The Gov't *GONZO* wants access to your photobucket, flickr, imageshack accounts

[Little Wing]

http://news.com.com/Justice+Department+takes+aim+at+image-sharing+sites/2100-1028-6163679.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703

Furthermore, he wants everything stored for at least 2 years.


The Bush administration has accelerated its Internet surveillance push by proposing that Web sites must keep records of who uploads photographs or videos in case police determine the content is illegal and choose to investigate, CNET News.com has learned.

That proposal surfaced Wednesday in a private meeting during which U.S. Department of Justice officials, including Assistant Attorney General Rachel Brand, tried to convince industry representatives such as AOL and Comcast that data retention would be valuable in investigating terrorism, child pornography and other crimes. The discussions were described to News.com by several people who attended the meeting.

A second purpose of the meeting in Washington, D.C., according to the sources, was to ask Internet service providers how much it would cost to record details on their subscribers for two years. At the very least, the companies would be required to keep logs for police of which customer is assigned a specific Internet address.

Only universities and libraries would be excluded, one participant said. "There's a PR concern with including the libraries, so we're not going to include them," the participant quoted the Justice Department as saying. "We know we're going to get a pushback, so we're not going to do that."

[havocmom]

1. Seems somebody in the junta already does

Tried to upload pics with 'Cheney' in the photo title - instant no-go. Went into my file, edited the photo name and they uploaded just fine. Photobucket must use some name recognition filter.

Here's the one I got uploaded, it's a grand bit of editorializing via placement of stories on a newspaper page. The original site had changed the page by the time I clicked the link on Americablog, but those fine folks at that site had the capture and now, so do you and I ;)

[havocmom]

2. The junta has NO sense of humor and they don't like US being the media

The 'tubes' are giving the crooks a whole lotta trouble. Wonder how long before they start hiring the guys who censor internet in China.

[itsmesgd]

3. I cant decide.

Do I dig a hole and climb in, or get my own hate filled shrub bashing website complete with my name and address so that the flying monkeys can come get me?

Welcome to Amerika, bend over and spread 'em

[radfringe]

4. lol ... he won't like my photo bucket account

90% of it are my toons stored there so I can cross link them to other place...

[Sydnie]

5. When the digital police come for me

you guys will send care packages to me, right? I'll start getting a list together of my favorite things, ok?

[madrchsod]

6. do`t worry the dems will cave on this

hell the speaker of the house did..between the corporations and justice dept we are screwed

Dear CSPAN: you're not Disney, Congress isn't Mickey
Carl sez, "Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi posted a minute of video of herself testifying on her blog. C-SPAN sent her a take down notice and she caved in complied. The Speaker should have stuck to her guns and told C-SPAN to fuck off that she was asserting her fair use rights to that material. C-SPAN told the New York Times that they were simply protecting their copyright "like CNN." But, C-SPAN is not like CNN or Disney. In this open letter to C-SPAN's CEO, I submit my purchase order for 6,251 congressional hearings and assert my fair use rights.

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/01/dear_cspan_youre_not.html
Boing Boing: Dear CSPAN: you're not Disney, Congress isn't Mickey

http://consumerist.com/consumer/riaa/the-riaa-p2plawsuit-letter-sent-to-college-students-241054.php
The RIAA P2PLawsuit Letter Sent To College Students - Consumerist

http://www.marklectic.com/2007/03/02/comments-on-the-riaas-p2plawsuitcom-faq-propaganda/
mark’lectic » Blog Archive » Comments on the RIAA’s p2plawsuit.com FAQ Propaganda

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