The Protect IP Act
If you like the already-over-the-top hysteria over trademark and copyright “infringement,” you’ll love the Protect IP Act. This abortional legislation was introduced by Patrick Leahy (D—Hollywood Puppet) and it’s currently on legislative hold. The hold was placed by Sen. Ron Wyden (D—OR).
We have enough of this shit already: Bloggers being sued because they linked to a news article but didn’t mention the author’s name or swoon all over the publisher; huge corporations suing small business owners and entrepreneurs over imaginary “trademark” violations.
If the Protect IP Act ever passes, Net Neutrality will be the least of our worries.
Entertainment industries are pushing this legislation. If it becomes law, all Internet Service Providers and search engines would be required to de-list entire domains any time there’s a CLAIM of copyright infringement. That word again is claim. Not proof. Not a hearing or a vote of any kind. Just a claim.
AND: Any site that even links to a domain that’s been accused of hosting “infringing” activities would also be de-listed and/or taken down. Servers outside of the U.S. would also be within reach of the long arm of the Protect IP Act.
Conservatives should be against this bill, since it’s being pushed by them Hollywood Elitists.
A group of law professors has written a letter to Congress urging the defeat of the Protect IP Act. The letter warns that the law’s sweeping language will “make it extraordinarily difficult for advertisers and credit card companies to do business on the Internet.”
The letter also says:
“At a time when many foreign governments have dramatically stepped up their efforts to censor Internet communications, the Protect IP Act would incorporate into U.S. law — for the first time — a principle more closely associated with those repressive regimes: a right to insist on the removal of content from the global Internet, regardless of where it may have originated or be located, in service of the exigencies of domestic law.”
The complete text of the letter is available here.
Labels: copyright infringement, net neutrality, Patrick Leahy, Protect IP Act, Ron Wyden, trademark infringement
posted by Tom Harper @ 11:47 AM
6 Comments:
This sounds like an extension of the patriot act
Erik
If we don't control the internets, the terrorists will.
But I thought you like big government. I hate to say "I told you so" so I won't.
I find the timing ironic during the election cycle
Erik: It's the Patriot Act on steroids.
Randal: Either that or the internets have won.
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