Fwd: Save the Internet - the pressure is working!
dw dietrich
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From: "Luis Morago - Avaaz.org" <av...@avaaz.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:11:42 -0500
Subject: Save the Internet - the pressure is working!
To: "ddp...@gmail.com" <ddp...@gmail.com>
Incredible - 800,000 signers in days, Congress is hesitating, and one
Senator will block the vote by reading out our petition for hours!!
Let's get to 1 million - sign below forward this email to everyone --
Dear Friends,
Right now, Congress is debating a law that would give them the power
to censor the world's Internet -- creating a blacklist that could
target YouTube, WikiLeaks and even groups like Avaaz!
Under the new law, the US could force Internet providers to block any
website on suspicion of violating copyright or trademark legislation,
or even failing to sufficiently police their users' activities. And,
because so much of the Internet's hosts and hardware are located in
the US, their blacklist would clamp down on the free web for all of
us.
The vote could happen at any time now, but we can help stop this --
champions in Congress want to preserve free speech and tell us that a
global outcry would strengthen their hand, and one of them -- Senator
Wyden -- says he will "filibuster" or block any vote on the bill by
reading out our petition names until the clock runs out! Let's
urgently raise our voices from every corner of the world to build an
unprecedented global petition. Click below to sign and then forward to
everyone:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?cl=1424200018&v=11320
For years, the US has condemned countries like China and Iran for
their clampdown on Internet use. But now, the impact of these new
censorship laws could be far worse -- effectively blocking sites to
every Internet user across the globe.
Last year, a similar Internet censorship bill was killed before
reaching the US Senate floor, but it's now back in a different form.
Copyright laws already exist and are enforced by courts. But this new
law goes much further -- granting the US government and big
corporations enormous powers to force service providers and search
engines to block websites based just on allegations of violations --
without a trial or being found guilty of any crime!
Free speech advocates have already raised the alarm, and some key
senators are trying to gather enough support to stop this dangerous
bill. We have no time to lose. Let's stand with them to ensure that
American lawmakers preserve the right to a free and open Internet as
an essential way for people around the world to exchange ideas, share
communication and work collectively to build the world we want. Sign
below to stop censorship, and save the Internet as we know it:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?cl=1424200018&v=11320
In the past months, from the Arab Spring to the global Occupy
Movement, we've seen first hand how the Internet can galvanize, unify
and change society. Now, if we stand together, we can stop this new
attack on Internet freedom. We've done it before -- in Brazil and
Italy, Avaaz members have won major victories in the fight for a free
Internet. Let's galvanize our global web community to crush the most
powerful censorship threat that the Internet has ever seen.
With hope,
Luis, Dalia, Diego, Emma, Ricken, Aaron, Antonia, Benjamin and the
rest of the Avaaz team
Sources Op-Ed: Blacklist Bill allows Feds to remove websites from
Internet (Digital Journal)
http://digitaljournal.com/article/313463
Disastrous IP Legislation Is Back – And It's Worse than Ever (EFF)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/disastrous-ip-legislation-back-%E2%80%93-and-it%E2%80%99s-worse-ever
Silicon Valley legislators oppose online piracy act (SFGate)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/15/BUO81LV0KI.DTL
House Hearing on Stop Online Piracy Act Scheduled (PC World)
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243659/house_hearing_on_stop_online_piracy_act_scheduled.html
Growing Chorus of Opposition to "Stop Online Piracy Act"
https://www.cdt.org/report/growing-chorus-opposition-stop-online-piracy-act
The stop online piracy act: summary, problems, and implications
https://www.cdt.org/files/pdfs/SOPA%202-pager%20final.pdf
Why Is Justin Bieber So Pissed Off?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/timothy-karr/why-is-justin-bieber-so-p_b_1071055.html
Stop Online Piracy Act
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3261ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr3261ih.pdf
PROTECT IP Act
http://leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/BillText-PROTECTIPAct.pdf This
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