet advertising services, and search providers to prevent or impede access to infringing websites accessed by users in the United States.

Many stakeholders have expressed concerns about PIPA and SOPA and how best to curtail Internet piracy. On January 20, 2012, Senate leaders announced that a vote on PIPA had been postponed. I am hopeful that given additional time, we can reach a solution that better protects intellectual property rights without fundamentally changing the Internet. I will continue to encourage both sides of this issue to reach a compromise.

Again, thank you for contacting me. For further information or to sign up for my newsletter please visit my website at http://warner.senate.gov .

 

[Sweeney Todd]

ECF was where I initially heard about the blackouts, as always this site is in front of the others

 

[t9c]

The fight is not over yet, just suspended. In the meantime the Obama administration signed the ACTA agreement, a worldwide trade agreement that is strikingly similar to SOPS/PIPA.

Please watch this YouTube video and learn even more than you ever wanted to know: Be a HERO and Help STOP ACTA & SOPA Now!! I'll tell you How! This Video that Must Be SHARED! - YouTube