This conversation was going on already in the chat treath, but i think more people should aware of this.
This topic is not to discuses if people think it's bad or good, but to make everyone aware of what it can potentially do to the internet.
This week, a bill that would create America’s first Internet censorship system is going to a full committee for a vote, and is likely to pass. This week, millions of us will protest censorship, censoring our own posts and asking you to call Congress. We need your help - please make a call right now.
Video Explanation:
http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/
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I really would like for everyone to sign the partition here:
http://americancensorship.org/
Even as a person from the Netherlands i'm very worry'd about this.
If there is anything that would be first to go, it would be DevaintArt. (half of DA's content is fan art)
On a most extreme types of examples:
you like reading Housepets comic right?
Say the bill gets passed.
One company thinks a episode of the comic is to much like the Lion King, The website has now been removed.
There is no way you can fight against it even tough you know it din't have anything to do with the lion king,
sadly, they don't care.
I'm all for fighting piracy, but this will not stop piracy one bit.
Please check it out.