The Great Firewall Of America

PROTECT IP Renamed E-PARASITES Act; Would Create The Great Firewall Of America
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111026/12130616523/protect-ip-renamed-e-parasites-act-would-create-great-firewall-america.shtml

Thanks to Erik for this link!

This would appear to be more of the insidious efforts of the wealthy to make law that only applies to others, never to themselves.  As the article describes, the law is clearly designed to sound like it is doing one thing while doing the exact opposite in reality (relying on the sheeple to never actually read the text of the law).  To me it is less about a firewall blocking unwanted content on unreachable severs and more about creating ways to criminally pursue people who the powerful don’t like.  By making it criminal, then they can rely on the tax payers to shell out to prosecute, they no longer need to bother employing their own lawyers.  More socialized risk with privatized rewards, but this time we are screwed both ways, since we are now paying to prosecute ourselves for laws we never wanted in the first place.

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