Re: [us-marketing] SOPA

On Wednesday, January 18, 2012 04:06:28 PM webmaster for Kracked Press 
Productions wrote:
> 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.

I wasn't suggesting removing the good. I'd just like to have them 
blocked, if possible. Several of the sites sre in Nigeria who is all 
ready known for the spamming  and skims. I think one of them is in 
Russia.  

As for your last paragraph I think were headed that way anyhow, ths 
would just be another step closer.  It will take alot of man power to 
impliment the proposed laws, etc and I feel the people breaking the law 
would just find another way. 


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Russ

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