Post by azilie on Nov 16, 2011 16:27:23 GMT -5
I know I'm not exactly active in the dream due to having a hard time finding a niche to fill. But none the less, I think this is important for the players here to know about this.
Some people know it as 'The Internet Blacklist'. Sites like Demand Progress have been following its movement through the judicial system since it was first released to the public. But each time it's shut down, congress pulls it back to the forefront. Now some people think the bill is only designed to stop piracy, torrenting of movies and music.
However, it will cause a far deeper impact.
In short, sites like facebook and twitter will require the owner to police their user base or shut down. Search engines could collapse. It will become illegal to post a video of a family barbeque simply because your cousin sang karaoke of Katy Perry. The guy who does cover songs and mashups on youtube for fun? He's going to be sued.
People who make a living off of doing game walk throughs and reviews, like TotalBuscuit, The Escapist, Jessie Cox and The Yogcast will be shut down and lose income. Blog sites, personal sites, art sites like FurAffinity, Deviantart and others will be shut down due to what might be seen as infringing media.
Game sites like Furcadia, forum roleplays, MMO's, Roleplay Repository and more might come under scrutiny of the blacklist.
Worst of all, the stability of the internet itself, the code, will become broken. If this bill and bills like it are passed, it will damage the integrity of the web, make your computer security non existent.
If it continues, the 'Protect IP' act will become a digital version of the Patriot Act. Big Brother was listening to your phone calls. Now he'll be watching the same movie you are, listening to the same music while you are, reading your emails before you get them.
And if it takes hold in the U.S., it will set a precedent for other countries to follow.
Stop the Internet Blacklist.
americancensorship.org/
americancensorship.org/infographic.html
www.cinemablend.com/pop/American-Censorship-Day-Fight-Save-Free-Speech-Internet-37059.html
www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/opinion/firewall-law-could-infringe-on-free-speech.html
Want to read the bill yourself? Find it here
Some people know it as 'The Internet Blacklist'. Sites like Demand Progress have been following its movement through the judicial system since it was first released to the public. But each time it's shut down, congress pulls it back to the forefront. Now some people think the bill is only designed to stop piracy, torrenting of movies and music.
However, it will cause a far deeper impact.
In short, sites like facebook and twitter will require the owner to police their user base or shut down. Search engines could collapse. It will become illegal to post a video of a family barbeque simply because your cousin sang karaoke of Katy Perry. The guy who does cover songs and mashups on youtube for fun? He's going to be sued.
People who make a living off of doing game walk throughs and reviews, like TotalBuscuit, The Escapist, Jessie Cox and The Yogcast will be shut down and lose income. Blog sites, personal sites, art sites like FurAffinity, Deviantart and others will be shut down due to what might be seen as infringing media.
Game sites like Furcadia, forum roleplays, MMO's, Roleplay Repository and more might come under scrutiny of the blacklist.
Worst of all, the stability of the internet itself, the code, will become broken. If this bill and bills like it are passed, it will damage the integrity of the web, make your computer security non existent.
If it continues, the 'Protect IP' act will become a digital version of the Patriot Act. Big Brother was listening to your phone calls. Now he'll be watching the same movie you are, listening to the same music while you are, reading your emails before you get them.
And if it takes hold in the U.S., it will set a precedent for other countries to follow.
Stop the Internet Blacklist.
americancensorship.org/
americancensorship.org/infographic.html
www.cinemablend.com/pop/American-Censorship-Day-Fight-Save-Free-Speech-Internet-37059.html
www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/opinion/firewall-law-could-infringe-on-free-speech.html
Want to read the bill yourself? Find it here
