I have a very personal experience with bullying...even in my 32 years of living, I have never experienced so much negative power use in all of my life. Certainly, just because I was naive to its existence doesnt mean that it didnt exist. However, political and legal bullying is on the rise and for me its confirmation that this is the first stage of this worlds' catclysmic end. First Bush, the Afghan war, and now an attempt to limit the transfer of free knowledge. Did they miss the memo, that ignorance is more expensive?
According to Google, The U.S. government could order the blocking of sites using methods similar to those employed by China in an attempt to combat the growth of piracy and counterfeiting. Among other things, search engines could be forced to delete entire websites from their search results. This legislation could greatly damage the free tool known as the internet and a plethora of information that is at our fingertips could be no more. This would be a horrid thing for the American economy. Social networking sites, blogs, and search engines would be censored. Whatever happened to freedom of speech, or any other right granted in our Constitution? This bullying act of censorship would not only limit the access to knowledge that so many educators and students use, it would also worsen the employment epidemic, and overkill our already recession ladened nation. Im almost willing to bet that it would cause a mass panic because at that point we would be forced to regress into an era before the world wide web. Wouldnt that be tragic?
It appears that the U.S. government is under the impression that its citizens are walking around absentmindedly or worse ignorantly; thinking that we dont recognize that it is once again utilizing its power to bully business owners and innovators alike in an attempt to take our money and line their own pockets. Now dont get me wrong, piracy is illegal and I get the gist of why they are proposing the the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, however, it seems like they are willing to punish the good guys for the bad guys' actions. Google indicates that these acts alone would do more harm than good in that it wouldnt even stop piracy. "The censorship regulations written into these bills won’t shut down pirate sites. These sites will just change their addresses and continue their criminal activities, while law-abiding companies will suffer high penalties for breaches they can’t possibly control. There are effective ways to combat foreign “rogue” websites dedicated to copyright infringement and trademark counterfeiting, while preserving the innovation and dynamism that have made the Internet such an important driver of American economic growth and job creation. Congress should consider alternatives like the OPEN Act, which takes targeted and focused steps to cut off the money supply from foreign pirate sites without making US companies censor the Web."
To be nice about it all, I will say that its just stupid! One Word to describe the notion: BULLSHIT!!! To do your part, sign your name to the petition by following the link https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
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