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Stop Online Piracy Act formerly known a Protect IP in Congress

Oh Joy mega corporations are trying to use congress to kill teh Interwebs yet again
 
from
http://www.pcworld.com/article/242776/showdown_looms_over_new_controversial_antipiracy_bill.html

 SOPA (PDF), which is modeled partly after the Senate's PROTECT IP act, will allow copyright holders to obtain court orders to block sites that allegedly infringe on their property. Targeted sites would include sites operated for the sole purpose of infringement (or that "have only limited purpose or use other than" infringement), as well as any site that "engages in, enables, or facilitates" infringement.

The heavy-handedness--and broadness--of the bill is troubling to many people. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), calls SOPA "disastrous" and "the worst piece of IP legislation [they've] seen in the last decade." 

According to the EFF, SOPA would essentially allow copyright holders to force service providers to "disappear" certain websites, which endangers both Internet security and sends a "troubling message to the world: it's okay to interfere with the Internet, even effectively blacklisting entire domains, as long as you do it in the name of IP enforcement."

 Awesome! That is so vague sounding I just know that is going to be really abused.  Not good folks!
 
 if you don't like it, you can  go here to sign a petition and all that jazz
http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/
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