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SOPA apparantly isn't dead yet!!
watson387:
I guess this isn't very surprising considering Facebook cares very little for individuals' privacy, but apparently they have come out in support of CISPA. I got rid of my Facebook account a long time ago, but I encourage others to do the same in protest.
https://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/after-denouncing-sopa-and-pipa-how-can-facebook-support-cispa/11700
jfglade:
I think the internet is just too attractive a target for those who are natural born censors or who would like to curtail anything they cannot control. The average American politician doesn't give a damn about protecting intellectual properies.
John C:
As an update, CISPA no longer (necessarily) deals with Intellectual Property and piracy. Now, it's "only" about big companies monitoring our communications and turning the data and content over to government agencies and other companies to use as they wish (probably including prosecuting for piracy).
I do have to give them points for crafting a law that's so blatantly totalitarian and bringing it to the floor for vote. It says a lot about the disengagement that the sponsors haven't needed to deal with feathers, let alone tar, like ignoring the problem will make it go away.
Yoc:
Sigh
Keep us in the loop John.
John C:
And right on cue in my inbox, this is kind of neat.
http://sincerely.com/cause/cispa
Plug in your personal information and they'll (allegedly, I guess--it's not like I vetted their organization) mail off a postcard to your representatives. Non-US people might want to keep away, since that could plausibly hurt the case.
North of the Border (yes, the border), C-12 and C-30 sound nearly as annoying...and a bit suspicious. C-12 basically says that all that PIPEDA work was just silly and protecting privacy could be done best by getting rid of privacy protections. C-30 is basically a "Canadianized" CISPA: Less information can be legally gathered, but the immunity to abuse is broader.
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