I hope everyone here read this blog post from Open Congress. If not please DO!

PIPA first on Senate agenda on Jan. 24th, 2012

http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/2458-PIPA-first-on-Senate-agenda-on-Jan-24th-2012

The battle is about to heat up again SOON!

Yes, it seems that “Democracy” isn’t happening here in America. Corporatocracy seems to be the best term.

Although I don’t support the bill I’d like to point out that having the internet isn’t a right. It’s a convenience. Actually Pirating is also a convenience, if internet is a “Right” then being able to pirate something is a right

I read this that someone posted way back there today: “Although I don’t support the bill I’d like to point out that having the internet isn’t a right. It’s a convenience.”

Now you claim : “There is no right to internet wire communications”

That reminds me of government claims that driving is not a right, but a privilege. The difference is though that the government owns most roads….

But your complaint Mr. Neeley seems to be about someone steeling your nude pictures, and as you claim, making them available to children.

Is your site password protected, or is what you post available for ALL to view by YOUR OWN choice?

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 has also been the subject of several court challenges. Title V of the Telecommunications Act, the Communications Decency Act of 1996, sought to protect minors from exposure to indecent materials transmitted over the Internet. The Supreme Court, in a highly debated case, struck down most of those provisions on First Amendment grounds in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844, 117 S. Ct. 2329, 138 L. Ed. 2d 874 (1997). The Telecommunications Act also included so-called “signal bleed” provisions, requiring cable operators either to scramble channels containing sexually explicit materials or to limit programming on these channels to certain hours. The Supreme Court likewise struck down these requirements as impermissible content-based restrictions in violation of the First Amendment in United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc., 529 U.S. 803, 120 S. Ct. 1878, 146 L. Ed. 2d 865 (2000).

The Copy[rite] Act has been unconstitutional since the day Mr. Washington signed it in 1790.

The United States was closer to democracy in 1790 but is not the least democratic today as can be seen graphically at the next link. Re-use this idea or graphic freely. This idea is released to the public domain.
Compare democracy from 1790 to 2010.html

The United States has never been terribly democratic and has always been ruled by the privileged. The graphic from 1790 is not been done yet.

There is no right to internet wire communications; -Just as there is no right to radio or television. The constitution alleged to recognize the rights of authors and creator for limited times.

The FCC has in its mission or duty " to make available, so far as possible, to all the people of the United States, without discrimination […], a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service".

It seems all your “porn” arguments have already been determined to be in violation of the First Amendment of our Constitution Mr Neeley, and thus MOOT.

In the end it is parents that are responsible to protect children, and regulate what they are exposed to.

It is not the governments job to make everything in the world suitable to be viewed by children!

This is eerily reminiscent of some things here.

“It’s been a few months since we’ve checked in with everyone’s favorite copyright troll, Righthaven.” 

“After an aggressive first half, Righthaven has been surrendering goal after goal in the subsequent months: some scored by Randazza and his crew of trollslayers extraordinare, some scored by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and some own goals Righthaven shot into its own net.”

“So all in all, 2011 was a remarkable year for Righthaven, going from mass litigator supreme to on-the-ropes debtor.  We can only hope that the soon-to-be owner of Righthaven.com will have better luck (and fewer dubious legal claims) in their business endeavors.” 

http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2012/want-be-new-righthavencom-just-three-shopping-days-left

So many fronts these days…

Maybe you should get involved on the other one too my old friend? Everyone is still at battle stations and ready to rumble again. We will make sure support is gone from anyone that wants to make money off of respect on the web. I’m not sure that will be enough in these times though. If this passes I can only imagine the backlash from what I am reading.

See you out there ;=)

Our Government is nothing but prostitutes to the rich now and have been for the past how many years? Yeah… I can’t call our government a government anymore

1. "In the… [pro-porn gibberish] …children!"

2. "It… [para-legal gibberish] …MOOT."

3. "The Telecommunications Act… [para-legal gibberish] …(2000)"

1. Well actually, it is Initially the duty of parents to protect children from even government supported inappropriate free speech. In the end, the government must take responsibility for government supported inappropriate free speech and has for nearly a century. Internet wire communications exist today because of the Communications Act of 1934.

2. Free Speech does not include “porn” that is “obscene”. MOOT is a cute legal term but does not begin to describe the “qualified right” you mistakenly find absolute and violated from the First Amendment.

3. The Supreme Court was CLUELESS about internet wire communications in 1996-2000 but is changing. The Supreme Court is not yet composed of internet wire communications era justices and will not be till around 2050. I will be 82 or be dead.

Our Government is nothing but prostitutes to the rich now and have been for the past how many years? Yeah… I can’t call our government a government anymore

Compare democracy 1790-2010
Roughly 649,999 voters per Congressional Representative….
Roughly 33million and 833,285 voters per Supreme Court Justice…

Too late to fix this system in my opinion.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/opinion/fighting-online-piracy.html

and for all you Free Speech/porn supporters.
Today is the day the FCC will argue for broadcast decency from 6a-10p
http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/10-1293.htm
FCC ability to require broadcast decency could be history after today!

@Geowil

I am a photographer with Berne Convention rights maliciously violated by NameMedia Inc and Google Inc. These rights were marginally tacked into the unconstitutional copy[rite] Act at 17 USC §106A. District Court ruled that these rights could not be violated online as was in egregious error and is appealed and pending. All search engines stopped returning my nude and figurenude art except Google Inc. Microsoft Corporation resumed after the court error. During this three-year litigation, Google Inc scanned 17-70 million books without concern for copy[rites] in New York libraries and uploaded three additional figurenudes done by me while facing me in court. Google took down these book photos. NameMedia Inc stopped display of my stolen nudes after months in court and the second DMCA notice.

I have individually done most of the things this bill can do in the last three years. Stopping piracy will not happen but the costs to pirates can be made higher.

Threats invalidate and reveal motives of anti-SOPA criminals. The anti-copy[rite] and anti-SOPA type here forget Google Inc being charged HALF-a-BILLION for already violating the principles of SOPA.

The future ruling of the Supreme Court in FCC v Fox et al, 10-1293 was apparent after the oral arguments. Transcript PDF
Decency regulations will be upheld but may require some adjustments.

The trouble with SOPA is that SOPA requires purchase of copy[rites] and does not address the fact that the Copy[rite] Act in unconstitutional on its face.

Sure. Burning books was a way to censor thought in order to continue promoting beliefs of the party in charge. Shutting down piracy websites is to keep bottom-feeders from stealing things/taking credit for things they did not pay for or invest in. Why is that so wrong?

“a song/movie/media can be recreated by anyone with a tape recorder or computer”

Sure…you can do that, but it is a violation of federal law already. All this bill is doing is providing enforcement. If people would stop being so lazy and buy things instead of resorting to theft, this bill would be unnecessary.

Please, explain how protecting the intellectual property of another from theft is against anything you have read from our Founding Fathers.

from p12 in conclusion of REPLY BRIEF linked<<<<

3. The sweeping international impact of this case will, no doubt, require further consideration of the relevant issues but several factual issues will require trial. The Supreme Court will eventually be faced with requiring wire communications disguised as the Internet to be regulated by the FCC. This injunctive relief requested currently from the Eighth Circuit will, in fact, increase the Free Speech nature of wire communications as well as making wire communications more internationally accessible.

Caution: I am not “officially dead” although I have gotten closer than most.

Neeley v NameMedia Inc, et al, (5:09-cv-05151)(11-2558) 8th Cir

Thousands and thousands of legal filings and exhibits you can view for free from three-plus years. You can also ignore them. You can’t impact the ruling in the least. Try realizing SOPA and PIPA meant absolutely nothing except to corporations who purchased copy[rites]. The United States is the most backwards copy[rite] country on earth.

The United States will not remain backwards when I am finished litigating against Google Inc, Microsoft Corporation, NameMedia Inc, and the FCC.

PERSONAL rights to exclusively control original visual art will finally be recognized as an inalienable right and not the rite granted by the United States for copy[rite] registration fees.

Seconded. I feel a lot better about voting for him now.

Oh look. We have a Congress with the lowest approval rating in the history of the United States seeking to destroy the freedom of information flow of the Internet, under the guise of anti-piracy.

Oh, would you look at the Money Trail

Behave please…

Is that possible? Yes, Indeed, in at one remarkable case, the message has already been sent—and received.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/165717/heres-how-force-congress-block-sopa-and-save-internet

Over 80,000 views on SOPA and 56,000 on PIPA so far here today! Damn!

I am very happy to see how many sites joined the web armada today in this first big battle. Every news outlet in the country seemed to be reporting it, even local TV news.

Some serious damaged was done to support on these bills today, but it is not over yet. FOX and the Murdock Newscorp empire is backing it… along with other networks.

If these bills continue to move ahead the “web” will hit even harder next time…

Some sites will even be putting up a blockade against all IP’s from Congress, and all other supporters, if necessary…

I read some of the…black ops kind…have some plans ready if needed too…

Politicians, and their rich masters, are in way over their head in this one I think…