Govt Bill to Block Infringing Sites from Appearing in SERPs - GoFuckYourself.com

DateDoc · 05-13-2011, 08:41 AM

Several senators on Thursday revived legislation that would allow the U.S. government to go after "rogue Web sites" that contain infringing content.

The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT IP) Act would allow the government to get court orders that would require ISPs, search engines, ad networks, and online payment processors to stop supporting sites with pirated content. Comcast couldn't direct traffic to these sites, for example, nor could Google include links in its search results to an infringing site.

"The PROTECT IP Act targets the most egregious actors, and is an important first step to putting a stop to online piracy and sale of counterfeit goods," Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and one of the bill's sponsors, said in a statement.

"With this legislation, we are sending a strong message to those selling or distributing counterfeit goods online that the United States will strongly protect its intellectual property rights," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican and bill co-sponsor. "Just because it's on the Internet doesn't mean it's free. Fake pharmaceuticals threaten people's lives. Stolen movies, music, and other products put many out of work."

more - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385307,00.asp

DateDoc · 05-13-2011, 08:59 AM

The biggest issue will be some of the definitions used in the bill as to what constitutes an infringing site. As it is written, sites like twitter and FB could be considered infringing sites.

phasic · 05-13-2011, 09:03 AM

Curious to see how this turns out.

d-null · 05-13-2011, 09:03 AM

twitter and FB should be blocked from the serps too then, it wouldn't hurt them anyways because their traffic doesn't come from search engines

Fat Panda · 05-13-2011, 09:23 AM

how the fuck could they distinguish infringing sites?

gideongallery · 05-13-2011, 09:48 AM

anyone who thinks this bill is going to pass as written is an idiot

when the free speech advocates lobby against this bill it will become as "toothless" as the DMCA

Agent 488 · 05-13-2011, 09:50 AM

good opportunity for a new search engine.

Phoenix · 05-13-2011, 09:51 AM

interesting...im going to try and watch this play out

DateDoc · 05-13-2011, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gideongallery

anyone who thinks this bill is going to pass as written is an idiot

when the free speech advocates lobby against this bill it will become as "toothless" as the DMCA

Def needs some tweaking for it to pass. Some of the bill's scope is too broad.

Klen · 05-13-2011, 11:04 AM

Kind a sound more like they aim against counterfeit sites then pirate sites.

LiveDose · 05-13-2011, 01:22 PM

Those clueless retards should do us all a favor and keep their corrupt hands off the net. They are so ignorant when it comes to Internet issues and how the net functions it's scary.

05-13-2011, 08:41 AM	#1
DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	Govt Bill to Block Infringing Sites from Appearing in SERPs Several senators on Thursday revived legislation that would allow the U.S. government to go after "rogue Web sites" that contain infringing content. The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT IP) Act would allow the government to get court orders that would require ISPs, search engines, ad networks, and online payment processors to stop supporting sites with pirated content. Comcast couldn't direct traffic to these sites, for example, nor could Google include links in its search results to an infringing site. "The PROTECT IP Act targets the most egregious actors, and is an important first step to putting a stop to online piracy and sale of counterfeit goods," Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and one of the bill's sponsors, said in a statement. "With this legislation, we are sending a strong message to those selling or distributing counterfeit goods online that the United States will strongly protect its intellectual property rights," said Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican and bill co-sponsor. "Just because it's on the Internet doesn't mean it's free. Fake pharmaceuticals threaten people's lives. Stolen movies, music, and other products put many out of work." more - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385307,00.asp __________________

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DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	The biggest issue will be some of the definitions used in the bill as to what constitutes an infringing site. As it is written, sites like twitter and FB could be considered infringing sites. __________________

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phasic Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: US Posts: 2,104	Curious to see how this turns out. __________________ Brief revisit. (mic drop)

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gideongallery Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,082	anyone who thinks this bill is going to pass as written is an idiot when the free speech advocates lobby against this bill it will become as "toothless" as the DMCA __________________ “When crimes occur through the mail, you don’t shut the post office down,” Steve Wozniak

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Phoenix BACON BACON BACON Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Poems everybody, the laddie fancies himself a poet Posts: 35,465	interesting...im going to try and watch this play out __________________ Skype Phoenixskype1 Telegram PhoenixBrad https://quantads.io

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d-null . . . Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY Posts: 13,724	twitter and FB should be blocked from the serps too then, it wouldn't hurt them anyways because their traffic doesn't come from search engines

05-13-2011, 09:23 AM	#5
Fat Panda Porn is Dead. Move along. Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 13,295	how the fuck could they distinguish infringing sites?

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Agent 488 Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22,511	good opportunity for a new search engine.

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Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	Kind a sound more like they aim against counterfeit sites then pirate sites.

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LiveDose Show Yer Tits! Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Somewhere Out there... Posts: 25,792	Those clueless retards should do us all a favor and keep their corrupt hands off the net. They are so ignorant when it comes to Internet issues and how the net functions it's scary. __________________ Scammer Alert: acer19 acer [email protected] [email protected] Money stolen using PayPal