Comments on: Copyright, Censorship, and Domain Name Blacklists at Home in the U.S. http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2010/09/21/copyright-censorship-and-domain-name-blacklists-at-home-in-the-us.html Musings of a techie lawyer Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:26:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding By: Wendy’s Blog: Legal Tags » Debugging Legislation: PROTECT IP http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2010/09/21/copyright-censorship-and-domain-name-blacklists-at-home-in-the-us.html#comment-5243 Wendy’s Blog: Legal Tags » Debugging Legislation: PROTECT IP Thu, 12 May 2011 15:45:39 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=681#comment-5243 [...] theatrics in the draft PROTECT IP bill (pdf, via dontcensortheinternet ) that has emerged as son-of-COICA, starting with the ungainly acronym of a name. Given its roots in the entertainment industry, that [...] [...] theatrics in the draft PROTECT IP bill (pdf, via dontcensortheinternet ) that has emerged as son-of-COICA, starting with the ungainly acronym of a name. Given its roots in the entertainment industry, that [...]

]]> By: robin http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2010/09/21/copyright-censorship-and-domain-name-blacklists-at-home-in-the-us.html#comment-4947 robin Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:13:58 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=681#comment-4947 "The Pirate Bay distributed BILLIONS of dollars worth of illegal files. I dare anyone to refute this fact..." the pirate bay has distributed BILLIONS of .torrent files, which, when examined inside and out contain not a single zero or one "belonging" to, say, sony pictures. "...website is in the business of damaging global industries..." disruption sux, to paraphrase dr. schumpeter. that is if your the disruptee http://bit.ly/cndMyB . for me, the average joe on the street or in their car, it's a beneficial godsend. Wendy, wonderful article, please think about the institutional/bureaucratic implications of a d.o.j. blacklist. really scary stuff. “The Pirate Bay distributed BILLIONS of dollars worth of illegal files. I dare anyone to refute this fact…”

the pirate bay has distributed BILLIONS of .torrent files, which, when examined inside and out contain not a single zero or one “belonging” to, say, sony pictures.

“…website is in the business of damaging global industries…”

disruption sux, to paraphrase dr. schumpeter. that is if your the disruptee http://bit.ly/cndMyB . for me, the average joe on the street or in their car, it’s a beneficial godsend.

Wendy, wonderful article, please think about the institutional/bureaucratic implications of a d.o.j. blacklist. really scary stuff.

]]> By: Further thoughts on S. 3804: I’m more scared than I was yesterday « Andy on the Road http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2010/09/21/copyright-censorship-and-domain-name-blacklists-at-home-in-the-us.html#comment-4942 Further thoughts on S. 3804: I’m more scared than I was yesterday « Andy on the Road Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:54:44 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=681#comment-4942 [...] up free expression and put any action into some form of greater utilitarian calculus.  But Prof. Seltzer makes a good point about the private sector’s involvement in this bill – IP-owners are [...] [...] up free expression and put any action into some form of greater utilitarian calculus.  But Prof. Seltzer makes a good point about the private sector’s involvement in this bill – IP-owners are [...]

]]> By: Jeremy Soule http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2010/09/21/copyright-censorship-and-domain-name-blacklists-at-home-in-the-us.html#comment-4905 Jeremy Soule Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:46:54 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=681#comment-4905 I support this bill. Senator Leahy has found a good balance that addresses the needs of creators and those that wish to speak freely on the Internet. And nihilism towards copyright shouldn’t be allowed to function under the false guise of “free speech”. Commercial piracy operations who flaunt “free speech” as a shield to their illegal activities not only endanger our US constitutional civil liberties of speech, but they are wedging one constitutional issue against another. In the US Constitution, Article 1 Section 8 is known as the “Copyright Clause”. Concerning copyright, it exists in our Constitution “..to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” By allowing false “free speech” arguments to run roughshod over the Constitutional rights of creators, this scenario eventually devolves into a New Crusades to “liberate” society from “enslavement” by “evil copyrights”. Yet, both speech and copyright lay in the foundations of our constitution. Both are important to our Democracy, so much so that a balance must be found. As for now, creators are leaving the business of creating. This is very bad for our society. The music industry, which is just one casualty in this mess, looks like a dried sponge. And where is the new replacement for our music industry? Why can't brilliant minds come up with new business models and innovations? The answer is that in a lawless society, businesses fail. It doesn't matter the type of business or how revolutionary the business model is, no one can work in an atmosphere of nihilism. And without a bill like 3084, it's only going to get worse for creators and society will be less rich for it. The Pirate Bay distributed BILLIONS of dollars worth of illegal files. I dare anyone to refute this fact. So unless your website is in the business of damaging global industries, I wouldn't be too worried about censorship. I support this bill. Senator Leahy has found a good balance that addresses the needs of creators and those that wish to speak freely on the Internet. And nihilism towards copyright shouldn’t be allowed to function under the false guise of “free speech”. Commercial piracy operations who flaunt “free speech” as a shield to their illegal activities not only endanger our US constitutional civil liberties of speech, but they are wedging one constitutional issue against another. In the US Constitution, Article 1 Section 8 is known as the “Copyright Clause”. Concerning copyright, it exists in our Constitution “..to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” By allowing false “free speech” arguments to run roughshod over the Constitutional rights of creators, this scenario eventually devolves into a New Crusades to “liberate” society from “enslavement” by “evil copyrights”. Yet, both speech and copyright lay in the foundations of our constitution. Both are important to our Democracy, so much so that a balance must be found. As for now, creators are leaving the business of creating. This is very bad for our society. The music industry, which is just one casualty in this mess, looks like a dried sponge. And where is the new replacement for our music industry? Why can’t brilliant minds come up with new business models and innovations? The answer is that in a lawless society, businesses fail. It doesn’t matter the type of business or how revolutionary the business model is, no one can work in an atmosphere of nihilism. And without a bill like 3084, it’s only going to get worse for creators and society will be less rich for it.

The Pirate Bay distributed BILLIONS of dollars worth of illegal files. I dare anyone to refute this fact. So unless your website is in the business of damaging global industries, I wouldn’t be too worried about censorship.

]]> By: David Sanger http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2010/09/21/copyright-censorship-and-domain-name-blacklists-at-home-in-the-us.html#comment-4872 David Sanger Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:12:21 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=681#comment-4872 So the government will be checking for sites that offer poetry, photography, illustration, fine art and painting reproductions, newspaper stories, comics ....? And of course they'll check what content is in the public domain or has actually been licensed... Or does this only provide some kind of "privileged" copyright enforcement for selected Hollywood films and big record label music? So the government will be checking for sites that offer poetry, photography, illustration, fine art and painting reproductions, newspaper stories, comics ….?

And of course they’ll check what content is in the public domain or has actually been licensed…

Or does this only provide some kind of “privileged” copyright enforcement for selected Hollywood films and big record label music?

]]> By: Bill would let U.S. kill allegedly infringing sites without trial, immunize ISPs | ZDNet http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2010/09/21/copyright-censorship-and-domain-name-blacklists-at-home-in-the-us.html#comment-4871 Bill would let U.S. kill allegedly infringing sites without trial, immunize ISPs | ZDNet Tue, 21 Sep 2010 20:53:32 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=681#comment-4871 [...] Wendy Seltzer, Copyright, Censorship, and Domain Name Blacklists at Home in the U.S. [...] [...] Wendy Seltzer, Copyright, Censorship, and Domain Name Blacklists at Home in the U.S. [...]

]]> By: New Senate Bill to Combat Online Piracy « Andy on the Road http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2010/09/21/copyright-censorship-and-domain-name-blacklists-at-home-in-the-us.html#comment-4860 New Senate Bill to Combat Online Piracy « Andy on the Road Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:07:58 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/?p=681#comment-4860 [...] more from Wendy Seltzer, ZDNet, The Hill,  The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Slashdot, Wired, BoingBoing… apparently I [...] [...] more from Wendy Seltzer, ZDNet, The Hill,  The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Slashdot, Wired, BoingBoing… apparently I [...]

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