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Senate Panel Approves Controversial Copyright Bill
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Posted 26 May 2011 - 06:11 PM
Well, hopefully Republicans in the House will put an end to that ridiculousness.
First, since when are accusations grounds for any punitive measures?
Second, if a website is ACTUALLY illegally providing copyrighted material, then sure, prosecute them, but very few websites are actually illegally providing anything, and furthermore, most of them aren't even easy to find, if they can even be found and utilized without some recommendation by a current member of such a site. I know I've never found such a site. I've looked because I needed replacements for broken and scratched disks, but never found any.
As for torrent sites, they are merely servers providing a medium for users to share files with other users, many of which are used as replacement disks and to access long lost software. Due to torrents I was able to replace my game disk that was stolen and I was able to find the drivers I needed to make an old usb video device work. They are also great for finding episodes I've missed.
First, since when are accusations grounds for any punitive measures?
Second, if a website is ACTUALLY illegally providing copyrighted material, then sure, prosecute them, but very few websites are actually illegally providing anything, and furthermore, most of them aren't even easy to find, if they can even be found and utilized without some recommendation by a current member of such a site. I know I've never found such a site. I've looked because I needed replacements for broken and scratched disks, but never found any.
As for torrent sites, they are merely servers providing a medium for users to share files with other users, many of which are used as replacement disks and to access long lost software. Due to torrents I was able to replace my game disk that was stolen and I was able to find the drivers I needed to make an old usb video device work. They are also great for finding episodes I've missed.
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KarenChuncfrb
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Posted 27 May 2011 - 03:11 PM
This bill simply enables censorship without providing any effective way to "protect" intellectual property. I know because I work with internet security. This is how file sharers operate:
They sniff out code vulnerabilities where they can gain control of a website (or entire server). Then they implant their wares (warez) on the hijacked site. When the site is cleaned, they've already moved on to new sites. All they need is a script and internet access -- and that access can change every time they run their scripts. Nothing in this bill will help prevent this.
However, we already HAVE preventatives - or at least early warning systems. If you browse with firefox or google chrome, it will (at your request) block any site which google's crawlers have discovered contains malicious software. Google Webmaster tools will send email to any webmaster who has registered his or her site when the crawler discovers malicious or hacked files.
So the people sponsoring this bill are either really, really ignorant (I see Grassley's name) or this is a trojan horse ushering in government censorship of the internet as they have in China and Cuba.
Please write your Senator and urge him or her to support Senator Ron Wyden as he puts a hold on this noxious censorship bill.
They sniff out code vulnerabilities where they can gain control of a website (or entire server). Then they implant their wares (warez) on the hijacked site. When the site is cleaned, they've already moved on to new sites. All they need is a script and internet access -- and that access can change every time they run their scripts. Nothing in this bill will help prevent this.
However, we already HAVE preventatives - or at least early warning systems. If you browse with firefox or google chrome, it will (at your request) block any site which google's crawlers have discovered contains malicious software. Google Webmaster tools will send email to any webmaster who has registered his or her site when the crawler discovers malicious or hacked files.
So the people sponsoring this bill are either really, really ignorant (I see Grassley's name) or this is a trojan horse ushering in government censorship of the internet as they have in China and Cuba.
Please write your Senator and urge him or her to support Senator Ron Wyden as he puts a hold on this noxious censorship bill.
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