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U.S. government also a villain in piracy act story | Molly Rants - CNET News
Now that we've had a few days to digest the MPAA-backed Stop Online Piracy Act (PDF), can we all finally agree that the MPAA is evil and Hollywood wants the Internet to die? And then can we stop letting them write laws for us?
SOPA is the latest--and perhaps the most brazen--effort in a string of attempts by the MPAA and RIAA to bend the Internet to their corporate will and undermine all kinds of consumer rights. It's a breathtaking piece of work that would give Hollywood and private companies free reign to censor, remove, or prevent the creation of large chunks of the Web. But the industry is only offering such nightmarish law because our government has been letting them get away with Internet murder for years now.
SOPA, also called the "E-PARASITE Act" (I mean, really?) is the darker version of the already dark Protect IP Act, which has been dogged by free speech, technical, and even constitutional concerns. But far from offering a reasonable alternative to Protect IP, the House delivered SOPA, which would let content owners bypass cops, courts, and any semblance of due process, and "disappear" entire Web domains like some kind of privatized secret police force. -
Security Firm: Hackers Hit Chemical Companies - ABC News
Cyber attacks traced to China targeted at least 48 chemical and military-related companies in an effort to steal technical secrets, a U.S. computer security company said Tuesday, adding to complaints about pervasive Internet crime linked to this country.
The targets included 29 chemical companies and 19 others that make advanced materials used by the military, California-based Symantec Corp. said in a report. It said the group included multiple Fortune 100 companies but did not identify them or say where they were located.
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