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[ NNSquad ] Online Piracy Bill Changed; Still Stinks (Cato Institute) 

Online Piracy Bill Changed; Still Stinks (Cato Institute)

http://j.mp/ubmU2l  (Cato)

   "On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee is slated to take up the
    misleadingly named Stop Online Piracy Act, an Internet censorship bill
    that will do little to actually stop piracy. In response to an
    outpouring of opposition from cybersecurity professionals, First
    Amendment scholars, technology entrepreneurs, and ordinary Internet
    users, the bill's sponsors have cooked up an amended version that
    trims or softens a few of the most egregious provisions of the
    original proposal, bringing it closer to its Senate counterpart,
    PROTECT-IP. But the fundamental problem with SOPA has never been these
    details; it's the core idea. The core idea is still to create an
    Internet blacklist, which means everything I say in this video still
    holds true ..."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com 
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein 
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com



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