Stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation

[Mikorist]

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Defending your rights in the digital world

Stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation

The Internet Blacklist Legislation - known as PROTECT IP Act in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House - is a threatening sequel to last year's COICA Internet censorship bill. Like its predecessor, this legislation invites Internet security risks, threatens online speech, and hampers Internet innovation. Urge your members of Congress to reject this Internet blacklist campaign in both its forms!

Big media and its allies in Congress are billing the Internet Blacklist Legislation as a new way to prevent online infringement. But innovation and free speech advocates know that this initiative is nothing more than a dangerous wish list that will compromise Internet security while doing little or nothing to encourage creative expression.

As drafted, the legislation would grant the government and private parties unprecedented power to interfere with the Internet's domain name system (DNS). The government would be able to force ISPs and search engines to redirect or dump users' attempts to reach certain websites' URLs.In response, third parties will woo average users to alternative servers that offer access to the entire Internet (not just the newly censored U.S. version), which will create new computer security vulnerabilities as the reliability and universality of the DNS evaporates.

It gets worse: Under SOPA's provisions, service providers (including hosting services) would be under new pressure to monitor and police their users’ activities. While PROTECT-IP targeted sites “dedicated to infringing activities,” SOPA targets websites that simply don’t do enough to track and police infringement (and it is not at all clear what would be enough). And it creates new powers to shut down folks who provide tools to help users get access to the Internet the rest of the world sees (not just the “U.S. authorized version”).

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) has placed a hold on the Senate version of the bill, taking a principled stand against a very dangerous bill. But every Senator and Representative should be opposing the PROTECT IP Act and SOPA. Contact your members of Congress today to speak out!

https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173

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Protect the Internet

Help us stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation

On November 16^th, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. This bill can pass. If it does, the Internet and free speech will never be the same.

Join us to stop this bill.

[*] Why?

A few infringing links are enough to justify censoring an entire site, blocking good content along with the bad.

[*] How?

The US will be able to block a site’s web traffic, ad traffic and search traffic using the same website censorship methods used by China, Iran and Syria.

[*] Who's at risk?

Your favorite websites both inside and outside the US could be blocked based on an infringement claim.

[*] Could this pass?

Yes. The Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act have widespread support in Congress and are expected to pass.

http://www.mozilla.org/sopa/

http://vimeo.com/31100268

[Mikorist]

skidajte filmove i muziku dok jos mozete

[Dmeister]

Ma uvek ce biti nacina

[Mikorist]

A Political Coming of Age for the Tech Industry

The Web sites on Wednesday of, clockwise from top left, Google, Mozilla, Wired and Wikipedia.

Wikipedia’s home page on Wednesday warned users that the Web site would be blacked out for 24 hours.

"This is the first real test of the political strength of the Web, and regardless of how things go, they are no longer a pushover. The Web taking a stand against one of the most powerful lobbyers and seeming to get somewhere is definitely a first." - Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School on the efforts by the technology industry to fight Congressional bills aimed at curbing online piracy.

http://www.nytimes.c...?pagewanted=all

[Mikorist]

probajte da otvorite nesto na Wiki

[Ја sam sam]

probajte da otvorite nesto na Wiki

Пази кад неда!

[Mikorist]

Пази кад неда!

[guja011]

a jel diya server u ameriki?

[Mikorist]

a jel diya server u ameriki?

ne.

[guja011]

aha. u Pržogrncima znači. dobro je.

[Ја sam sam]

Отвори нормално, и кад кликнем на језик отвори ову читуљу

[Mikorist]

Why is Wikipedia blacked-out?

Wikipedia is protesting against SOPA and PIPA by blacking out the English Wikipedia for 24 hours, beginning at midnight January 18, Eastern Time. Readers who come to English Wikipedia during the blackout will not be able to read the encyclopedia. Instead, you will see messages intended to raise awareness about SOPA and PIPA, encouraging you to share your views with your representatives, and with each other on social media.

What are SOPA and PIPA?

SOPA and PIPA represent two bills in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate respectively. SOPA is short for the "Stop Online Piracy Act," and PIPA is an acronym for the "Protect IP Act." ("IP" stands for "intellectual property.") In short, these bills are efforts to stop copyright infringement committed by foreign web sites, but, in our opinion, they do so in a way that actually infringes free expression while harming the Internet. Detailed information about these bills can be found in the Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act articles on Wikipedia, which are available during the blackout. GovTrack lets you follow both bills through the legislative process: SOPA on this page, and PIPA on this one. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to advocating for the public interest in the digital realm, has summarized why these bills are simply unacceptable in a world that values an open, secure, and free Internet.

Why is the blackout happening?

Wikipedians have chosen to black out the English Wikipedia for the first time ever, because we are concerned that SOPA and PIPA will severely inhibit people's access to online information. This is not a problem that will solely affect people in the United States: it will affect everyone around the world.

Why? SOPA and PIPA are badly drafted legislation that won't be effective at their stated goal (to stop copyright infringement), and will cause serious damage to the free and open Internet. They put the burden on website owners to police user-contributed material and call for the unnecessary blocking of entire sites. Small sites won't have sufficient resources to defend themselves. Big media companies may seek to cut off funding sources for their foreign competitors, even if copyright isn't being infringed. Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won't show up in major search engines. And, SOPA and PIPA build a framework for future restrictions and suppression.

Does this mean that Wikipedia itself is violating copyright laws, or hosting pirated content?

No, not at all. Some supporters of SOPA and PIPA characterize everyone who opposes them as cavalier about copyright, but that is not accurate. Wikipedians are knowledgeable about copyright and vigilant in protecting against violations: Wikipedians spend thousands of hours every week reviewing and removing infringing content. We are careful about it because our mission is to share knowledge freely. To that end, all Wikipedians release their contributions under a free license, and all the material we offer is freely licensed. Free licenses are incompatible with copyright infringement, and so infringement is not tolerated.

Isn't SOPA dead? Wasn't the bill shelved, and didn't the White House declare that it won't sign anything that resembles the current bill?

No, neither SOPA nor PIPA is dead. On January 17th, SOPA's sponsor said the bill will be discussed in early February. There are signs PIPA may be debated on the Senate floor next week. Moreover, SOPA and PIPA are just indicators of a much broader problem. In many jurisdictions around the world, we're seeing the development of legislation that prioritizes overly-broad copyright enforcement laws, laws promoted by power players, over the preservation of individual civil liberties.

How could SOPA and PIPA hurt Wikipedia?

SOPA and PIPA are a threat to Wikipedia in many ways. For example, in its current form, SOPA would require Wikipedia to actively monitor every site we link to, to ensure it doesn't host infringing content. Any link to an infringing site could put us in jeopardy of being forced offline.

http://en.wikipedia....tive/Learn_more

[Mikorist]

How could SOPA and PIPA hurt Wikipedia?

SOPA and PIPA are a threat to Wikipedia in many ways. For example, in its current form, SOPA would require Wikipedia to actively monitor every site we link to, to ensure it doesn't host infringing content. Any link to an infringing site could put us in jeopardy of being forced offline.

http://en.wikipedia....tive/Learn_more

ovaj deo je najbitniji.

na ovaj nacin mogu da odseku bilo koji sajt na svetu.

dakle ako je samo jedan , jedini link na sajtu koji vodi ka piratskom sadrzaju ili materijalu koji je zasticen - odseku te.

a to je sirok pojam.

npr. neko ovde samo postavi link ka sadrzaju (zvuk, video, tekst koji je zasticen ) na nekom drugom sajtu - odseku nas.

[Zen Mod]

ma kuj ih bre 'bePirate bay radi sve ove godine i pored sveg truda da ih skrkajuOprem Dobro RIAA i svi ostali

[Mikorist]

jedan primer.neko postavi knjigu - pdf koja je zasticena na neki sajt - server.prvo odseku taj sajt i server.onda odseku sve sajtove koji vode na taj sajt.da se ne vide u USA.kraj.gore od Hitlera.

[Zen Mod]

ako ih reakcija zbog toga ne spali kao Sodomu i Gomoru - nista nece

[revox]

ma kuj ih bre 'bePirate bay radi sve ove godine i pored sveg truda da ih skrkajuOprem Dobro RIAA i svi ostali

Ko njih `be ne znam al da oni oce nas to budu siguran

jedan primer.neko postavi knjigu - pdf koja je zasticena na neki sajt - server.prvo odseku taj sajt i server.onda odseku sve sajtove koji vode na taj sajt.da se ne vide u USA.kraj.gore od Hitlera.

Naravno :mrgreen:Jedini lijek je :rasta:ili da im privremeno ustupimo Dinkica da on regulise tu materiju

[ManicP]

Većina će kazati "Kuj gi be, to važi samo za USA" al se bojim šte će da bidne kad se i ostali dosete istog. Ima da nas rasparčaju na lokalne LAN mreže.Pa pre neki dan su neki "ex ruski indijanci" krenuli sa restrikcijama...

[Vix]

Najvise se plasim da ce se to i desiti, tj. da ce prugurati to G***no pa cemo se samo secati, kako smo nekada imali-sta bese ono- free internet. Osim politike, nema da ima linkova o jeftinoj energiji, a gde god se spomene HHO, to be biti saseceno u korenu Kad razmislim, 1984-ta i nije tako daleko...

[Ја sam sam]

Мали оф, добро ме подсети на бубњара Идриза Мухамеда

[Mikorist]

moze neko da stavi link u potpis - ka "losslessjazz"i ode ceo forumkoje ce da budu samo zloupotrebe ako ovo uvedu

[revox]

moze neko da stavi link u potpis - ka "losslessjazz"i ode ceo forumkoje ce da budu samo zloupotrebe ako ovo uvedu

misliš na one što smo već pokačili po forumu :buehehe: