[clue] [Political] Opposing the US GOV Blacklist bill

[Mike Bean]

Is this the one you guys are worried about?

https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=487

I figured the odds were good EFF would know about it.

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:41 AM, <dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:

> I thought they had driven a stake thru the heart of this bill.  For those
> who are unaware of what this is about, a bill has been introduced that would
> require ISPs and browsers to block access to blacklisted sites.  This is
> part of an intellectual property bill that Hollywood and others are
> pushing.  Who decides what should be on the blacklisted sites?  Probably not
> the courts, so no trial to establish guilt.  My guess would be Homeland
> Security, which is already seizing suspected domains.
>
> Even if the courts could approve who goes onto the lists, I think it would
> still be unconstitutional.  It's too easy for someone to slip something,
> like a news site, into the list.  Or any site critical of the govt, etc.  If
> something can be misused, it will be.  So don't give them the chance to
> misuse it.
>
>
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