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Website Blocking
The government can order service providers to block websites for infringing links posted by any users.
Risk of Jail for Ordinary Users
It becomes a felony with a potential 5 year sentence to stream a copyrighted work that would cost more than $2,500 to license, even if you are a totally noncommercial user, e.g. singing a pop song on Facebook.
Chaos for the Internet
Thousands of sites that are legal under the DMCA would face new legal threats. People trying to keep the internet more secure wouldn't be able to rely on the integrity of the DNS system.
Get on the phone and call your representative. Express your disapproval. Tell him or her exactly how you feel, and that you don't support this. Tell your friends to call their representatives, their Congressperson, and complain. Mention that you are a registered voter that takes your civic responsibility seriously and that you will use that vote to express your feelings about this.
“We support the bill’s stated goals — providing additional enforcement tools to combat foreign ‘rogue’ websites that are dedicated to copyright infringement or counterfeiting,” the Internet companies wrote in Tuesday’s letter. “Unfortunately, the bills as drafted would expose law-abiding U.S. Internet and technology companies to new uncertain liabilities, private rights of action and technology mandates that would require monitoring of websites.” The chamber-led coalition in support of the bill includes Walmart, Eli Lilly & Co. and Netflix.
Google and other opponents of the legislation argue that restricting the Internet in the U.S. sets a bad international precedent and that the language defines infringing too broadly.
Post hurricane report We're fine; we didn't lose power and I slept through the worst of it. (We had lots of battery powered lamps and flashlights ready, though.)
It looks like what we got was sustained winds of about 30-40 mph, with tropical storm force gusts. And the fact that the storm moved through faster than predicted meant less rain than predicted.
I haven't been out, but my car looks okay and all visible trees are still where they should be.
Home again... Travel is exhausting. I had to repack my suitcase twice to get everything to fit, discarding stuff like bubble bath and sunscreen. And I was barely under the weight limit. I would have bought more souvenirs for people, but I realized in time that I wouldn't have room.
A good night's sleep should help a lot, so I'm going to bed early, after I finish unpacking.
2. I set up the Wii Fit on the other TV. I am starting very slowly -- the longest session I've done so far is six minutes. My chiropractor thinks that's a good idea, as she sees a lot of Wii Fit injuries. My feeling is, if I do six minutes a day, that's a better investment than a gym membership where I might remember to go once or twice a month. I figure I'll work my way up to longer sessions; it's only been three days, after all.
3. Babies are cute. And ten week old babies are much easier to lift than year old ones.
4. My ToeWarmers boots are fabulous; I only need one pair of socks with them, even when the temperature dropped to single digits (Fahrenheit.)
5. I made some resolutions; I should write them down for myself. (Not today, and there's no point in boring other people with them, anyway.)
Today is the kind of gray, clammy day that I think of as November.
I'm toying around with a story idea; I may play with it during the next few weeks while people are working on NaNoWriMo. I'm not going to try to do anything that substantial; if I can average a page a day I'll be more than happy.
My sinuses are not happy. I am going to go to bed early with Zenna Henderson for comfort reading, as my brain is not up to beta reading today. I hope tomorrow will be better. It's interesting that I decided to reread it before I went to Tor.com and discovered Jo Walton had done so last week.
relieved
sleepy