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Article 51

I love the fact that you have people trolling, and trying to disrupt, this effort over on REDDIT. I think Hollywood is going to get very scared as this effort continues forward. Funny, Hollywood's...

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But....But...

How are the congress critters going to get their hands grease by lobbyist with out the major corporations writing the laws?

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Preamble

The Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory...

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Re: But....But...

*greased I can't even blame that on a phone.

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Free internet you say?

Wanna free Internet? Don't relay on any legislation - form a group of technical experts and try to think of ways how to make Internet even more decentralized, with transparent end-to-end encryption, no...

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Re: But....But...

Well, if everybody on reddit throws in 50 cents...

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Article 45

I think Reddit would first do better writing legislation that reduces copy protection lengths. Such an effort would receive a wide audience of support and would be much easier to implement and if they...

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Article 44

It sure seems like anything can happen now that we've seen legislation derailed by Internet activism. I was talking to my sister-in-law about SOPA/PIPA when she was here for Christmas about our...

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Re: I am optimistic

Writing them is one thing, passing them another.

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Re: I am optimistic

Well I am sure the internet community as a whole can do a better job than our current politicians. But, then again a retarded monkey banging on a typewriter could do better than our current politicians.

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Sorry but once you have people's attention you need to run with it. Shoot big. Because in a month or two PPL will go back to their tweets, tubes, books, and forget all about it. I hope I am wrong. I...

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Article 40

Some good legislation is one thing. But I have long thought what we really need is an Information Bill of Rights.

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Article 39

I suggested this very concept a few days ago in another article. Glad to see someone is running with it. (Not to imply that I was the one that caused it.) As for getting things passed... If the...

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Re: Free internet you say?

Are you suggesting we find a technical solution that prevents harm instead of forming a law that only punishes the bad actors after they've done harm? Crazy! You've got the right idea there. Laws are...

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Article 37

this is exactly what Wyden etc should be doing, not pissing about trying to make a previous piece of shit better! as long as it's kept sensible and serious, perhaps he and his ilk can keep track of...

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O brave new world!

I always had a vague suspicion that something like this was possible. When I was involved in student activism, I felt that I was just adding one to the power base controlled by the student activist...

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Article 35

I was reading this subreddit when it was sort of developing last night. I've been a long term member there and go pretty much every day to see what is happening. It's so huge you can't see everything...

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Article 34

They also have a Super PAC set up so that when the time comes to pass the legislation, they can pay off whomever needs the bribe. If the MPAA can write legislation, so can Reddit.

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Article 33

This is how a democratic republic should work. With people crafting laws, then passing them onto legislators for refinement and passage. It could add another layer to the Checks and Balances system,...

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Re: Re: I am optimistic

Well that's how Stephanie Meyer came up with "Twilight". So it apparently gets people somewhere.

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