Oregon Senator Vows To Block Internet Blacklist Bill

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by Nick Saint


Saturday, November 20, 2010

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden vowed yesterday to take steps to block the controversial bill that would let the government effectively block access from the U.S. to sites involved in copyright infringement.

The Combating Online Infringements And Counterfeits Act (COICA) would let the Attorney General petition the courts to blacklist any website on which copyright infringement was a 'central' activity. Domain servers operating in the U.S. would be required to stop handling requests for sites on the blacklist.

COICA has broad support from both parties, and breezed through the Senate Judiciary Committee 19-0. But with just a few days left in the legislative session, one Senator can put up enough procedure hurdles to prevent a vote before 2011, at which point the bill will have to be resubmitted.



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[BlueIris]

1. So proud to have him as my Senator. nt

[RKP5637]

2. This is just the beginning. If they are able to block these sites eventually

other sites will appear on the list depending on the party in power. Wasn't it Bush that wanted to block or take down sites/blogs asking for political donations. It's equivalent to airwave jamming by regimes. Combine this with a failure of net neutrality plus the controlled/contrived MSM in this county and we'll be in state run media. Imagine how the R's would extend this. They would even blacklist DU.

[w4rma]

3. Slippery slope bill. (nt)