Good evening. I’m considering shifting Tech at Night to Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. But I might not. I’ll have to think about it.
So, more CISPA. The comparison with SOPA is absurd. I put out a challenge for anyone to refute the claim first by the Republicans and now by Facebook that there are no new mandates in CISPA. No takers so far. That’s because CISPA is not SOPA.
In fact I’m disappointed that CISPA backed down on copyright infringement, as that was the real reason for the CISPA objections. Anti-copyright radicals were angry about property rights.
Speaking of the radicals, the Megaupload fans continue to weep that their lawless plans have been thwarted. Meanwhile, one of MegaUpload’s lawyers has a potential conflict, and the data stored may be lost. Oh no, so many script kiddie rootkits at risk!
Woman sues Verizon because she was talked into buying DSL at a speed beyond Verizon could deliver to her. She probably should win, since Verizon is usually capable of checking these things, as I understand it.
Free Press hypocrisy on PBS. Not only are the George Soros-type radicals at war with private mass media, but now they want to apply heavy-handed censorship to state-sponsored mass media. Funny how that works.
The best argument against Amazon taxes, the state attempts to get around the constitutional ban on states taxing interstate commerce, is that taxes aren’t what is killing failing retailers.
I’m seeing some people say that Apple may win against DoJ on the book pricing/Amazon dispute, which is interesting to me. Was Apple not the problem after all? Was it just the publishers?
It’s old news but yes, FCC was wrong on AT&T/T-Mobile.
PATENT WARS: Apple loses in Germany over iCloud and MobileMe, over Motorola patent claims.
Neil,
I wanted to express to you how interesting I found your coverage of CISPA on your blog post titled “Tech at Night” on April 14, 2012. While researching this controversial legislation, your opinion on the few similarities between CISPA and SOPA really stood out to me as unique.
While over 800 companies have shown support for this bill, it’s important to note that of those companies, telecommunication and information technology firms like IBM, Intel, Microsoft, AT&T, Verizon, Oracle and Facebook are some of the biggest proponents. CISPA is written to protect Internet users from cyber crime, however, the government is not required to have a rhyme or reason to track all of your Internet consumption from your cell phone bill to email to every online keystroke. This is equivalent, in my opinion, to police officers entering and ransacking your home without warning or a warrant. What are your thoughts on this? What do you think the government should do to monitor when it is appropriate for online intervention?
I also wanted to share with you a video about the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act that I think you will find relevant and supplemental to your coverage. I hope you enjoy it, as I included the link below.
“New House Internet Bill Brews Controversy”
http://www.newsy.com/videos/new-house-internet-bill-brews-controversy/
The clip does a great job of concisely sourcing and compiling news reports to emphasize the scope and context the content being reported on. Newsy synthesizes and analyzes news into neutral comprehensive video clips showing a variety of opinions on the story.
I hope you will embed this video into your blog and maybe in the future, we could swap blogroll links and widgets.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration. I look forward to working with you in the future,
Lyndsey Garza
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