As was unfortunately expected, the House version of PROTECT IP has been released (embedded below) and it’s ridiculously bad. […] There are no two ways around this simple fact: this is an attempt to build the Great Firewall of America.[…]
[…] In other words, any foreign site declared by the Attorney General to be « inducing » infringement, with a very broad definition of inducing, can now be censored by the US. With no adversarial hearing. Hello, Great Firewall of America.
[…] This new bill provides a massive and ridiculous burden: allowing the Attorney General to create an internet blacklist that all service providers will need to block access […]
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111026/12130616523/protect-ip-renamed-e-parasites-act-would-create-great-firewall-america.shtml