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Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 21:30:09 -0700 To: privacy-list@vortex.com Message-ID: <20110511043009.GC16833@vortex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline From: privacy@vortex.com Reply-To: PRIVACY Forum mailing list <privacy@vortex.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Errors-To: privacy-bounces+privacy-forum=mit.edu@vortex.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Re: "PROTECT IP" Act targets Google, requires search engine censorship http://j.mp/lhDT3p (This message on Google Buzz) - - - On 05/10 20:35, Paul W Forbes wrote: > > The sooner an alternative DNS system goes live, the better. > An alternative "DNS" (more properly, an alternative naming/identifier system for Internet sites not subject to centralized control), whether IDONS ( http://j.mp/hLVOUv [GCTIP] ) or something else entirely, would certainly be a major step in the right direction. However, it's important to note that PROTECT IP appears to propose outright and direct censorship of Google (and other search engine) results, that could be implemented via a wide range of criteria not necessarily tightly bound to IP addresses or even specific common names or identifiers. The sorts of search engine results censorship that PROTECT IP advocates would be a direct attack on freedom of speech and the First Amendment -- direct government interference. And in the vast majority of related cases, there wouldn't even be any "public safety" aspects that could be invoked ... unless illicit downloads of "Nude Nuns with Big Guns" has somehow become a major national security concern! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://j.mp/laurenbuzz Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com - - - > ----------------------------------------------- > 'Three things cannot be long hidden: The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth' > ~Buddha > > Wikileaks - http://wlcentral.org/ - - - > > On May 10, 2011, at 8:11 PM, Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> wrote: > > > > > "PROTECT IP" Act targets Google, requires search engine censorship > > http://j.mp/iTvjP6 (This message on Google Buzz) > > > > - - - > > > > http://j.mp/jzuGPB (ars technica) > > > > "Targeting Google ... > > > > After all, the add-on only made it easier to do a simple Google > > search, and we wondered "what the next logical step in this > > progression will be: requiring search engines to stop returning > > results for seized domain names?" ... Turns out that's exactly > > what's being contemplated. According to the detailed summary of > > the PROTECT IP Act, this addition "responds to concerns raised > > that search engines are part of the ecosystem that directs > > Internet user traffic and therefore should be part of the > > solution. ... Rightsholders also score a major victory with the > > new legislation, which grants them a private right of > > action-something Google publicly trashed as a terrible idea > > earlier this year." > > > > - - - > > > > Reference: "Censorship, Governments, and Flagellating Google (White Paper)" > > http://j.mp/l9SKEU (Lauren's Blog) [May 4, 2011] > > > > What more can I say? > > > > --Lauren-- > > Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren > > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org > > Founder: > > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > > - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org > > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com > > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > > Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein > > Google Buzz: http://j.mp/laurenbuzz > > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list http://lists.vortex.com/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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