The problem though is still anti-piracy being conflated with censorship, censorship is mentioned in the first Wall Street Journal link. Censorship is what China does- i.e., monitor Internet use and block someone from blogging or saying something online because it doesn't meet with pre-approved standards. That's not in itself what anti-piracy measures are, although I can see why some people deliberately mix the two.

You can freely criticize SOPA/PIPA, it would be censorship if you couldn't. It's a different thing to go after file sharing.

http://www.dmca.com/Takedowns.aspx?ad=dtddmcawrds&gclid=CMeku8iS3a0CFQduhwodNyU1mQ

Anyone want to chip in $10 - I'm taking down a few sites today.

I'll take the risk of filing a bad person police report through my traceable internet connection (protip: Sandra Bullock wasn't really using the computer in Hackers). Let's boil that frog nice and slowly..



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People are aware of what the government can do. The government could declare martial law and shoot you dead if it wanted to. I also think it can be overraching to declare something like this end of all freedom and the beginning of a blackout. [/quote]

You're right, things will probably be fine I expect.

Don't suppose you have a website online do you Kontakt5? I would love a look..

What blows my mind is how even the writers/supporters don't even know what it does or how it works!! All it boils down to is that most of the supporters have "stock" in these big giant corps. that are the reason the bill exists. Probably why none of the major news outlets mentioned it much either.

Mel Watts - Ranking member of Intellectual Property sub-commitee:

Oct 27, 2011 Press release


and...
Dec. 15, 2011 House hearing


Interesting.