[Blindtlk] FW: [censored]

[Marion Gwizdala]

This message still does not offer any reliable source for the information. 
It talks vaguely about a bill but does not offer any information about the 
bill, its numberr, or a reliable source to read it.

Marion Gwizdala

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Calhoun" <eric at pmpmail.com>
To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:01 AM
Subject: [Blindtlk] FW: [censored]


> See this, Chris?  This one affects all blind people. It talks about the
> bill, its intent, and why people should sign the petition.
>
> Eric
>
>
> Original Message:
> From: "Jess Kutch, Change.org" <mail at change.org>
> To: eric at pmpmail.com
> Subject: [censored]
> Date:
> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:58:45 -0800
>
> Congress has a plan to change the Internet forever. A bill they're
> debating right now would give the government power to shut down whole
> websites, and even let corporations say which websites should be shut 
> down.
>
> That means a huge corporation could have any website even suspected of
> violating a copyright shut down -- no questions asked. The government 
> could
> then completely block all access to sites as big as Facebook or YouTube if
> one person posts one thing on those websites that corporations don't want
> online.
>
> Most major entertainment companies have come out in support of the bill,
> but despite swirling rumors, the huge video-gaming company Electronic Arts
> (EA) has yet to take an official stance. However, EA is part of the
> Entertainment Software Association, one of the big corporate lobbyists for
> the bill to censor the Internet -- meaning that if EA came out against the
> bill, that would be a serious blow to the people trying to get it passed.
>
> Shashank Kasturirangan is a student at NYU who's a huge fan of gaming --
> including EA's games -- but he can't believe that EA would want to mess
> with the Internet. Shashank started a petition on Change.org calling on
> Electronic Arts to stop lobbying for Congress's plan to censor the 
> Internet
> and come out against the bill. Click here to add your name to his 
> petition.
>
> http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-electronic-arts-to-oppose-internet-cens
> orship?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=dZDVYxQmLI_oLKqgeiB
> KM&me=aa
>
> The Internet censorship bill is particularly dangerous, according to
> advocates, because it would enable the government to set up the same type
> of tools to block online content that are used in repressive regimes 
> around
> the world, like China, Iran, and Syria. For the first time, corporations
> and the government would be able to say what's acceptable to put on the
> Internet.
>
> While some companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter have come out
> against the bill, big movie studios, record companies, and their corporate
> lobbyists like the Entertainment Software Association are pushing Congress
> hard to pass Internet censorship.
>
> Electronic Arts has millions of customers around the world playing video
> games like Madden 2012, The Sims, and Scrabble, and they care deeply about
> what the public thinks about their company. If enough people call on EA to
> oppose the plan to censor the Internet, they will be forced to come out
> against the bill. And if EA backs off, other companies that haven't yet
> taken a position will certainly think twice before supporting Congress's
> plan to censor the Internet.
>
> Sign Shashank's petition to Electronic Arts to stop lobbying for Internet
> censorship and oppose the bill in Congress. Click here to sign.
>
> http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-electronic-arts-to-oppose-internet-cens
> orship?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=dZDVYxQmLI_oLKqgeiB
> KM&me=aa
>
> Thanks for being a change-maker,
>
> - Jess and the Change.org team
>
>
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