Our side must be heard instead of just the powerful industry lobbyists... What has FC done in the past? I'm new to this but I want to help in any way possible (electronic/email/social media campaign, anything I can do from being in Washington, etc). There are a lot of public interest groups on our side (see below); I'm surprised there hasn't been as much press about this as it deserves. There's also a heavy law professor/academics campaign against the bill. But apparently this morning "The Senate Judiciary Committee, in an executive session, voted in favor of the bill. It now moves to the full Senate for a vote at a time to be determined."
Another informative article: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/11/on_thursday_morning_the_senate.html On the other side, Internet networking engineers and privacy advocates such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation argue that the takedown of domain names could destabilize the structure of the Web. They are joined in opposing the measure by companies such as eBay, Amazon.com, Bloomberg, Google and Wikipedia, who wrote Leahy on Monday, cautioning against provisions in the bill that they say would give federal law enforcement too much power to police infringing activity. NetCoalition, a group that represents those Web firms, expressed concern that the Justice Department could go after infringing Web sites by forcing partners -- the order domain name system servers, financial transaction providers and advertising networks -- to discontinue services to the illegal site. The practice, "raises a host of questions that necessitate thorough review," the group wrote, urging Leahy to postpone a full Senate vote on the bill until the new Congress comes into power. Instead, the group said that the courts are best suited to oversee the global Internet. On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Elizabeth Stark <[email protected]> wrote: > Guys, this is really bad news for freedom of speech and free expression > online: > > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20023238-38.html > > Note the heavy use of last minute lobbying by the MPAA/RIAA. I feel like > there's something we can/should do to fight against this. Raise awareness > with cool website? Something that would go viral? Thoughts? > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > -- Ali Sternburg 978.758.7205 [email protected] Harvard College, Class of 2009 American University Washington College of Law, J.D. Candidate Class of 2012 Intellectual Property Law Society, President Intellectual Property Brief, Senior Marketing Manager
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