[Ambassadors] Off Topic: The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA)

[Larry Brower]

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Saadeddine AlSaidi wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> 
> In the United States, a new law proposal called The Combating Online
> Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) was introduced last week, and
> there will be a hearing in front of the Judiciary Committee this Thursday.
> 
> If passed, this law will allow the government, under the command of the
> media companies, to censor the internet as they see fit, like China and Iran
> do, with the difference that the sites they decide to censor will be
> completely removed from the internet and not just in the US.
> 
> Please see the following article from the Huffington Post for more
> information.
> 
> Stop the Internet
> Blacklist<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-segal/stop-the-internet-blackli_b_739836.html>
> 
> And if you are a US citizen, please take the time to sign this petition
> DemandProgress.org - Petition to Stop the Internet
> Blacklist!<http://demandprogress.org/blacklist/>
> 
> 


This has already been delayed[1] but also did you read the bill
text[2]? This only applies to the US and is easy to circumvent by
running your own nameserver if you are paranoid.


1.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/09/victory-internet-censorship-bill-delayed

2. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s111-3804



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