[ NNSquad ] "PROTECT IP" Act targets Google, requires search engine censorship

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

"PROTECT IP" Act targets Google, requires search engine censorship
http://j.mp/iTvjP6  (This message on Google Buzz)

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http://j.mp/jzuGPB  (ars technica)

       "Targeting Google ...

       After all, the add-on only made it easier to do a simple Google
       search, and we wondered "what the next logical step in this
       progression will be: requiring search engines to stop returning
       results for seized domain names?" ...  Turns out that's exactly
       what's being contemplated. According to the detailed summary of
       the PROTECT IP Act, this addition "responds to concerns raised
       that search engines are part of the ecosystem that directs
       Internet user traffic and therefore should be part of the
       solution. ... Rightsholders also score a major victory with the
       new legislation, which grants them a private right of
       action-something Google publicly trashed as a terrible idea
       earlier this year."

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Reference: "Censorship, Governments, and Flagellating Google (White Paper)"
http://j.mp/l9SKEU  (Lauren's Blog) [May 4, 2011]

What more can I say?

--Lauren--
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