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[ NNSquad ] Re: Clinton Demands Net Freedom Abroad as Domestic Restrictions Loom


See:

EFF: What Congress Can Learn from the Recent ICE Seizures:
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/02/what-congress-can-learn-recent-ice-seizures

"This blurring of the distinction between criminal and civil remedies
is a troubling example of how COICA would expand copyright
enforcement, to the detriment of the Internet’s continued growth as a
platform for innovation and expression."


Secretary Clinton just extolled the US's signing of the Budapest
Cybercrimes Convention, whose parties all agree to make copyright
infringement a criminal offense:

> http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/html/185.htm


Seth

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> wrote:
>
> Clinton Demands Net Freedom Abroad as Domestic Restrictions Loom
>
> http://j.mp/dNIWFw  (Wired)
>
>    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged governments abroad
>    Tuesday to embrace internet freedom even as the United States moves to
>    tighten online restrictions at home.
>
> --Lauren--
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> Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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