On 1/19/2012 4:16 PM, Too_Many_Tools wrote:
On Jan 19, 10:01 am, F. George McDuffeegmcduf...@mcduffee-
associates.us wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:06:52 -0800 (PST), wrote:

snip Having a censored internet will be, at least the way I look at it, just
like walking into a library, and having an armed guard standing there
telling you what books your allowed to look at. Or even worse, which
pages you are allowed to read. Our government already has too much
power, last thing we need is them telling us what we can or can't look
at on the internet

snip

for some insight as to where this push is coming from seehttp://www.deadline.com/2012/01/exclusive-hollywood-moguls-stopping-o...

FWIW -- thats not a guard to keep you from reading, just the
ticket collector to insure you pay for reading ...

--
Unka' George

"Gold is the money of kings,
silver is the money of gentlemen,
barter is the money of peasants,
but debt is the money of slaves"

-Norm Franz, "Money and Wealth in the New Millenium"

So George do you consider that copyrights/patents and IP should mean
nothing?

TMT

I'm not George, but by passing those two laws the government would have
complete control to block whatever they felt necessary. I believe that
movies, software, music, etc. should not be pirated but it has happened
forever. Ever make a copy of a cassette tape for a friend when you were
younger? How about a copy of a VHS? Or did you ever record anything off
of the TV so you can watch it later? Or even record a song from the
radio? IF they are able to block everyone from pirating music, movies,
software, do you think that all the big boys are going to say "great,
now we're making money, lets drop the price for our wonderful
consumers!" yea right..

And then, what would stop the powers to be from blocking content on
wikipedia? or any other open site where people can post facts, opinions,
etc. What would keep them from blocking newsgroups? There's just too
much power in those laws that if they pass, who knows what will happen.

Tom