Coming Attractions on the Hill: COICA
On Wed., Feb. 16, Senate Judiciary will have a hearing on “Targeting Websites Dedicated To Stealing American Intellectual Property.” In other words: COICA. 10:00 a.m. in Dirksen 226. Prior DS commentary here, here, here, here, here :
Witnesses:
- Tom Adams – President and CEO, Rosetta Stone Inc.
- Scott Turow – President, Authors Guild
- Christine N. Jones – EVP/General Counsel/Corporate Secretary, The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
- Thomas M Dailey – VP/Dep. GC, Verizon
- Denise Yee – Senior Trademark Counsel, Visa, Inc.
Image from The American.
James,
Can we rename it, “How the US is planning on taking over and censoring the internet?” or “How we steal the worlds websites?” or how about “All your WWW are belong to us?”
Kinda makes the FCC’s actions seem like kids fighting with sticks compared to the nuclear bomb that this thing is! I’ll be interested to find out what 1st amendment, 4th amendment and due process protections there will be and what recourse options there will be for false seizures. This bill is truly emulating North Korean and Chinese style tactics. The funny thing is, the US isn’t even limiting itself to its own jurisdiction! I especially like our invasion of Spain’s sovereignty with seizures of their property!
I really hope everyone at Digital Society can see how anti-american these dictator type actions really are. This bill is WAY overboard!
Very Respectfully,
Garrett Heaton
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