The “Occupy” movement has gone worldwide…..and it seems that we in the blogosphere are the only ones that give it total support….the media sucks at covering it………social networking is the only way that the whole story is getting out….but now that could be hampered by legislation…..
This is an article posted in the site, Addicting Info……….
In what would be a stunning disregard for First Amendment rights, rumors are swirling that the Republican controlled Congress is now considering a new bill that could blackout sites such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and other sites that utilize content generated by users. Phones such as iPhone, Android, AmazonCloud, Pandora, Grooveshark and even your email accounts would be adversely affected.
Some provisions in the bill would make it a “felony to stream unlicensed content — including cover band performances, karaoke videos, video game play-throughs, and more.” Major profit driven corporations are the driving force behind such a bill.
This bill could also effectively silence the ‘Occupy’ movement that has swept the nation by killing information sharing. Most Americans currently get most of their news about ‘Occupy’ through social media. If social media sites were to shut down because of the bill, Americans would be less likely to see ‘Occupy’ footage and would thus be in the dark, forcing us all to rely on corporate owned media sources. This bill is dangerous and would be a major blow to constitutionally protected freedom of speech. This is nothing more than government sponsored censorship and must be stopped.
Please make your voice heard and demand that Congress kill this bill. You can take action here.
Take action! Let those in power know that you will not sit idly by……it is time for all of us “99%” to do our part in support of the movement….whether you march in the streets or write about the happenings by keeping the PD honest and in check….you can make a difference!
The Time is NOW! Get involved!
Personally, I don’t see this as much of an attack on the Occupy movement as much of an attack on fair use. The entertainment industry wants to be able to pull videos such as a baby dancing to a song because the parents did not pay a royalty. They want to shut down sites that give artists the ability to be independent of their draconian deals with the devil.
This is a clear case of crony capitalism where entertainment special interest groups are buying politicians to get the government to their enforcement activities. Most of the activities that they are trying to stop here are civil; not criminal. Why spend money protecting IP when you can buy 300 or so politicians and get the government to do it for you?
Of course, this law also expands the police state that the conservatives are building. It can be used to shutdown sites that embarrass the government such as Wikileaks (do not take this to mean I support their methods). I’m sure there is even more freedom killing clauses in it.
Hi Terrant…..I see where you are coming from……my concern is that they will try and control the flow of information…..anything to try and control the occupation movement is not acceptable……
The bill has been a work in progress for far longer than the Occupy movement has been around. The fact that it could be used as a means to control the flow of information is just icing on the cake for authoritarians.
Terrant…it seems it became more pressing as the OWS gained more and more traction……
I agree w/Terrant’s assessment of the bill. Its a crony capitalism bill through and through and vague enough that a batshit crazy Pres or his DOJ could use it for other things too.
A lot of the videos of Occupy Wall Street / OWS Oakland, etc. are on You Tube, so I can where they would want to put a stop to it.
The jack asses in Washington are always jabbering away about human rights and censorship in China, yet they let police here get away with what they did in Oakland. Hypocrites!
But on that is different…they are not a democracy so it is okay to criticize….(sorry even I could not say that with a straight face)…..