[lug] SOPA

[Glenn Murray]

Hi,

I think it's relevant, too.  This seems like a ham-handed attempt by content
producers with an incomplete understanding of the value of an open internet
to try to protect intellectual property rights.

On the other hand,  it seems that the open source/free internet community
has dropped the ball in developing mechanisms to protect content producers
from copyright infringement, or even on agreeing that such mechanisms
should exist.  Correct me if I'm wrong.

As the creators and disseminators of many tools that are used to circumvent
the law, it would seem that the open source community is neglecting an
opportunity to do this right instead of having an unfortunate solution imposed
upon them.

Cheers,
Glenn

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Jonathan Corbet <corbet-bldrlug at lwn.net> wrote:
> Pardon the politics, but I think this is relevant...Congress is holding
> hearings on establishing the Great Firewall of America today:
>
>        https://www.mozilla.org/sopa/
>        https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/11/hollywood-new-war-on-software-freedom-and-internet-innovation
>
> I have an obvious personal interest in this; a law of this type will make
> running a business like LWN into a very unsafe activity.  In general, an
> official, hair-trigger censorship system is just not what we need.
>
> It seems that Senator Bennett, at least, is in favor of this whole idea.
> If you're concerned about it, maybe this would be a good time to let him
> (and the others) know what you think.
>
>        http://bennet.senate.gov/
>        http://markudall.senate.gov/
>        http://polis.house.gov/
>
> Thanks, I'll stop now.
>
> jon
>
> Jonathan Corbet / LWN.net / corbet at lwn.net
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