Well the congress at least understands one thing: Laws have no meaning on the Internet. The bill is about shutting down sites deemed 'pirate sites' by some department. It has nothing to do with justice or laws. If a judge would have ruled the site is illegal, then that's at least something that's been double checked and backed up by facts (though this isn't infallible either). This bill is to propose that the government can bypass judges entirely in this case and act on their own behalf, shutting down sites not because it was proven beyond any reasonable doubt, but because the government itself wants the site to be taken down.
The hell? Just the hell?? One needs to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a shop is selling drugs under the counter to shut it down, but a site can be shut down without much in the form of checks and balances? The hell?
If you want to do something about piracy, play by the book. There are plenty of ways to shut down a site through the justice system and even if there are no ways, then the bill should be aimed at making ways. That has always been the case for illegal activities and if one would want to change that, I suggest they start by dismantling the justice system directly instead of using sly ways like these to put the judges out of a job. Oh wait, they may get bills like these passed while stating up front that they want to replace the judges with the department of justice would get them tossed out of the US. I predict that there will soon appear bills of the same type applying to drugs, immigration and extensions to the anti-terrorism act. Enjoy seeing the end of justice as we know it.
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