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Originally posted by khalan4
This bill is disgusting.
CNN is currently running a commercial urging people to call their representatives to "oppose online piracy".
Originally posted by jason97
I don't know if this will help or not, but I just emailed Wikipedia about this bill.
At Wikipedia's site it says at the top "Thank you for protecting Wikipedia."
"(We're not done yet.)"
Wait, wait, chill. As it's already said before, it's going to take LOADS more IT capability than we currently can finance. It would take hectares of server farms to store every single byte going into, out of, and within the United States for an 18 month period.
It is also correct that it would slow network down to a crawl. Bandwidth speed exceeds write speed on most infrastructure-grade data servers. Therefore, they would have to throttle down your download speed to whatever the maximum write speed on their drives. In the financial world the loss of those few seconds could cost billions. Again, unfeasible, Rep. Lunkhead Smith.
Originally posted by Vitchilo
reply to post by netwarrior
Wait, wait, chill. As it's already said before, it's going to take LOADS more IT capability than we currently can finance. It would take hectares of server farms to store every single byte going into, out of, and within the United States for an 18 month period.
My guess is that they would just keep the logging entries. What website you visited and what files you downloaded. (Webmasters would just change filenames weekly. You could write a linux program to do that automatically without much effort at all. Without a log of *what* was downloaded the teeth has been ripped out of the case unless it's physically found on the user's machine.) Hardly take much.
And even if they want everything, they'll force the ISP to do it, on their own dime, bankrupting a lot of them as for the rest, they will force that $$ on the consumers.
It is also correct that it would slow network down to a crawl. Bandwidth speed exceeds write speed on most infrastructure-grade data servers. Therefore, they would have to throttle down your download speed to whatever the maximum write speed on their drives. In the financial world the loss of those few seconds could cost billions. Again, unfeasible, Rep. Lunkhead Smith.
Like they care about that. You think the REAL WORLD and COMMON SENSE stops them from passing laws? I don't think so.edit on 22-1-2012 by Vitchilo because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Vitchilo
Originally posted by jason97
I don't know if this will help or not, but I just emailed Wikipedia about this bill.
At Wikipedia's site it says at the top "Thank you for protecting Wikipedia."
"(We're not done yet.)"
Thanks. This bill needs to be spread as much as SOPA/PIPA... it MUST be blocked.
Spread this to facebook, all forums you know, everything.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Bill Of Rights