[GeoStL] Re: Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)
- From: Charles Leverett <charlieleverett@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:56:40 -0600
Isn't this the same road China went down?
Just think for a moment of what would of happened if we had the SOPA
framework in place when the Patriot Act was conceived? Just think if we hit
a time like that again in our history? Is it really such a long shot to
believe the government would ban other sides that would hurt "public
safety"?
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Nathan Rover <nrover@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -
>
> You mean like this?
> http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=7f9671e9-295c-4188-9b0c-a3a1beba58ee
>
> This bill is a road we don't want to go down people, I can't even begin to
> express how detrimental this would be to the Internet.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Laura Williams <
> pi.arent.square@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Someone on the KC Geocaching facebook group made a comment that all it
>> takes is one mickey mouse GIF on the geocaching website to get it shut down
>> should this all pass. That may not be the intention of the bill (I know
>> it's the aim to stop online pirating), but there's nothing written in it
>> that gives me confidence that this sort of thing won't happen eventually
>> should the bills be passed.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Glenn <gln.htc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Very, but this is the one they are voting on.
>>>
>>> Glenn
>>> Via iP-4
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 19, 2012, at 10:24 AM, Maggie Madonia <letsride94@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good and bad.. as usual with most bills this one is poorly written.
>>> Maggie
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Glenn <gln.htc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> -
>>>> Not directly Geocaching related but..
>>>> This is too important not to pass alongside this threatens our rights
>>>> in so many ways
>>>>
>>>> This is from TED TV and is about the best and easiest explanation of
>>>> the pending Internet legislation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h2dF-IsH0I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Glenn
>>>> Via iP-4
>>>>
>>>>
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