Who says Congress never gets anything done?
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill that would give the Attorney General the right to shut down websites with a court order if copyright infringement is deemed “central to the activity” of the site — regardless if the website has actually committed a crime. The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is among the most draconian laws ever considered to combat digital piracy, and contains what some have called the “nuclear option,” which would essentially allow the Attorney General to turn suspected websites “off.”
COICA is the latest effort by Hollywood, the recording industry and the big media companies to stem the tidal wave of internet file sharing that has upended those industries and, they claim, cost them tens of billions of dollars over the last decade.
The content companies have tried suing college students. They’ve tried suing internet startups. Now they want the federal government to act as their private security agents, policing the internet for suspected pirates before making them walk the digital plank.
Read More: By Sam Gustin, Wired
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Gee, what are the odds, Caleb, that you and I would be on the same side as each other and the ACLU, and on the opposite side as Mark Corallo? Good post.
Mr. McPherson,
Us be honest shall we! You being a Far Left Liberal Progressive Democrat who endorses Communism would censor the bible if it were in your power.
there are only three people i will go the movies for. Johnny Depp,Leonardo De Caprio and Mila from Resident Evil. All of the others are AssHats who take our money live high and do not care what we think. all they care about is their own sefish ways.
Three of the most liberal actors in Hollywood–good choices.
This is nothing but smoke and mirrors…again. zero and holder using COICA as an excuse to gain control of the net… and thusly keep us in the dark regarding whatever their latest 'hook and crook' move might be. Once they have the 'authority' just adding a couple lines to it… and we'll be looking at the alphabet 6 o'clock news blues as our investigative journalistic source.