The shocking part of this bill is its vague and generic wording and its blatant attempt at shutting down any transmission of "copyrighted material". Gone is the creative commons, open source, citizens right to comment or archive any public source of "copyrighted material". It would seem at quick glance that the sponsors and lobbyists of this bill have a very flawed view of modern internet technology. The truth of the matter is that this is a targeted and thought out bill which is only one step towards the complete shakedown on public broadcasting of official "copyrighted" material. This anti-internet view is not shared by its sponsor, Amy Klobuchar, alone. Senator Jay Rockefeller recently stated this shocking anti-internet viewpoint, saying that he feels that it would be "better if the internet never existed".
These Congress critters who support such an anti-internet viewpoint are not alone. They are largely supported by Big Business corporations, such as Sony, Microsoft, Google, and others. In fact, according to OpenCongress.org, some of the corporate lobbies supporting S978 include
- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
- Directors Guild of America
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States
- Screen Actors Guild
- Motion Picture Association of America
- Recording Industry Association of America
- Independent Film and Television Alliance
- National Association of Theatre Owners
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- American Federation of Musicians
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- NBC Universal
- Viacom
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- Association of American Publishers
- Association of Independent Music Publishers
- American Photographic Artists
- AT&T
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- Business Software Alliance
- CBS Corporation
- Church Music Publishers Association
- Entertainment Software Association
- Graphic Artists Guild
- National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
- National Association of Broadcasters
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- National Music Publishers' Association
- National Basketball Association
- News America Holdings
- Newspaper Association of America
- Picture Archive Council of America
- Professional Photographers of America
- Professional School Photographers Association
- Reed Elsevier
- PPL & VPL
- SESAC
- Software & Information Industry Association
- Time Warner
- Universal Music Group
- Magazine Publishers of America
- The Walt Disney Company
- Writers Guild of America, West
- U. S. Chamber of Commerce
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Entertainment Merchants Association
- Global Intellectual Property Center
The fact that many of the largest producers of copyrighted material, from video games to news clips, movies, music, books and more are large supporters of this anti-internet bill that seeks to put many people in jail for sharing such material with more then 10 people. The real truth of the matter is that the dieing mainstream machine is furious at the power of the internet, activists, and the citizens in the power of alternative media in exposing the coverups and lies rife through out the mainstream media. Citizen media are on the ground reporting on top stories, such as the yearly Bilderberg group meetings, held this year in St. Moritz Switzerland, exposing top bankers, corporate CEOs and top politicians meeting secretly to plan out their agenda for the next year. In fact, not only are these elite media and corporate executives meeting secretly, and carrying out a large media blackout on the event, many politicians that attend the Bilderberg meetings are breaking the laws of their various host countries, such as the United States Logan Act.
This, and other activities largely supported by the internet, have pushed the elite power structure to take a second look at the internet and its power, and forcefully restructure it under their terms and control, which will ultimately lead to the elimination of free speech on the internet.
The power of the internet and the citizens that use it can not be understated, especially in the matter of the S978 bill. This story has gathered much opposition around the world from serious gamers on Youtube and other social networking sites who rely on streaming video of gaming tournaments and skirmishes in thier hobby and industry. In fact, many video reviewers and other commentators even are sponsored on Youtube and are able to make an income for posting videos on social media that more then often features at least a small amount of "copyrighted" material.
Based on the ambiguity of this bill and its complete attack towards free speech on the internet, this bill likely will not pass. However, if the public is not vigilant, this wording could easily be snuck into another bill by these sneaky anti-internet creatures who are high ranking in the international power structure.
Track bill S978 using the following sites
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s978/show
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s112-978
http://www.google.com/search?q=S978&hl=en&prmd=ivnsu&biw=1680&bih=853&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=nws&source=og&sa=N&tab=wn
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