The US jurisdiction thing is that these sites, and 99% of the internet, has a .com address. ALL of these are, at the very least, routed through American based servers, regardless of where the site content/ownership is held. That why the Yanks can get involved.Burn wrote:How exactly would OPEN work?
From what I read, it's aimed at non-US websites ... but ahh ... what gives the US jurisdiction over them?
As for OPEN, in essence its similar to SOPA and PIPA, but - and I must admit to being surprised about this myself - this one may not be quite so terrible...
Most interestingly, it has the support of Google, Facebook, Twitter and the Management of Reddit, who were arguably the driving force behind last weeks internet-wide blackout. (No mention of support/opposition from Wikipedia though)Close SOPA and PIPA; OPEN the internet - The Manitoban wrote:What makes OPEN Act different is its approach and presentation. Unlike SOPA and PIPA, The OPEN Act movement has a home on the Internet, where all the information regarding the bill is easily accessible. What is more, visitors to the website are encouraged to comment and edit – yes, edit – the bill.
You can read/edit the bill in fill here and so far, this is actually looking pretty good.
This infographic is a bit simplistic, and I'm still not 100% convinced their definition of 'Foreign rogue websites' wont still be too broad, but it sure is pretty...
To those who are completely against the whole idea of 'net control' then this will still be doubleplusbad, and Ill reserve judgement on it for now as I simply don't trust creeps like Smith and Dodd not to remove bits they/the MPAAetc. don't like at the last minute, but it looks like this may do the job.
Sounds to good to be true? We just gotta keep watching...
I will always <3 the Aussies for this. Oh, wait - I actually meant this Seriously, good work lads.Watcher wrote:I don't know about you, but [as an Australian] I'm still chuckling over how the American Government has the audacity to believe it can legislate on a global scale...!