It Gets Even Crazier: Fight The AT&T/Comcast "Three Strikes" Censorship Deal
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This time the motion picture association of America and the recording industry association of America both want to team up with Internet service providers 2 give 3 strike notices to it's customers you know the ones who pay our bills to get Internet access!!I urge my fellow sodaheads and anyone on the Internet to have a look at this and fight back sign the petition.Don't forget our first amendment rights are being violated.
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Completely over the top, even compared to everything else we're up
against: Entertainment industry sources are leaking that they've
convinced Internet service providers to start restricting people's web
access. If you're accused of downloading or streaming three files
they'll consider messing with your Internet connection -- and maybe even decide what sites you're allowed to visit.
The MPAA and RIAA have convinced companies like Comcast, AT&T;,
and others to voluntarily create a "Three Strikes" policy -- yes, that's
really what they are calling it. CNET reports that your
Internet service provider will respond to online file sharing with
censorship tools like:
- "Throttling down" your Internet bandwidth and speed;
- Limiting your access to the Web;
- Controlling what websites you are allowed to visit;
- And requiring you to attend pirate school to be educated on copyright law.
Will you act now to fight this new ridiculous proposal?
If you sign the petition at right, we'll automatically generate an
email under your name and address to the lobbyists for Comcast and
AT&T; -- including former Republican senators Trent Lott and John
Breaux -- containing this language:
NOTE TO AT&T; AND COMCAST:
Sources are reporting that you are preparing to implement a "Three
Strikes" proposal to restrict users' Internet access. As a customer who
cares deeply about Internet freedom I urge you to oppose Internet
censorship and reject this proposal.
Please sign petition in link below!!
Read More: http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/three_strikes/?...
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SECTION 1. CRIMINAL INFRINGEMENT OF A COPYRIGHT.
(a) Amendments to Section 2319 of Title 18- Section 2319 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
`(2) shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years, fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if--
`(A) the offense consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works; and
`(B)(i) the total retail value of the performances, or the total economic value of such public performances to the infringer or to the copyright owner, would exceed $2,500; or
`(ii) the total fair market value of licenses to offer performances of those works would exceed $5,000;'; and
(2) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
`(2) the terms `reproduction', `distribution', and `public performance' refer to the exclusive rights of a copyright owner under cla...
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SECTION 1. CRIMINAL INFRINGEMENT OF A COPYRIGHT.
(a) Amendments to Section 2319 of Title 18- Section 2319 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
`(2) shall be imprisoned not more than 5 years, fined in the amount set forth in this title, or both, if--
`(A) the offense consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copyrighted works; and
`(B)(i) the total retail value of the performances, or the total economic value of such public performances to the infringer or to the copyright owner, would exceed $2,500; or
`(ii) the total fair market value of licenses to offer performances of those works would exceed $5,000;'; and
(2) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
`(2) the terms `reproduction', `distribution', and `public performance' refer to the exclusive rights of a copyright owner under clauses (1), (3), (4), and (6), respectively of section 106 (relating to exclusive rights in copyrighted works), as limited by sections 107 through 122, of title 17;'.
(b) Amendment to Section 506 of Title 17- Section 506(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting `or public performance' after `distribution' the first place it appears; and
(2) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting `or public performance' after `unauthorized distribution'; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting `or public performance' after `distribution'.
Calendar No. 77
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Copyright law is hurting society instead of respecting it. It's also hurting innovation.I could go on and on.Also if you think throwing a child in jail because the are lip syncing a song or just someone embedding a video is wrong you might want to rethink.Don't get me wrong i respect and many people respect it it's just being abused.
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On many technological levels, this is purely theory, not practice.