CISPA bill is back - Internet freedom (and MFC) at risk

[Wombat Attack]

I hate to be the one to get all political, BUT...

The bill that threatens on-line security, CISPA, is back from the dead. Internet users worldwide squashed this legislation along with SOPA back in 2012, but in 2013 CISPA is being brought out of the trash bin by lobbyists and special interest groups who want to control how we use, and how THEY use, OUR internets.

Fuck beach ball issues like gun laws, government spending and deficits - Internet privacy and neutrality is THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE we face today - which of course is why nobody in the media is talking or writing about it - thankfully we have websites like Reddit who keep us informed about these things.

If CISPA passes it threatens your internet security - but even worse, sets a precedent for more internet legislation to be passed in the future - websites who enjoy a global community such as myfreecams.com are at risk.

Far be it for me to tell models what they ought to do in their rooms and profiles, but I don't think it would be a bad idea if models in the U.S. would let their fans know about this looming threat and suggest they go to sign petitions to have this bill stopped cold again. There are sites where all one need do is include a name, e-mail address and zip code and a pre-formatted note is sent to that area's legislators and lawmakers.

Such as this link here at http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/cispa/

The fight to keep our internet the way we've always known it is the most important fight going on today - and it needs all the help it can get.

 

[zippypinhead]

A bit of hyperbole there, I think, but you've done right in bringing it up. I was actually just looking into the that "stop CISPA" petition earlier today. It does bear some attention -- a lot of it, in fact, so thanks for the post.

(Incidentally, LadyLuna, is CISPA the bill you were talking about in our thing about IP law earlier this week? Just curious...)

 

[LadyLuna]

A bit of hyperbole there, I think, but you've done right in bringing it up. I was actually just looking into the that "stop CISPA" petition earlier today. It does bear some attention -- a lot of it, in fact, so thanks for the post.

(Incidentally, LadyLuna, is CISPA the bill you were talking about in our thing about IP law earlier this week? Just curious...)

I think that's the one I heard about, though my source was confused and thought it had been passed into law already. Though, I also remember being told that it was stuck onto something else so that it would be passed without notice... Or it's possible that this was a hypothetical. I do remember hearing about CISPA at some point though.

*shrugs*

I'm about to go officially libertarian.

 

[zippypinhead]

I'm about to go officially libertarian.

I'm going to take that as code for repeatedly and violently slamming your head against a wall until you can't talk right anymore. :angry-banghead: Don't do it! Monosyllabism is no way to live!

 

[LadyLuna]

I'm about to go officially libertarian.

I'm going to take that as code for repeatedly and violently slamming your head against a wall until you can't talk right anymore. :angry-banghead: Don't do it! Monosyllabism is no way to live!

?

 

[JordanBlack]

I'm about to go officially libertarian.

I'm going to take that as code for repeatedly and violently slamming your head against a wall until you can't talk right anymore. :angry-banghead: Don't do it! Monosyllabism is no way to live!

?

These kinda of bills are pushed by right-wing politicians most times. I think joining the libertarian side will in fact contradict your beliefs LadyLuna.

I think zippy might have strong feelings against the TeaParty, hence the lol

 

[zippypinhead]

I'm about to go officially libertarian.

I'm going to take that as code for repeatedly and violently slamming your head against a wall until you can't talk right anymore. :angry-banghead: Don't do it! Monosyllabism is no way to live!

?

These kinda of bills are pushed by right-wing politicians most times. I think joining the libertarian side will in fact contradict your beliefs LadyLuna.

I think zippy might have strong feelings against the TeaParty, hence the lol

One can't become a professional in the arts without becoming a full-fledged, card-carrying Commie, after all.

 

[LadyLuna]

I'm about to go officially libertarian.

I'm going to take that as code for repeatedly and violently slamming your head against a wall until you can't talk right anymore. :angry-banghead: Don't do it! Monosyllabism is no way to live!

?

These kinda of bills are pushed by right-wing politicians most times. I think joining the libertarian side will in fact contradict your beliefs LadyLuna.

I think zippy might have strong feelings against the TeaParty, hence the lol

Um... while the Libertarians are trying to take over the Republican side, the libertarian belief is:

the government needs to get the hell out of our personal lives and let the free market do the controlling of the economy

basically:

republicans: morally liberal, fiscally conservative
democrats: morally conservative, fiscally liberal
libertarians: morally conservative, fiscally conservative

where conservative means they don't want the government in control over everything.

Libertarians recognized that the democratic party is pretty strong right now, so they went after the Republican party, hoping to reorganize it to stop sticking it's head in our bedrooms, instead of hoping to reorganize the democratic party to get it's hands off our businesses.

When more libertarians are in the republican party, it'll be easier to get bills passed that allow gays to be married, drugs to be legal, fewer gun control laws, and people to do whatever they want as long as it doesn't hurt other people. Now, the state of financials will still be gridlocked... but we'll get on that one eventually too.

 

[Just Me]

I'm about to go officially libertarian.

I'm going to take that as code for repeatedly and violently slamming your head against a wall until you can't talk right anymore. :angry-banghead: Don't do it! Monosyllabism is no way to live!

?

These kinda of bills are pushed by right-wing politicians most times. I think joining the libertarian side will in fact contradict your beliefs LadyLuna.

I think zippy might have strong feelings against the TeaParty, hence the lol

Um... while the Libertarians are trying to take over the Republican side, the libertarian belief is:

the government needs to get the hell out of our personal lives and let the free market do the controlling of the economy

basically:

republicans: morally liberal, fiscally conservative
democrats: morally conservative, fiscally liberal
libertarians: morally conservative, fiscally conservative

where conservative means they don't want the government in control over everything.

Libertarians recognized that the democratic party is pretty strong right now, so they went after the Republican party, hoping to reorganize it to stop sticking it's head in our bedrooms, instead of hoping to reorganize the democratic party to get it's hands off our businesses.

When more libertarians are in the republican party, it'll be easier to get bills passed that allow gays to be married, drugs to be legal, fewer gun control laws, and people to do whatever they want as long as it doesn't hurt other people. Now, the state of financials will still be gridlocked... but we'll get on that one eventually too.

Republicans morally liberal? WTF? :lol: I think for morally you meant to say "social issues"?

I think what you meant to say was:
Republicans: socially conservative, fiscally conservative
Democrats : socially liberal, fiscally liberal
Libertarians : socially liberal, fiscally conservative

Which is all a bit too simplistic but the media likes its soundbites. Free market is great, but there does need to be regulation or we end up with with 2008 all over again. Being fiscally conservative, whatever that means, is not necessarily a good thing.

 

[JordanBlack]

I'm about to go officially libertarian.

I'm going to take that as code for repeatedly and violently slamming your head against a wall until you can't talk right anymore. :angry-banghead: Don't do it! Monosyllabism is no way to live!

?

These kinda of bills are pushed by right-wing politicians most times. I think joining the libertarian side will in fact contradict your beliefs LadyLuna.

I think zippy might have strong feelings against the TeaParty, hence the lol

Um... while the Libertarians are trying to take over the Republican side, the libertarian belief is:

the government needs to get the hell out of our personal lives and let the free market do the controlling of the economy

basically:

republicans: morally liberal, fiscally conservative
democrats: morally conservative, fiscally liberal
libertarians: morally conservative, fiscally conservative

where conservative means they don't want the government in control over everything.

Libertarians recognized that the democratic party is pretty strong right now, so they went after the Republican party, hoping to reorganize it to stop sticking it's head in our bedrooms, instead of hoping to reorganize the democratic party to get it's hands off our businesses.

When more libertarians are in the republican party, it'll be easier to get bills passed that allow gays to be married, drugs to be legal, fewer gun control laws, and people to do whatever they want as long as it doesn't hurt other people. Now, the state of financials will still be gridlocked... but we'll get on that one eventually too.

Initially I didn't want to reply as I was a bit :shock:

JustMe pointed out the differences between republican vs libertarian vs democrats quite well

What kinda made me think you somehow got carried away typing and made a mistake, see the red font. After you called the libertarians morally conservative you went on to say that they will get more liberal bills passed such as gay marriages, fewer gun controls etc

Anyway back on topic - any bill that could generate revenue, even SOPA, would be in majority passed by the financially conservative side (the one that represents the free market aka the corporations). Already youtube is controlled somewhat by Vevo and make a lot of money out of it and that's just one example.

The control over the internet won't fall into Government hands but the pie is gonna be shared between different corporations. So the free market adherents such as the conservatives and the libertarians would most likely be the ones that propose and vote such laws.

:twocents-02cents:

 

[LadyLuna]

Did you not see the whole "where conservative means less government laws"?

Democrats: less government socially, more government financially
Republicans: more government socially, less government financially
Libertarians: less government socially, less government financially

For the record, a law specifically protecting gay marriage I see as being conservative, because it means that the government doesn't have control over who marries who.