Internet Blacklist bill coming soon!

[Bennyboy]

A bit of an emergency: The rumor all over Capitol Hill is that the House version of the Internet Blacklist Bill will be introduced this week, probably on Wednesday.

Our allies on the Hill say the bill's so bad that it could effectively destroy Youtube, Twitter, and other sites that rely on user-generated content by making the sites' owners legally responsible for everything their users post.

Nobody will want to take that risk, so sites like Youtube and Twitter could be forced to shut down.

Facebook, Myspace, and Google+ would be at risk. The cyberlocker and streaming provisions could affect your iPhone, Android, AmazonCloud, Pandora, Grooveshark and even your email accounts.

And all of this is being driven by a few major corporations who are trying to protect their private profits.

Will you use the form at right to ask your Congressmember not to cosponsor the legislation, at least until they've heard our concerns?

ALSO: We need to completely overwhelm the social networking sites with info about this legislation so we can bombard Congress with constituent contacts:

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/pipa_house/?source=fb

[provis99]

1. so, are Congressmen responsible for what their constituents do?

If they aren't, then we just have another example of congressional hypocrisy.

[GreenStormCloud]

2. Color me skeptical.

I will need more than an internet rumor to get excited over this. Let us know when an actual bill is introduced. Be sure to include the bill number and title. Then and only then will I contact my congressperson.

[ohheckyeah]

3. Internet Blacklist Bill S. 968

http://thesantosrepublic.com/2011/08/internet-blacklist-bill-s-968-the-internet-police-kill-switch/

[GreenStormCloud]

9. I will read it. Found it on Open Congress. It was introduced by a Democrat. N/T

[alp227]

4. when have such bills EVER gotten a real vote on any branch of congress

I've heard for several years about these kind of crack down on the internet piracy bills yet they usually die in committee, don't they?

[progressoid]

8. Yeah, it'll go nowhere.

[lonestarnot]

5. I see skepticism. I've heard about this bill. It will go to nowhereland.

[RegieRocker]

6. It is time to move to wifi and interconnect with each other and

some way for long distance connections between cities and countries. Take the control from them.

[toddwv]

7. Get ready for "black label" DNS servers.

A DNS server is easy to create. A "backup" system that circumvents these blacklists wouldn't be terribly hard to create.

[LiberalFighter]

10. I question the interpretation

[Shagbark Hickory]

11. "...driven by a few majoy corporations who are trying to protect their private profits." ...

Um. If that's the case, they're fucking with the big dogs.
If Google, Facebook, Apple stand to lose money from this, then don't call your congresscritter, call these companies!