PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) ---SOPA's evil twin

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So it looks like this little guy is starting to gain momentum and could be just as big a problem as SOPA, only thing is nobody knows (or at least is talking about it) about this one as its sneaking through the Senate

The PROTECT IP Act[8] defines infringement as distribution of illegal copies, counterfeit goods or anti-DRM technology, and infringement exists if "facts or circumstances suggest [the site] is used, primarily as a means for engaging in, enabling, or facilitating the activities described". The bill says it does not alter existing substantive trademark or copyright law.[9]
The bill provides for "enhancing enforcement against rogue websites operated and registered overseas", and authorizes the United States Department of Justice to seek a court order in rem against websites dedicated to infringing activities themselves, if through due diligence an individual owner or operator cannot be located.[10] The bill requires the Attorney General to serve notice to the defendant.[11] Once the court issues an order, it could then be served on financial transaction providers, Internet advertising services, Internet service providers, and information location tools to require them to stop financial transactions with the rogue site and stop linking to it.[12] The term "information location tool" is borrowed from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and is understood to refer to search engines, but could cover other sites that link to content.[13]
“ The Protect IP Act says that an "information location tool shall take technically feasible and reasonable measures, as expeditiously as possible, to remove or disable access to the Internet site associated with the domain name set forth in the order". In addition, it must delete all hyperlinks to the offending "Internet site".[14] ”
Nonauthoritative domain name servers would be ordered to take technically feasible and reasonable steps to prevent the domain name from resolving to the IP address of a website that had been found by the court to be “dedicated to infringing activities.”[15] The website could still be reached by its IP address, but links or users that used the website’s domain name would not reach it. Also search engines—such as the already protesting Google—would be ordered to “(i) remove or disable access to the Internet site associated with the domain name set forth in the [court] order; or (ii) not serve a hypertext link to such Internet site.”[16] Furthermore, trademark and copyright holders who have been harmed by the activities of a website dedicated to infringing activities would be able to apply for a court injunction against the domain name to compel financial transaction providers and Internet advertising services to stop processing transactions to and placing ads on the website, but would not be able to obtain the domain name remedies available to the Attorney General.[17]
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Despite endless complaint, citizen action, and expert opinion that calls into question the overall legality of the bill, the Senate is on the warpath. According to CNet:

On Saturday, as the Senate was preparing to adjourn until 2012, Reid proposed that the initial debate on Protect IP would take place at 2:15 p.m. ET on January 24, one day after senators return from the holidays.

“I am pleased the majority leader has filed a motion to proceed to the Protect IP Act,” Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Protect IP’s author, said afterward. “The costs of online infringement are American jobs, harm to America’s economy, and very real threats to consumers’ safety. The answer cannot simply be to do nothing.”
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PROTECT-IP came before SOPA, it just got put on hold first before the house renamed their bill SOPA to be more "friendly" - following the Senate's renaming of theirs to PRETECT-IP. SOPA is the 3rd incarnation of an Internet Censorship and Blacklist bill in the last year. The only difference is one's in the Senate and one's in the House. Both are catastrophic should they pass.
 
There is a good chance this could fly through the senate, unless google and facebook are really managing to buy up senators. I know both of my senators are cosponsors and I don't see them changing their position.
 
music4mic said:
There is a good chance this could fly through the senate, unless google and facebook are really managing to buy up senators. I know both of my senators are cosponsors and I don't see them changing their position.
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Received from Support Lobbyists
$864,265 - Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
$665,420 - Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
$556,525 - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
$544,424 - Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
$416,250 - Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
$347,406 - Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]
$341,700 - Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO]
$337,525 - Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH]
$275,950 - Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
$272,750 - Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
$376,600 - Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
$269,050 - Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]
$250,250 - Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
$184,932 - Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
$183,100 - Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]
$168,000 - Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
$163,450 - Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
$154,000 - Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
$150,550 - Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8]
$150,350 - Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]

Received from Opposition Lobbyists
$1,346,579 - Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]
$402,425 --- Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
$295,640 --- Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
$284,849 --- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
$254,975 --- Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
$229,824 --- Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
$209,400 --- Sen. Chris Coons [D, DE]
$176,399 --- Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D, CT]
$159,550 --- Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
$127,450 --- Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
$302,109 --- Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23]
$204,150 --- Rep. Chellie Pingree [D, ME-1]
$202,770 --- Rep. Gary Peters [D, MI-9]
$141,100 --- Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-5]
$140,014 --- Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4]
$106,500 --- Rep. Kurt Schrader [D, OR-5]
$92,560 ---- Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
$84,692 ---- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
$82,100 ---- Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
$79,313 ---- Rep. Martin Heinrich [D, NM-1]

If you haven't noticed by now, some of these sleezeballs are legally racketeering both sides and walking away with quite a bundle.
 
Rexibit said:
Received from Support Lobbyists
$864,265 - Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
$665,420 - Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
$556,525 - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
$544,424 - Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
$416,250 - Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
$347,406 - Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]
$341,700 - Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO]
$337,525 - Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH]
$275,950 - Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
$272,750 - Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
$376,600 - Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
$269,050 - Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]
$250,250 - Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
$184,932 - Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
$183,100 - Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]
$168,000 - Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
$163,450 - Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
$154,000 - Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
$150,550 - Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8]
$150,350 - Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]

Received from Opposition Lobbyists
$1,346,579 - Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]
$402,425 --- Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
$295,640 --- Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
$284,849 --- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
$254,975 --- Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
$229,824 --- Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
$209,400 --- Sen. Chris Coons [D, DE]
$176,399 --- Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D, CT]
$159,550 --- Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
$127,450 --- Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
$302,109 --- Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23]
$204,150 --- Rep. Chellie Pingree [D, ME-1]
$202,770 --- Rep. Gary Peters [D, MI-9]
$141,100 --- Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-5]
$140,014 --- Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4]
$106,500 --- Rep. Kurt Schrader [D, OR-5]
$92,560 ---- Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
$84,692 ---- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
$82,100 ---- Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
$79,313 ---- Rep. Martin Heinrich [D, NM-1]

If you haven't noticed by now, some of these sleezeballs are legally racketeering both sides and walking away with quite a bundle.
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Yup, nobody is claiming they aren't very good at what they do- preserve their political seat.
 
music4mic said:
There is a good chance this could fly through the senate, unless google and facebook are really managing to buy up senators. I know both of my senators are cosponsors and I don't see them changing their position.
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Thats why this is a scary bill, nobody is talking about it anywhere all the focus is on SOPA which will surely be defeated all the while this bill continues to sneak under everyone's radar. Just look at all the SOPA threads and all the responses yet this one which is just as devastating just keeps getting over looked.

Were just going to have to hope Google and Facebook kick up enough vig to stop this one as well. This bill has been reintroduced 3 times already and this time its working nobody is looking or cares. My prediction is SOPA gets killed and this bill will pass and then we can say goodbye to the interwebs
 
idiots....

The PROTECT IP Act is a re-write of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA),[5] which failed to pass in 2010. A similar House version of the bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)[6] was introduced on October 26, 2011.[7]
 
Rexibit said:
Received from Support Lobbyists
$864,265 - Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
$665,420 - Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
$556,525 - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
$544,424 - Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
$416,250 - Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT]
$347,406 - Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]
$341,700 - Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO]
$337,525 - Sen. Robert Portman [R, OH]
$275,950 - Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC]
$272,750 - Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
$376,600 - Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28]
$269,050 - Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7]
$250,250 - Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5]
$184,932 - Rep. Michael Thompson [D, CA-1]
$183,100 - Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8]
$168,000 - Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6]
$163,450 - Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14]
$154,000 - Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4]
$150,550 - Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8]
$150,350 - Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]

Received from Opposition Lobbyists
$1,346,579 - Sen. Michael Bennet [D, CO]
$402,425 --- Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
$295,640 --- Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]
$284,849 --- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY]
$254,975 --- Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
$229,824 --- Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA]
$209,400 --- Sen. Chris Coons [D, DE]
$176,399 --- Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D, CT]
$159,550 --- Sen. Richard Shelby [R, AL]
$127,450 --- Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR]
$302,109 --- Rep. William Owens [D, NY-23]
$204,150 --- Rep. Chellie Pingree [D, ME-1]
$202,770 --- Rep. Gary Peters [D, MI-9]
$141,100 --- Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-5]
$140,014 --- Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4]
$106,500 --- Rep. Kurt Schrader [D, OR-5]
$92,560 ---- Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11]
$84,692 ---- Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8]
$82,100 ---- Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4]
$79,313 ---- Rep. Martin Heinrich [D, NM-1]

If you haven't noticed by now, some of these sleezeballs are legally racketeering both sides and walking away with quite a bundle.
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Where'd you get that info from btw? I'd like to look into it more..

How the fuck is this shit legal? I guess because they're the law makers, hurr durr.
 
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