ΗΠΑ: Το "Stop Online Piracy Act" βρίσκει αντίσταση..

[Yiannis]

"Foes of a controversial copyright measure have gained some high-profile allies: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, and other Web companies have joined the ranks of the bill's opponents.

SOPA, which was introduced last month in the House to the applause of lobbyists for Hollywood and other large content holders, is designed to make allegedly copyright-infringing Web sites, sometimes called "rogue" Web sites, virtually disappear from the Internet."

περισσότερα: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57325134-281/google-facebook-zynga-oppose-new-sopa-copyright-bill/

[anestis]

ΕΚΠΛΗΚΤΙΚΟ άρθρο, δυστυχώς μεγάλο για να μεταφραστεί,
MUST για όποιον νοιάζεται για τα θέματα του μονοπωλίου του κοπυραϊτ
και τη ζημιά που πάει να γίνει με το SOPA

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111122/04254316872/definitive-post-why-sopa-protect-ip-are-bad-bad-ideas.shtml

[Yiannis]

Legal experts are warning that the proposed PROTECT IP and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation, currently working their way through Congress, will damage the world's DNS system, cripple attempts to get better online security and violate free speech rights in the US constitution.

In an essay published in the Stanford Law Review professors Mark Lemley, David Levine and David Post warned that the overarching reach of the legislation would cause people to seek alternatives to the existing DNS system, manufacture massive technical problems in the implementation of DNSSEC and trample over rights of free expression by allowing the total suppression of published opinion based on allegations without proof, or even a hearing.

“These bills, and the enforcement philosophy that underlies them, represent a dramatic retreat from this country’s tradition of leadership in supporting the free exchange of information and ideas on the internet,” the trio warn.

Under the terms of the proposed PROTECT IP legislation a US federal prosecutor who finds a foreign website that is “dedicated to infringing activities” can force all US internet service providers, domain name registries, domain name registrars and operators of domain name servers to block either the offending page or the whole web domain from the DNS system* - effectively wiping the site off the internet map.

The professors warn that the SOPA legislation is even worse in this regard. “Under SOPA, IP rights holders can proceed vigilante-style against allegedly offending sites, without any court hearing or any judicial intervention or oversight whatsoever… and all of this occurs based upon a notice delivered by the rights holder, which no neutral third party has even looked at, let alone adjudicated on the merits,” they write.

Συνέχεια http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/20 ... stitution/

[anestis]

Η μόνη ιντερνετική εταιρεία που υποστηρίζει to SOPA (godaddy.com)
θα δεχθεί μποϊκοτάζ από τους πελάτες της
(και τον υποφαινόμενο, το Φλεβάρη που λήγει ένα πακετάκι...

http://torrentfreak.com/sopa-support-sparks-godaddy-exodus-111222/

[anestis]

Ανακοίνωση του Pirate Parties International για συμμετοχή στο #SOPAblackout

http://www.pirateparty.gr/2012/01/sopa- ... ates-join/

[James]

Από το in.gr = Αναβάλλεται η συζήτηση των νόμων SOPA/PIPA αλλά ο κυβερνοπόλεμος συνεχίζεταιhttp://news.in.gr/world/article/?aid=1231146650

[LouisaT]

http://www.slashgear.com/sopa-sponsor-h ... -20210264/

Έλεος, δηλαδή!

[piratpartisten]

ενα συμπληρωμα στο -swift agreement- που οι Ευρωπαιοι εκαναν μετα απο παραγγελεια των αμερικανων περισυ. Τους δινουμε ΟΛΕΣ τις τραπεζικες μεταφορες χρηματων που κανουμε και δεν εχουμε καθολου ελεγχο.
Οι αμερικανοι τα κρατανε για 5 χρονια, δηλαδη για παντα. http://internationallawobserver.eu/2010 ... agreement/

[zio_donnie]

http://www.tjmcintyre.com/2012/01/adria ... s.html?m=1

[zio_donnie]

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201201 ... ures.shtml

Και το mail που στέλνουν για να μαζέψουν κόσμο

the organization I am doing work for is Creative America, which is a grassroots organization that is working to stop foreign rogue websites from illegally distributing American content such as books, music, films, etc.... These specific websites costs the U.S. and the 2.2 million middle class industry workers $5.5 billion in wages and hundreds of thousands of jobs. Your job would be just collecting signatures from whoever is interested in signing up for updates. A newsletter may come once a month and anyone can unsubscribe if they don’t want it. We don’t care if they do; all I care about is getting initial signups.

The hours are flexible and we will pay you $1/signature, so if you collect 100 signatures a week, we would pay you $100/week. We will also pay for you to go to local film festivals in the area (SXSW, Austin Film Festival, etc.). We are also taking as many people as possible, so if you have some friends who are interested in doing it we can take them as well. Let me know your thoughts....