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Congress is considering several bills that would censor the Internet and emulate China by creating a Great Firewall of the US.</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:24px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">
<a name="133ff58414c6d5fb_133ff581c50c0a13_details" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;background-repeat:initial initial">Join us on Dec. 6th to tell the Congress: Don’t Censor the Internet!</strong></a></p>
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Noon, Tuesday, December 6th.
JFK Federal Building, Cambridge St. entrance
Next to Boston City Hall Plaza</pre><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:24px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">
We will bring our fight against the censoring the Internet directly to Senator Brown’s Boston office on Tuesday, December 6th. We will meet at noon in front of the JFK Federal Building near the Cambridge St. entrance next to Boston City Hall Plaza. Please join us in telling Senator Brown and the Massachusetts Congressional delegation that they must oppose efforts to censor the Internet.</p>
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<a name="133ff58414c6d5fb_133ff581c50c0a13_posters" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial"><strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;background-repeat:initial initial">NOTE: </strong></a>Check <a href="http://www.masspirates.org/blog/dontcensorthenet/" style="font-family:arial;line-height:normal;font-size:small" target="_blank">http://www.masspirates.org/blog/dontcensorthenet/</a> for updated information on this rally and efforts to stop Congress from censoring the net.<br>
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We need your help to spread the word about this rally by telling your friends, sharing this web page and putting up posters in your community. Jeanne, Clay and Henry have put together these eye catching posters that you can print out and put up on your own with a staple gun or clear packing tape. Thanks!</p>
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<a href="http://www.masspirates.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/InternetCensorPoster.pdf" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,102,204);background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.masspirates.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/InternetCensorPoster.png" alt="Internet Censor Poster" height="150" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;max-width:640px;background-repeat:initial initial"></a> <a href="http://www.masspirates.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SeizedDomain.pdf" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,102,204);background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.masspirates.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/SeizedDomain.png" alt="Seized Domain Poster" height="150" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;max-width:640px;background-repeat:initial initial"></a> <a href="http://www.masspirates.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/InternetCensorship8x11.pdf" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,102,204);background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.masspirates.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/InternetCensorship.png" alt="Internet Censorship 8 1/2 x 11 Poster" height="150" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;border-top-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-width:initial;border-color:initial;max-width:640px;background-repeat:initial initial"></a></p>
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<a name="133ff58414c6d5fb_133ff581c50c0a13_why" style="background-color:transparent;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial"><strong style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;background-repeat:initial initial">Why we oppose censoring the Internet</strong></a></p>
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Our <a href="http://www.masspirates.org/blog/dontcensorthenet/information-packet-for-senators-regarding-pipa-and-cfsa/" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,102,204);background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">Information Packet for Senators Regarding PIPA and CFSA</a>
is available. We hope you will find it a useful reference
when considering the implications of these harmful bills.</pre><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:24px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">
If passed, these laws would create a variety of ways for corporations and the US government to censor the Internet. The Senate’s PROTECT-IP Act (PIPA) and the House’s Stop On-line Piracy Act (SOPA) would:</p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:24px;margin-left:2em;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);list-style-type:square;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">
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make simply linking to an infringing website a crime;</li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
allow the US to blacklist an infringing website without due process, by forcing third-parties to censor the website or stop doing business with the website;</li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
extend most of these tools the US has to private copyright holders;</li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
not penalize a private copyright holder if they blacklist a site in error;</li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
not penalize a payment provider if they ignore the counterclaim of a blacklisted website;</li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
additionally the bill’s definition of what is infringing is very loose and will be abused.</li></ul><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:24px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">
Also, SOPA goes farther than the PROTECT-IP bill and would also:</p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:24px;margin-left:2em;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);list-style-type:square;list-style-position:initial;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif;font-size:16px;line-height:24px">
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criminalize streaming of copyrighted material (potentially a 2-5 year jail sentence), even if it was a kid singing a song on Youtube;</li><li style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">
criminalize tools that could be used to circumvent SOPA including <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111111/17543116729/sopa-its-broad-regulation-vpns-proxies-other-important-tools.shtml" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,102,204);background-repeat:initial initial" target="_blank">VPNs and the TOR network</a>;</li>
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decrease the security of the domain name system every computer uses to look up host names.</li></ul><div><font color="#333333" face="Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif" size="3"><span style="line-height:24px">This rally is being organized by the Massachusetts Pirate Party.</span></font></div>