RRD:The author below argues that TOR could be outlawed under the E-Parasite bill.The E-Parasite bill is the U.S. House's even more draconian version of the Senate's PIPA,(The Protect Intellectual Property Act).TOR(The Onion Router) is a free web service used by political dissidents throughout the globe,(Iran,China etc.)to bypass their Dictatorship's control of the Internet.
Frankly I'm not sure that the bill goes that far;but if it does,& those supporting the E-Parasite bill know that it does,then they have gone beyond "just" defacto censorship & indifference to individual rights;to enabling murderous tyrannies.
For the record,unlike some individuals,I do wholeheartedly support the rights of copyright holders.
I also support the right of children not to be sexually molested,yet I would not support a anti-pedophile bill that required that all Americans submit their DNA to the state,or one that permitted house-to-house searches.
That something should be illegal does not mean that anything proposed to stop the unlawful act should automatically be approved.The sin of the Copyright Lobby is not that they seek to protect their rights,but that they seek to protect their rights without any regard to the rights of others. PROTECT-IP Act Becomes E-PARASITE (And Gets Much Worse) - HotHardware
http://hothardware.com/m/News/PROTECTIP-Act-Becomes-EPARASITE-And-Gets-Much-W...
..."The new law would also allow the Attorney General to take legal action against anyone who provides services or creates a product designed to bypass such blocks—the anonymous browsing service Tor would almost certainly be illegal, as would nearly any software product that includes DVD ripping."...
Frankly I'm not sure that the bill goes that far;but if it does,& those supporting the E-Parasite bill know that it does,then they have gone beyond "just" defacto censorship & indifference to individual rights;to enabling murderous tyrannies.
For the record,unlike some individuals,I do wholeheartedly support the rights of copyright holders.
I also support the right of children not to be sexually molested,yet I would not support a anti-pedophile bill that required that all Americans submit their DNA to the state,or one that permitted house-to-house searches.
That something should be illegal does not mean that anything proposed to stop the unlawful act should automatically be approved.The sin of the Copyright Lobby is not that they seek to protect their rights,but that they seek to protect their rights without any regard to the rights of others. PROTECT-IP Act Becomes E-PARASITE (And Gets Much Worse) - HotHardware
http://hothardware.com/m/News/PROTECTIP-Act-Becomes-EPARASITE-And-Gets-Much-W...
..."The new law would also allow the Attorney General to take legal action against anyone who provides services or creates a product designed to bypass such blocks—the anonymous browsing service Tor would almost certainly be illegal, as would nearly any software product that includes DVD ripping."...
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