SRS Thread..the Misc could be gone tomorrow...dead SRS

[IShootCMen]

This Thursday, a bill that would create America’s first Internet censorship system is going to a full committee for a vote, and is likely to pass.

This proposed bill is intended to eliminate all forms of online copyright infringement and to ban “rogue websites” (sites the U.S. Government deem conflicting with the bill) from being accessed through American servers. Although the bill may seem arbitrary and insignificant to the average online user, it has the potential to drastically change the way citizens use the Internet forever.

User-contributed websites like YouTube and Tumblr would be held responsible for all copyrighted works uploaded onto their servers. Therefore, administrators would be forced to heavily regulate all content that can is streamed or can be viewed from their site. With no sensible means of efficiently screening all the images and sound files uploaded for copyright infringement, many of these sites face the likelihood of being forced to shut down.

The bill would also raise the penalty for uploading copyrighted works from a misdemeanor to a felony, making offenders of the bill face the plausibility of serving prison sentences absurdly high for the crime committed.

http://americancensorship.org/

[12204]

what is this I dont even...

[anonymous]

[wizardsleeve]

i dont get

[dabomb691]

The bill would also raise the penalty for uploading copyrighted works from a misdemeanor to a felony, making offenders of the bill face the plausibility of serving prison sentences absurdly high for the crime committed.

http://americancensorship.org/

what the actual fuk

[rayzon]

there's no fukin way that can pass....

[Strengthftw]

i have to buy textbooks now

i dont even

[Redwood67]

in unrelated news, worker efficiency has exploded in America since the bill's passage

[G08208]

America Fuk Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111

[wakingmalice]

Google won't let this happen. Their money/power will hold incredible influence.

[rhaus]

US Pigs controlling internet service providers and telling them what websites we can and can't access?? I sure as phuck hope that is not what this is

[silverlux]

only in America, hahahahaha

[patzyy]

In laymen's terms please? (srs)

[IShootCMen]

America Fuk Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111

jakes on you, site would be gone for you too

Google won't let this happen. Their money/power will hold incredible influence.

all the lobbyists have had more influence than Google/Yahoo/eBay etc.

US Pigs controlling internet service providers and telling them what websites we can and can't access?? I sure as phuck hope that is not what this is

Basically what it is

[Jetlyfe]

RonPaul 2012

[LiveStrongly]

wtf is this madness

[803988294]

Google won't let this happen. Their money/power will hold incredible influence.

lol Google's probably on board

They don't have a very good track record when it comes to this type of thing.

[DesertSider]

No internet? Not the end of the world. Maybe some miscers will start working out.

[KaTaNa111]

does anyone else feel like theres alot of new laws popping up recently that further restrict freedom?

[wakingmalice]

It won't happen.

If it does, it'll get challenged immediately and repealed.

If not by companies, by the supreme court as I'm betting they won't consider it too constitutional.

[IShootCMen]

lol Google's probably on board

They don't have a very good track record when it comes to this type of thing.

Google itself has hired at least 15 lobbying firms to fight the bills; Mozilla has included on its Firefox browser home page a link to a petition with the warning, “Congress is trying to censor the Internet.” A House committee plans to take up one of the bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act, on Thursday

On the other side, some of the biggest business lobbies like the Motion Picture Association of America and the United States Chamber of Commerce are supporting the bills. Both sides, in fact, plan to spend millions of dollars for advertisements aimed at swaying consumer sentiment.

[wakingmalice]

lol Google's probably on board

They don't have a very good track record when it comes to this type of thing.

yea because they want to be sued more and have to hire 1000's more employees to oversee the entire content of their search engine and every other large company on the internet that they own.

It'd be cheaper to pay a couple bros to vote "no".

But crazier stuff has happened, i suppose

[liftTENhard]

good now they can get these people to stop stealing other peoples sh!t and getting famous

[SavageAnimal]

inb4 memes with social connections are gone, inb4 zhani vids are gone , inb4 dictatorship

[803988294]

It won't happen.

If it does, it'll get challenged immediately and repealed.

If not by companies, by the supreme court as I'm betting they won't consider it too constitutional.

Witnessed a border patrol check point on the road today. Pretty sure that's not constitutional, but that doesn't stop it from happening.

[wakingmalice]

Google itself has hired at least 15 lobbying firms to fight the bills; Mozilla has included on its Firefox browser home page a link to a petition with the warning, “Congress is trying to censor the Internet.” A House committee plans to take up one of the bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act, on Thursday

On the other side, some of the biggest business lobbies like the Motion Picture Association of America and the United States Chamber of Commerce are supporting the bills. Both sides, in fact, plan to spend millions of dollars for advertisements aimed at swaying consumer sentiment.

Thanks for that, thought so.

millions is nothing to Google. I don't like them as much as the next guy, but in this case they'll get the job done in one way or another.

Capitalism fighting big government. Now that's America.

[UniversityMisc]

lol Google's probably on board

They don't have a very good track record when it comes to this type of thing.

Google is one of the largest players against it......strong information.

[wakingmalice]

Witnessed a border patrol check point on the road today. Pretty sure that's not constitutional, but that doesn't stop it from happening.

huh?

The constitution doesn't apply to non-citizens.

[EnterAndWin]

If this passes and doesn't get repealed I will smash my laptop with a sledgehammer, not like I'll need it anymore.

[dryst]

this is who we elected to make these kind of decisions...