Jack at Saturdays post wrote about SOPA and PIPA.He covered the whole thing well but the thing that post missed was the fact that after Wednesday's internet outcry the political forces behind those acts reconsidered their positions and for now they will be put in a shelve.To be more precise SOPA support was withdrawn after the internet protest mentioned above in which major sites participated like Google and Wikipedia.On Friday House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) announced that he will postpone consideration of SOPA until there is wider agreement on the controversial legislation. That announcement happened after PIPA also got shelved some minutes earlier.
So the Internet is safe for now.But what if they represent the same thing later as the "Stop Child Porn Law" later?Thats not my idea.I was reading about it elsewhere and it is actually a smart thought.The Internet is a place where it is like the material world but without any real control(well except from China's Internet).I am afraid that it (the absolute control)will happen sooner or later provided there will be a loophole to surpass the concerns of the main Internet players because lets face it only they have the power to prevent such a thing as was seen on the above mentioned acts.Until that day comes at least we will continue to have this wonderful information and data flow but i am sure that this won't last for long.Everything ends eventually,isnt it?
So the Internet is safe for now.But what if they represent the same thing later as the "Stop Child Porn Law" later?Thats not my idea.I was reading about it elsewhere and it is actually a smart thought.The Internet is a place where it is like the material world but without any real control(well except from China's Internet).I am afraid that it (the absolute control)will happen sooner or later provided there will be a loophole to surpass the concerns of the main Internet players because lets face it only they have the power to prevent such a thing as was seen on the above mentioned acts.Until that day comes at least we will continue to have this wonderful information and data flow but i am sure that this won't last for long.Everything ends eventually,isnt it?
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