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lm_hgficxchange!!!BAD Internet Laws Heading Your Way
Originally posted by 
write_light at BAD Internet Laws Heading Your Way
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Read this analysis from boing-boing.net
Get on the phone and call your representative. Express your disapproval. Tell him or her exactly how you feel, and that you don't support this. Tell your friends to call their representatives, their Congressperson, and complain. Mention that you are a registered voter that takes your civic responsibility seriously and that you will use that vote to express your feelings about this.
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_60/Internet-Companies-Boost-Hill-Lobbying-210345-1.html?pos=olobh
“We support the bill’s stated goals — providing additional enforcement tools to combat foreign ‘rogue’ websites that are dedicated to copyright infringement or counterfeiting,” the Internet companies wrote in Tuesday’s letter. “Unfortunately, the bills as drafted would expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities, private rights of action and technology mandates that would require monitoring of websites.” The chamber-led coalition in support of the bill includes Walmart, Eli Lilly & Co. and Netflix.
Google and other opponents of the legislation argue that restricting the Internet in the U.S. sets a bad international precedent and that the language defines infringing too broadly.
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Website Blocking
The government can order service providers to block websites for infringing links posted by any users.
Risk of Jail for Ordinary Users
It becomes a felony with a potential 5 year sentence to stream a copyrighted work that would cost more than $2,500 to license, even if you are a totally noncommercial user, e.g. singing a pop song on Facebook.
Chaos for the Internet
Thousands of sites that are legal under the DMCA would face new legal threats. People trying to keep the internet more secure wouldn't be able to rely on the integrity of the DNS system.
Read this analysis from boing-boing.net
Get on the phone and call your representative. Express your disapproval. Tell him or her exactly how you feel, and that you don't support this. Tell your friends to call their representatives, their Congressperson, and complain. Mention that you are a registered voter that takes your civic responsibility seriously and that you will use that vote to express your feelings about this.
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_60/Int
“We support the bill’s stated goals — providing additional enforcement tools to combat foreign ‘rogue’ websites that are dedicated to copyright infringement or counterfeiting,” the Internet companies wrote in Tuesday’s letter. “Unfortunately, the bills as drafted would expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities, private rights of action and technology mandates that would require monitoring of websites.” The chamber-led coalition in support of the bill includes Walmart, Eli Lilly & Co. and Netflix.
Google and other opponents of the legislation argue that restricting the Internet in the U.S. sets a bad international precedent and that the language defines infringing too broadly.
SIGN AND FORWARD THESE PETITIONS
American Censorship
Whitehouse Petition
Fight For the Future
DemandProgress
Save the Internet
Congress wants to take away your internet.
Originally posted by 
voxangelus at Congress wants to take away your internet.
voxangelus at Congress wants to take away your internet.Originally posted by dynamicsymmetry at Congress wants to take away your internet.
dynamicsymmetry at Congress wants to take away your internet.Folks, I know you're tired of me yelling at you, but you should be aware that there's a hearing this morning being held by the US House Judiciary Committee on a "copyright" bill that will essentially break the entire internet.
You like the internet, right? I mean, you're here.
From the link above:
This is being framed as an attempt to fight hackers and pirates. Don't buy it. And don't think for a minute that it's going to stop there. This is bad. And at the hearing today, only one opponent of the bill is being allowed to testify.
Please do whatever you can to fight this. Email congresspeople. Sign petitions. Yell about it in every venue you can.
And/or
You like the internet, right? I mean, you're here.
From the link above:
As drafted, the legislation would grant the government and private parties unprecedented power to interfere with the Internet's domain name system (DNS). The government would be able to force ISPs and search engines to redirect or dump users' attempts to reach certain websites' URLs. In response, third parties will woo average users to alternative servers that offer access to the entire Internet (not just the newly censored U.S. version), which will create new computer security vulnerabilities as the reliability and universality of the DNS evaporates.
It gets worse: Under SOPA's provisions, service providers (including hosting services) would be under new pressure to monitor and police their users’ activities. While PROTECT-IP targeted sites “dedicated to infringing activities,” SOPA targets websites that simply don’t do enough to track and police infringement (and it is not at all clear what would be enough). And it creates new powers to shut down folks who provide tools to help users get access to the Internet the rest of the world sees (not just the “U.S. authorized version”).
This is being framed as an attempt to fight hackers and pirates. Don't buy it. And don't think for a minute that it's going to stop there. This is bad. And at the hearing today, only one opponent of the bill is being allowed to testify.
Please do whatever you can to fight this. Email congresspeople. Sign petitions. Yell about it in every venue you can.
And/or
I needed a good laugh!
Crafty sort of post...
I get newsletters from a few craft sites, including Lionyarn.com. Todays newsletter had a few HP inspired things such as: invisibility caplet, Resurrection Stone, and the Elder Wand!
Looks simple enough to make. If you want instructions goto their website here and search for pattern# L10500. Note: You'll probably have to register with the site before you can access it.
On the 3BB front:
We need betas... about 13 more! If you know anyone (or yourself) who is willing to help out please gotohp_3forfun and sign up. *Most fics that do not have a beta yet are under 10K btw!*
I'm on the fence yet about whether or not I want to see DH2. *sigh*
Looks simple enough to make. If you want instructions goto their website here and search for pattern# L10500. Note: You'll probably have to register with the site before you can access it.
On the 3BB front:
We need betas... about 13 more! If you know anyone (or yourself) who is willing to help out please goto
hp_3forfun and sign up. *Most fics that do not have a beta yet are under 10K btw!*I'm on the fence yet about whether or not I want to see DH2. *sigh*
A Blast from the past
I should be writing ss/hg/lm for Threesome Big Bang, but instead wading through YouTube looking to expand my playlist. ~feel free to nag me~
V-gifts
Thank you, solas_divided and 
kitty_fic for the lovely v-gifts I received today. *HUGS*
Wow! A third... and it's not even my birthday! Thanksaleysiasnape. *HUGS*
~is feeling loved today~
solas_divided and Wow! A third... and it's not even my birthday! Thanks
aleysiasnape. *HUGS*~is feeling loved today~
Threesome Big Bang
Hopefully, by now, our authors are busy writing, and soon they will need a beta to start going over their story and pointing out all the errors! :)
~No, I haven't started yet. I'm trying to make procrastination an art form~
Sign ups for those lovely, indispensable betas will be open until July 15th.
Just click HERE to help an author, or two, out.
Help Stevie-Ray Shine!
Stevie Ray is a brilliant 11 year boy in Canada and nephew of our own tudorpot. Just before he turned 3 he was diagnoised with High Risk Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and for 2 1/2 years endured chemotherapy. He is completely cured now, but his cure came with a price, it left him with certain learning disabilities (primarlily in writing and drawing). He is however, exceptionally gifted in math and language and participated in this years Gauss Math Competition, one of four grade 6 kids chosen from his school to join. He came in 8th place! Stevie is also quite the athlete.
Why does he need help you may ask... Stevies school is not able, or willing, to teach him as he needs to be taught. His parents found a private school for him to attend in Tornoto called Metropolitan Prepatory Academy and because of Stevies academic record, letters of recommendation, and test results provided by his hospital Stevie was given a $10,000 a year scholarship to the school. However, his parents need to come up with $9,000 that the scholarship does not cover and that is where you, my dear friends, come in. If we can all find $5 to donate it would go a long way in helping Stevie Ray attain his dream. Did I mention he wants to be a theoretical physicist (think Stephen Hawking)?
You can read more about Stevie Ray on his aunt's LJ here, the blogspot page his sister made here, and here on Facebook.
Give what you can to help this little boy reach his full potential.
tudorpot. Just before he turned 3 he was diagnoised with High Risk Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia and for 2 1/2 years endured chemotherapy. He is completely cured now, but his cure came with a price, it left him with certain learning disabilities (primarlily in writing and drawing). He is however, exceptionally gifted in math and language and participated in this years Gauss Math Competition, one of four grade 6 kids chosen from his school to join. He came in 8th place! Stevie is also quite the athlete.Why does he need help you may ask... Stevies school is not able, or willing, to teach him as he needs to be taught. His parents found a private school for him to attend in Tornoto called Metropolitan Prepatory Academy and because of Stevies academic record, letters of recommendation, and test results provided by his hospital Stevie was given a $10,000 a year scholarship to the school. However, his parents need to come up with $9,000 that the scholarship does not cover and that is where you, my dear friends, come in. If we can all find $5 to donate it would go a long way in helping Stevie Ray attain his dream. Did I mention he wants to be a theoretical physicist (think Stephen Hawking)?
You can read more about Stevie Ray on his aunt's LJ here, the blogspot page his sister made here, and here on Facebook.
Give what you can to help this little boy reach his full potential.
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Your result for The Sorting Hat Test...
Slytherin
You scored 45% Order/Chaos, and 37% Moral/Rational
Chaotic Rationality. You don't think much of rules and restrictions; you look at things from an analytical perspective and probably think morality is relative to some extent. Your strength lies in being able to make your own judgments and form your own strategies uninhibited by others; your weakness lies in the wariness other people may have of you, perceiving you as dangerous.
You join people like Theodore Nott, Severus Snape, and Horace Slughorn.
The 4-grid I used to determine this is as follows:
You join people like Theodore Nott, Severus Snape, and Horace Slughorn.
The 4-grid I used to determine this is as follows:
| Chaotic | Orderly | |
| Moral | Gryffindor | Hufflepuff |
| Rational | Slytherin | Ravenclaw |
