I have no known way of reaching out to the owner of myfreecams.com, so instead I am composing this 'open letter' to the owner of myfreecams.com and presenting it here on why a splash page with a link to a petition to stop CISPA should be included on myfreecams.com before one first visits the site's homepage ... If you are reading this and know this mysterious person who pays the bills for the MFC servers, please see that he somehow sees this suggestion presented here which is aimed at combatting said proposed legislation.
To whom it may concern (at the head office of myfreecams.com),
I realize that nobody likes having to hear about these things, let alone have to deal with them. Nobody hates that we have to deal with this nonsense all over again more than me, but I love the internet. I love it just the way it is. It does not need to be altered, legislated or fucked with. Therefore, it is vastly important that we do everything we can possibly do to preserve it just the way it is.
The internet is the final frontier in terms of innovation. And its literally limitless. Just look at the business model, software synthesis and user interface innovations involved in the launch of myfreecams to begin with. Legislation like CISPA is the beginning of something horrible - the beginning of the end of all that is possible on the internet, including the ability to make money at a profitable rate. If you look up CISPA on the wikipedia, it doesn't sound like the worst thing. But make no mistake, this is not good, or even necessary, legislation.
And I'm not sure what intellectual property rights issues may or may not be involved with the new CISPA bill - but it could possibly make playing music during web shows illegal, and hold myfreecams.com accountable.
What's worse, is that what legislating CISPA does is set a precedent. Anyone who knows how a nation of laws operates knows that precedent is of utmost importance. CISPA allows for bills like SOPA to be brought back as well - by precedent alone. SOPA is the bill which virtually kills the internet in one sweeping apocalyptic act.
CISPA would likely be more of a slow death. But a death nonetheless.
Bills like SOPA, PIPA and CISPA should be of vital concern for a privately owned free market enterprise sites made up of independent contractors such as myfreecams.com. With big brother constantly watching, armed now with the legal right to use anything and everything that may happen during a web show if CISPA passes, many many many would-be customers would likely pass on purchasing tokens to tip their favorite models - preferring not to be associated with the site for fear that such an association may put them in compromising situations with security and anonymity impossible to guarantee. Myfreecams would most likely be subject to legal writs ordering it to divulge customers confidential information when and if called upon to do so. Customers payment info would possibly and very likely subject to government data bases and as a result, more easily mined by identity thieves and hackers - because as we should all know by now, the government is very much behind the ball in terms of internet security. But also, New prospective models who would have otherwise joined the site will shy away ... in effect, it means the slow static death of myfreecams.com as web traffic will decrease, revenue slow down and models simply ceasing to log on before long.
Therefore, I propose that the owner of the website myfreecams.com include a splash page aimed at stopping CISPA from ever passing into law on the myfreecams' homepage when one first visits the site. Make the models and more importantly the website's vast and diverse audience aware of what's at stake while making it as easy as possible for members to send a note of petition to his or her representatives in Congress. This of course could be done by briefly explaining what CISPA is, why it's bad for the internet and include a link to a petition aimed at stomping CISPA out at the source.
I recommend: http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/cispa/
But there are others available. It costs no money - not even the amount of a postage stamp. All one need do is include ones name, e-mail, address and zip or postal code with the pre-written note of petition that is then sent to the e-mail of that users area lawmakers in office. The whole process would take 10-20 seconds. Maybe longer if one wishes to make the body of the note more personalized.
These fascist forms of internet legislation were stopped in the past via petition, and they must be stopped again.
I know the tone of this 'open letter' may seem overly dramatic. But I am not stretching the truth of the matter in any way. CISPA must be stopped. I hope in some way shape or form this message reaches you and that you'll join in the fight spear-headed by reddit and other sites who recognize the importance of a free, open and safe internet for innovation as it is presently exists.
To whom it may concern (at the head office of myfreecams.com),
I realize that nobody likes having to hear about these things, let alone have to deal with them. Nobody hates that we have to deal with this nonsense all over again more than me, but I love the internet. I love it just the way it is. It does not need to be altered, legislated or fucked with. Therefore, it is vastly important that we do everything we can possibly do to preserve it just the way it is.
The internet is the final frontier in terms of innovation. And its literally limitless. Just look at the business model, software synthesis and user interface innovations involved in the launch of myfreecams to begin with. Legislation like CISPA is the beginning of something horrible - the beginning of the end of all that is possible on the internet, including the ability to make money at a profitable rate. If you look up CISPA on the wikipedia, it doesn't sound like the worst thing. But make no mistake, this is not good, or even necessary, legislation.
And I'm not sure what intellectual property rights issues may or may not be involved with the new CISPA bill - but it could possibly make playing music during web shows illegal, and hold myfreecams.com accountable.
What's worse, is that what legislating CISPA does is set a precedent. Anyone who knows how a nation of laws operates knows that precedent is of utmost importance. CISPA allows for bills like SOPA to be brought back as well - by precedent alone. SOPA is the bill which virtually kills the internet in one sweeping apocalyptic act.
CISPA would likely be more of a slow death. But a death nonetheless.
Bills like SOPA, PIPA and CISPA should be of vital concern for a privately owned free market enterprise sites made up of independent contractors such as myfreecams.com. With big brother constantly watching, armed now with the legal right to use anything and everything that may happen during a web show if CISPA passes, many many many would-be customers would likely pass on purchasing tokens to tip their favorite models - preferring not to be associated with the site for fear that such an association may put them in compromising situations with security and anonymity impossible to guarantee. Myfreecams would most likely be subject to legal writs ordering it to divulge customers confidential information when and if called upon to do so. Customers payment info would possibly and very likely subject to government data bases and as a result, more easily mined by identity thieves and hackers - because as we should all know by now, the government is very much behind the ball in terms of internet security. But also, New prospective models who would have otherwise joined the site will shy away ... in effect, it means the slow static death of myfreecams.com as web traffic will decrease, revenue slow down and models simply ceasing to log on before long.
Therefore, I propose that the owner of the website myfreecams.com include a splash page aimed at stopping CISPA from ever passing into law on the myfreecams' homepage when one first visits the site. Make the models and more importantly the website's vast and diverse audience aware of what's at stake while making it as easy as possible for members to send a note of petition to his or her representatives in Congress. This of course could be done by briefly explaining what CISPA is, why it's bad for the internet and include a link to a petition aimed at stomping CISPA out at the source.
I recommend: http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/cispa/
But there are others available. It costs no money - not even the amount of a postage stamp. All one need do is include ones name, e-mail, address and zip or postal code with the pre-written note of petition that is then sent to the e-mail of that users area lawmakers in office. The whole process would take 10-20 seconds. Maybe longer if one wishes to make the body of the note more personalized.
These fascist forms of internet legislation were stopped in the past via petition, and they must be stopped again.
I know the tone of this 'open letter' may seem overly dramatic. But I am not stretching the truth of the matter in any way. CISPA must be stopped. I hope in some way shape or form this message reaches you and that you'll join in the fight spear-headed by reddit and other sites who recognize the importance of a free, open and safe internet for innovation as it is presently exists.
