Re: [us-marketing] SOPA

On 01/18/2012 02:26 PM, upscope wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:58:24 PM drew wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >
> > Well, someone decided that the English website should go dark today..I
> > guess if you are reading this you know why.
> >
> > I would like encourage you to follow your own feelings on this. IMO
> > it's a good time, if you haven't done it before, to send your
> > congressman and or senators an email. (My personal experience is that
> > it's much better do it yourself, don't use one of the canned
> > services..)
> >
> > The vote in the congress isn't happening till the 24th, so you have
> > time..
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > //drew
> Drew I have to dis-agree with people not wanting to pass these bills. My
> wife is aself publiched ebook author and at least 5 illegill sites have
> stolen her books and are giving them away or charging less. This reduces
> her income significantly.
>
> Maybe the bill news to be tuned to not step on peoples free thoughts,
> but definately should protect writer, author, etc. But noing our so
> called representatives I wonder what they are really after, probably
> more loss of our freedoms.
>
> Just my biased thoughts.
Use Whois to find out who carries these sites and they are required by 
law in most countries to shut these sites down or remove the illegal 
content from their sites.  No site carrier wants to be held liable for 
$100K in damage claims you can get them for.  If the sites are hosted my 
a home-based server system, the broadband access company is required to 
stop their access/services.  There are working laws to help protect you 
wife's e-books and shutting down these sites.

We need to make the net safer and better, without creating privacy 
issues and reduce the freedom of speech.  If it come down to a local, 
regional, federal government shutting down or filtering content just 
because they do not like it, then that violates the Freedom of Speech 
laws that many countries have.  China and other contries like that do 
not want their people to have access to the truth as seen by the 
out-of-country media and on the net.

If we start losing our freedoms and privacy, then our countries slowly 
will treat us like China and North Korea treats their people.  Sure, 
remove pirated e-books and such using the law, but do not remove the 
good to get rid of the bad.  There has to be better ways.

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