CISPA, aka SOPA/PIPA part II
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Or, "I'm surprised the entertainment industry took so long to resurrect the idea". Think there'll be protests this time around? (I'm already planning on writing letters to my Congresspeople, but given I live in The Great State of County Music, I expect nothing from any of them.)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57413627-93/say-hello-to-cispa-it-will-remind-you-of-sopa/
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/analysis-cybersecurity-bill-endangers-privacy-rights.ars
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/berners-lee-dont-let-record-labels-upset-web-openness.ars
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57413960-93/facebook-defends-cispa-while-pledging-not-to-share-more-data/
NP
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Word is getting round, so Im expecting a similar reaction tbh. Bastards just wont learn.
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I don't think they need to learn. I think they already know exactly what they are doing. Now they just need to wear everyone down until they finally go, "fine, whatever" - or if that doesn't fit their timetable create some new panic to make such absurd controls "necessary".
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Thats it right there. Keep pushing the bills, keep renaming the same old shit till we get fed up fighting.
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Aaaarggg!
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*swears* It passed the House. A day early. And it now includes "protection of children".
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/04/cispa-passes-house-despite-opposition.ars
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120426/14505718671/insanity-cispa-just-got-way-worse-then-passed-rushed-vote.shtml
And in related news, Big Content are mot likely plotting the downfall of gigabit fiber: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/big-content-eyes-google-fiber-deployment-in-kansas-city-warily.ars
I've already come to terms (but still complain) with the fact that as far as consumer tech goes, the US is 2 to 10 years behind most of the rest of the world. I'm still trying to come to terms with ridiculously limited net bandwith and usage caps, as well as data/voice/text caps on cell/smartphone usage. I guess I need to resign myself to the end of the Internet and privacy as we know it in the US?
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*feeling very cynical tonight* -
But it's is all done for your own protection. Don't you want protecting? No? Then you must be a terrorist! ;o)
At what point are there no more liberties left to protect?
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