Maybe this thread could be salvaged if we could use it to note when things are happening that could negatively affect the internet?
If you're in the US: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/ci...-dangerous
CISPA has returned and is threatening to kill 4th amendment protection in regards to technology. Also the original CISPA had a clause in that copyright violators are national security threats. That means tSR could have been classified terrorists under CISPA originally. o.O
For all of us: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/us...a-complies
ACTA is revived. If you don't want to see a worse version of the US's DMCA system go international, now is the time to act and peacefully protest against ACTA once again.
EDIT - And on the Pacific side: https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp
This is the Pacific version of ACTA. It's just as bad as ACTA as big content and copyright maximalists are negotiating in secret to increase copyright laws and penalties world-wide. All behind our backs and without our support.
If you're in the US: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/02/ci...-dangerous
CISPA has returned and is threatening to kill 4th amendment protection in regards to technology. Also the original CISPA had a clause in that copyright violators are national security threats. That means tSR could have been classified terrorists under CISPA originally. o.O
For all of us: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/03/us...a-complies
ACTA is revived. If you don't want to see a worse version of the US's DMCA system go international, now is the time to act and peacefully protest against ACTA once again.
EDIT - And on the Pacific side: https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp
This is the Pacific version of ACTA. It's just as bad as ACTA as big content and copyright maximalists are negotiating in secret to increase copyright laws and penalties world-wide. All behind our backs and without our support.