Many Internet users in the United States have watched with horror as countries like France and Britain have proposed or instituted so-called "three strikes" laws which cut off Internet access to those accused of repeated acts of copyright infringement. Now the U.S. has its own version of this kind of law, and it is arguably much worse.
Mathew Ingram, GigaOM
The Senate's PROTECT IP Bill, designed to stop piracy, now has a matching bill in the REPUBLICAN controlled House: E-PARASITE. It would have been tough to top PROTECT IP, but they've managed to do it. It contains provisions that will chill innovation. It contains provisions that will tinker with the fundamental fabric of the Internet. It gives private corporations the power to censor. And best of all, it bypasses due legal process to do much of it.
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