Tech heavyweights such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and Zynga are lining up in opposition to a copyright enforcement bill that will be the subject of a hearing in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Wednesday: the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. The companies sent a letter to key members of both congressional chambers calling the bill a serious risk to the industry, the nation’s cybersecurity and job growth. So what exactly is in this controversial bill that has these tech giants up in arms? There are, in fact, several measures included in it.
This legislation continues the process of creating 'guilty until proven innocent' laws which fly against the very fundamental and central basis of American jurisprudence.
The government continues to seek even demand the right to 'convict' American people and companies without due process.
Whether bypassing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, placing GPS tracking devices without prior judicial review or shutting down businesses solely on the accusation of wrongdoing we are well down the slippery slope of becoming a dictatorial state in the image of many of the foreign countries our fighting men and women have fought and died against throughout our history.
Many of these 'transgressions against justice' have occurred out of unreasoned fear mongering in response to events such as 9/11, but these particular bills are prompted more by greed than reason.
I support protection of copyright and patents (I hold several of each) even though both systems have become badly abused in recent history, but not at the cost of basic 'liberty and justice for all'.
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Critics Line Up Against Pirate-Blasting SOPA Bill
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 15, 2011 03:00 PMTech heavyweights such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and Zynga are lining up in opposition to a copyright enforcement bill that will be the subject of a hearing in the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Wednesday: the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. The companies sent a letter to key members of both congressional chambers calling the bill a serious risk to the industry, the nation’s cybersecurity and job growth. So what exactly is in this controversial bill that has these tech giants up in arms? There are, in fact, several measures included in it.
The government continues to seek even demand the right to 'convict' American people and companies without due process.
Whether bypassing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, placing GPS tracking devices without prior judicial review or shutting down businesses solely on the accusation of wrongdoing we are well down the slippery slope of becoming a dictatorial state in the image of many of the foreign countries our fighting men and women have fought and died against throughout our history.
Many of these 'transgressions against justice' have occurred out of unreasoned fear mongering in response to events such as 9/11, but these particular bills are prompted more by greed than reason.
I support protection of copyright and patents (I hold several of each) even though both systems have become badly abused in recent history, but not at the cost of basic 'liberty and justice for all'.