[AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN NCUC Leaders letter on harmful impact of COICA Internet censorship bill --COICA en Francais

[Alex Gakuru]

see also:
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/coica-web-censorship-bill/comment-page-2/

....The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) is among
the most draconian laws ever considered to combat digital piracy, and
contains what some have called the “nuclear option,” which would essentially
allow the Attorney General to turn suspected websites “off.”

COICA <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.3804:> is the latest
effort by Hollywood, the recording industry and the big media companies to
stem the tidal wave of internet file sharing that has upended those
industries and, they claim, cost them tens of billions of dollars over the
last decade.

The content companies have tried suing college
students<http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2004/04/63263>.
They’ve tried suing internet
startups<http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/open-source-napster-resurrected/>.
Now they want the federal government to act as their private security
agents, policing the internet for suspected pirates before making them walk
the digital plank....

The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents the major
record labels, praised Leahy for his
work<http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/09/groups-urge-hearing-on-online.php>,
“to insure [sic] that the Internet is a civilized medium instead of a
lawless one where foreign sites that put Americans at risk are allowed to
flourish.”

Over the course of his career, Leahy has received $885,216 from the TV,
movie and music industries,according to the Center for Responsive
Politics<http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cycle=Career&type=C&cid=N00009918&newMem=N>
.

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/11/coica-web-censorship-bill/2/

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Alex Gakuru <gakuru at gmail.com> wrote:

>  US rushes through bill to protect movie and music industries
> Can shut down websites even when there is no criminal activity
> By Nick Farrell<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/flame_author/1899195/rushes-protect-movie-music-industry>
> Fri Nov 19 2010, 08:47
>
> *FACED WITH WARS*, economic crisis and unemployment, the US Senate
> Judiciary Committee rushed into action to pass a law that will give the US
> Attorney General the right to shut down websites even if they are doing
> nothing illegal.
>
> The move appears to have been rushed through at the behest of Washington's
> chums in the music and film industries, so it is fairly likely that it is
> going to be over the top.
>
> In this case an ISP will have to comply with a court order bought by a
> music or film company and shut down a website if copyright infringement is
> deemed "central to the activity" of the site.
>
> The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) allows the
> Attorney General to turn suspected websites off if he is asked and this will
> effectively turn the entire US judiciary into a free police force for two US
> industries.
>
> The music and film industries, which came up with the idea, are fed up with
> wasting money with expensive court cases that rarely go anywhere. Now the
> law means that all they have to do is pop down to their local police
> station, name a website where they claim peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing is
> taking place and the forces of law and order will take over.
>
> ...
>
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1899195/rushes-protect-movie-music-industry
>
> 2010/11/19 Anne-Rachel Inné <annerachel at gmail.com>
>
> Pour ceux qui veulent comprendre COICA en Francais:
>> http://domaine.blogspot.com/2010/11/coica-quoi-ca.html
>> bon week end
>> ar
>>
>>  On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Alex Gakuru <gakuru at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Just to draw you attention to COICA proposals.
>>>
>>> <
>>> http://www.komaitis.org/1/post/2010/11/individuals-and-civil-society-send-letter-to-senator-p-leahy-on-s3804.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> kindly,
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
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