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Another petition to stop the extradition of Richard O'Dwyer: act.demandprogress.org/letter/… This is a British university student who created a search engine which inadvertently linked users to pirated material. Because of this, the MPAA wants to extradite O'Dwyer to the United States, try him in a U.S. court, and charge him with U.S. crimes. How far will this go? I, Steamstrike, am originally from the Netherlands, where material that's considered "pirated" in America is perfectly legal for us to download! Would they extradite my Dutch relatives for following our own country's laws instead of America's?
No New SOPA-Style Ban on Streaming
From Demand Progress: "Here we go again.
The Obama administration apparently hasn't been paying close attention the past two years. Let's put it plainly: The American people don't want SOPA-style internet censorship. Period.
The Commerce Dept's Internet Policy Task Force has proposed making it a felony to stream copyrighted content (aka SOPA Section 201).
Interpreted broadly, this proposal would apply to anyone who uploads a YouTube video of themselves covering a song without permission, a video with copyrighted music playing in the background, even your friend's embarassing karoake performance or your family singing "Happy Birthday To You
Mr. President, Hands Off Edward Snowden
Tell President Obama that the U.S. must not interfere with Edward Snowden's political asylum in Ecuador: http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=8161 From RootsAction Team
Stop Watching Us
Tell the NSA to STOP WATCHING US! https://optin.stopwatching.us/?r=an From Access Now.
Rep. Alan Grayson tears appart PR!$M at Congress
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*sigh* America's gotten so terrible...The founding fathers would frown upon what it has turned into.