Here is another way Obama has screwed us by circumventing due process

I completely understand any anxiety you'd have towards copyright infringements on this site. It can't be easy with the constant threat of the possibility of a lawsuit hanging over your head. Sorry if I've contributed to your anxiety lol

When I was a young kid I used to record music off the radio, or from an album to a cassette. It wasn't that long after that I learned that I was breaking the law by doing so. Oops. Good luck charging me. Once the internet became accessible to enough people, the illegal copying became even more prevalent, but now there were records of the activities, the industry was able to actually prosecute violators. So now the industry is working with the government to stop copyright violations via the internet. On the plus-side, lawsuits will occur considerably less often. On the bad-side, our access may be denied by our ISPs if they suspect any copyright violations have occured whether true or not. That violators may have their service cut-off isn't an issue for me, that innocent people may have their service cut-off due to a suspicion is though.

Now, I don't see any real issue here (aside from what I've noted above). Before the measures, lawsuits were the only way to punish violators. Now violators will be given multiple warnings (on suspicion of a violation) before service is cut-off. With a little fine-tuning this shouldn't be an issue for most people, as long as a process to refute an allegation or appeal the penaltie are in place.

 

That is the whole point of circumventing due process and having the businesses act as the enforcement arm. There is no appeal process in place. It is a business, not a court.

 

Refusal of service doesn't need a court, it's not a criminal or civil matter. As it's worded it looks like court cases initiated by industry against violators will drop severely... to near zero cases. On the other hand, when mistakes happen (as they almost assuredly will) and an innocent has his/her service terminated they'll be filing lawsuits against the ISPs and Industries.

 

Read any terms of service and I bet that you will have no case in court when the business terminates its services to you. Yet another 'benefit' of circumventing due process.

 

The other thing about someone mistakenly having their service terminated by their ISP is that a lot of people can't afford to file a lawsuit. On the other hand, having internet service is a luxury a lot of people can't afford anyway, so some will just say "Good, I'll save some money now."...along with long strings of their favorite swears of course.