Is Congess About to Give Obama the “Internet Kill Switch”?

[Shane S.]

It Looks like this Bill is coming back. We need to keep an eye on this very carefully.

http://www.westernjournalism.com/is-congess-about-to-give-obama-the-internet-kill-switch/?utm_source=Western+Journalism&utm_campaign=8468acf882-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email

A bill pending before Congress may make it illegal for websites to link to content the government says is illegal. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) seeks to protect U.S. businesses from (mostly Chinese) copyright infringement by criminalizing forms of online piracy — but the strictures are so severe some say they amount to an “internet kill switch.”

Ironically, China’s bid to smother the internet is being held up as a model for America’s future. Former Senator Chris Dodd, formerly mired in the housing scandal and who now heads the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA),said, “When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn’t do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites.” That’s not a big concern, unless one of the President Obama’s closest advisers is publicly stating China is a superior model to the United States.

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_11162011.html

http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/issues_RogueWebsites.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/stop-online-piracy-act-chris-dodd-272800