“Thinker-politicians like Jefferson, Adams and Madison were just as
familiar as we are with the metaphor that likens created work to
physical property, especially to a landed estate. But they thought of
that landed estate in a new way – as the basis of a republic. An
American’s land was his own – he owed allegiance to no sovereign – but
his ownership imposed on him an almost sacred moral requirement to
contribute to the public good. According to Hyde, this ethic of “civic
republicanism” was the ideological engine that drove the founders’
conception of intellectual property, and to his mind, it undercuts the
ethic of “commercial republicanism” that dominates our current
conception of it. Our right to property is not absolute; our possessions
are held in trust, as it were. Seen through the prism of early civic
Republicanism, Hyde asks, what might the creative self look like? Do we
imagine that self as “solitary and self-made”? Or as “collective, common
and interdependent”?

Here’s a petition you might want to sign:

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-electronic-arts-to-oppose-internet-censorship

Another article, saying that Congress resists SOPA:

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/03/left_and_right_congress_resists_the_stop_online_piracy_act/

You brought a great analogy into play here. There was another country with a political party called the National Socialist Party that burned books and tried to censor what the populace was seeing. If memory serves they also had a Department of Homeland Security as well. I believe they were called the Nazi’s, and we all know how that movement ended.

Here’s a petition for Google to quit the Chamber of Commerce:

http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/google_quit/?akid=1187.585444.XmencS&rd=1&t=2

SHUT UP ABOUT YOUR DAMN PORN, NOBODY CARES!

The “natural rights” rational v “utilitarian rights” rational are mutually exclusive rationals for IP that is very obvious but apparently was over N. Stephan Kinsella’s logical abilities? This may have came from the incorrect claim on page fifteen.

“Only A has the right to copy the book (hence, ‘copyright’”

N. Stephan Kinsella therein reveals a fundamental logical error. There are no “natural rights” involved whatsoever in United States copy[]right or IP laws. The rite of printing a book was initially called a “right” when Queen Anne allowed one printer to control all printing unless another party was given permission to print. The first copyrite statute in about 1710 or Statute of Anne. I agree with the claim that a personal right can not last longer than a person lives.
Appellant Brief PDF

I hope that Congress realizes that the MPAA and all of their affiliates got started because they committed copyright infringement. Video recording was patented by Edison then after that they basically said “Screw you we want to make movies without having to pay you for your world-changing technology!”. If they are going to support something like SOPA and PIPA, they should at least get their facts straight and not be complete hypocrites. Oh wait, everyone in Congress, the White House staff, the Supreme Court, and the Federal Reserve(which isn’t even affiliated with the government, they are a privately owned sector that the government loves because they can get money from them for free) are all hypocrites already. Don’t worry about the election, it won’t change anything. If you want to do something about the corruption that’s trying to control us, then take action. Don’t vote, protest(peacefully). Don’t take their crap any more.

PS: You should have expected us.

IMPORTANT: Here is a petition that you should definitely sign.

http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/megaupload_seizure/?akid=1155.585444.PHZzk0&rd=1&t=2

In case you don’t know already, Megaupload was seized shortly after yesterday’s PIPA protest. This is just a preview of what could happen if PIPA or SOPA were to pass. Please do not let this happen again. I hope that a lot of people sign this petition.

My name is Jennifer, and I think that SOPA is a terrible idea, puts the very fabric of our free speech in jeopardy, and we should do everything we feel we can to fight it.

Thanks in advance for your help, I hope that if enough of us stick together and make enough noise, we can beat this thing!

OPERATION BOOBIES FOR FREEDOM

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THESE cats have their crap together. Go here, they’ll make it really easy for you to be loud at the people that make decisions.

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Please at least repost it, we could really use your help! Thanks, see ya there!

House Kills SOPA: http://www.examiner.com/computers-in-denver/house-kills-sopa

Now that SOPA is officially dead—as well as CurtisNeeley—next is its sister, PIPA. Kill PIPA: http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/2458-PIPA-first-on-Senate-agenda-on-Jan-24th-2012 !

You know that proposed bill will never work. It talks about censoring what you do on your own devices, that you bought and paid for. It is an invasion of privacy and there would still be ways to get around it.

Let this be a lesson to you:

You can not censor the Internet entirely; there will always be new technologies designed to defeat any censorship system and there will always be hacker groups ready to destroy such systems once put into place.

Porn will also never go away. What a person does on their computer is not anyone else’s business if they are not breaking the law. Free porn is not unlawful, so the whole argument is invalid.

You think OWS is bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet if SOPA and PIPA go into law. Anonymous and other hacker collectives will be over everyone that supported each like flies on the arse of a dead horse.

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).

Sony and Nintendo drop SOPA support: http://www.slashgear.com/sony-and-nintendo-drop-sopa-support-amid-anonymous-threats-03205579/

this bill itself is an act of treason. this is why we have due process.

This bill is stupid!

“but what is shouldn’t mean is that the writer has a team of armed goons ready to stick guns in people’s faces demanding payment for singing their songs at karaoke”

Wow….did you even READ any of the bill? This hyperbolic nonsense is why things get out of hand. This bill is saying that if you run, operate, or use a site that is solely dedicated to theft of intellectual property, you are more than likely going to go to jail or be fined pretty heavily.

Our best chance to stop SOPA and/or PIPA can be done if you have an in-person meeting with your senators. Make sure that we get at least 41 senators to agree to block the vote. The address is:

http://act.fightforthefuture.org/page/m/2e1f206a/1d1430a9/71cb3912/f863e52/2427177326/VEsH/p/eyJKU1ZUVkVGVVJWOUJRa0pTSlNVPSI6Ik5DIn0=/

Please make sure you tell them that SOPA (1) will cripple the Internet; (2) it’s the worst piece of IP legislation, an incentive for it not to pass; (3) it’s deemed unconstitutional; (4) if these bills are defeated, the general public will be relieved; (5) it would be a step backward in the Internet revolution if it was passed; (6) it isn’t certain whether the President will veto this bill; (7) it would destroy innovation and small businesses; and (8) Darrell Issa and Ron Wyden already have the alternative to both bills, which is OPEN.

If we succeed, we will no longer have to worry about SOPA and/or PIPA.

More Big News: White House Will Not Support SOPA & PIPA:

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petition-tool/response/combating-online-piracy-while-protecting-open-and-innovative-internet

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/14/white-house-sopa-pipa_n_1206347.html

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120114/09513217409/white-house-comes-out-against-approach-sopapipa-response-to-online-petition.shtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

BIG ONE!: SOPA shelved until ‘consensus’ is found:

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/204167-sopa-shelved-until-consensus-is-found

Thank You president Barack Obama for doing the right thing and opposing this bill!

Here’s another petition to sign, which will give back the MPAA’s dirty money:

http://act2.freepress.net/sign/sopapipa_mpaa/?akid=3226.9932533.FeHiRA&rd=1&t=3

And here is a petition to stop ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement):

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/end-acta-and-protect-our-right-privacy-internet/MwfSVNBK

And just to comment on your “The Internet wire communications will finally be safe for children” comment Curtis:

http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/october/websites_101111

Though it has absolutely nothing to do with this bill…

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".

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).

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?

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

Dear Congress

You hate to know all the details of this bill BEFORE voting for it.
Here are some facts for you…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc

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