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ITU : The New SOPA

11/15/12 7:00pm

I want to share this video to raise awareness of this bill.

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g1 DISCUSSIONS

nerdman

November 16, 2012 - 2:57pm

again with this shit? like, seriously? haven't they learned anything? seem's that we have some thrash to take out... again.

Anonymous.Hipster

November 16, 2012 - 12:47pm

Oh Christ, not this shit again

werdman24

November 16, 2012 - 10:24am

For now, I'll just wait and see.

Moon Spirit

November 16, 2012 - 12:37am

Politics will never learn about the Internet's true potential. Never will. As long as they get paid big bills just by writing up big bills and laws, they don't give a flying fuck. You want to make this workable? Talk to the people who actually know what they are talking about, that way you'll have a really workable bill here, otherwise you'll create an Illuminati-like society.

Ryugaknight

November 15, 2012 - 11:22pm

*Keyboard Slam*

WestCoastGamer92

November 15, 2012 - 11:11pm

Not again..........

thatguyandrew

November 15, 2012 - 10:16pm

Guys, this really isn't anything to get up in arms about. Really. It's not.

SOPA and PIPA were dangerous because it was Congress doing the legislating... i.e., an actual legislature from a powerful country that actually has the authority and the resources to enact major change.

With the ITU, we're talking about international law, and if you know anything about international law, you'll know that it doesn't mean ANYTHING if major countries don't decide to actually abide by it, because the UN and the ITU and other international organizations don't have any real authority or resources. When the UN passes a resolution, it's up to UN members to decide whether they agree with it enough to enforce it, and usually, unless it directly suits that countries interests, they don't bother.

The USA is not likely to support any international law that is supported by countries like China and Russia, because we don't particularly like China and Russia, so our representative in the ITU would likely vote down any internet controlling legislation simply to spite them. Also, the US happens to be a country that likes controlling things; handing the keys of the internet over to an international organization would go against so many of the United States' best interests. They might try something like SOPA or PIPA to give their corporate constituents happy, but something like this would just be antithetical.

So, my point is you only have to worry if you live in somewhere like China or Russia... but then again, if you live in China or Russia you've been living under restricted internet access for years anyway, so it's really nothing new.

Evil Ivan

November 15, 2012 - 10:00pm

How laughable that this video included a Pussy Riot clip, as if I feel sympathy for them at all.

Sovereign nation-states should have the power to enact whatever telecommunications policies they see fit, but the ITU smacks of globalism. It's a centralized, one-size-fits-all deal for most of the planet.

Fuck that shit.

darkhyrulelord

November 15, 2012 - 9:52pm

*warlock punches* Don't they have more important things to take care of? Like, oh I dunno.....OUR MASSIVE DEBT??

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