I'm not in the best of moods

I just realized an essay that I thought was due next week was due today! Which wouldn't be too bad, since I'm able to make something somewhat decent without it being very last minute.

Blog: Internet Providers will be policing downloads by 7/12/2012 / Trayvon Martin Murder

Originally posted by weber_dubois22at Blog: Internet Providers will be policing downloads by 7/12/2012 / Trayvon Martin Murder

Trayvon Martin Case: 911 Audio Released Of Teen Shot By Neighborhood Watch Captain (AUDIO)
My feeling is the same as when I wrote about the Troy Davis execution last fall: this case is obviously about race, and is important on those grounds. Race relations are after all the original and ongoing tension in U.S. history. But it is also about self-government, rule of law, equality before the law, accountability of power, and every other value that we contend is integral to the American ideal -- and also to "the America idea," exploration of which was the founding idea of the Atlantic Monthly back in 1857. [READ MORE]

Originally posted by fae_elricat All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012

Originally posted by iron_valkyrieat All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012

Reposting for both this and Trayvon Martin because they are both important.

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Originally posted by mangacat201

All U.S. Internet Providers will be policing downloads by July 12, 2012

Seriously. WHAT THE FLYING FUCK WORLD.

"File-sharers, beware: By July 12, major US Internet service providers (ISPs) will voluntarily begin serving as copyright police for the entertainment industry, according to Cary Sherman, chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The so-called “six-strikes” plan is said to be one of the most effective anti-piracy efforts ever established in the US."

The article goes on to give details. After six notices, internet providers will decide to throttle a person's internet speed, or cut it off altogether. I don't know if they will crack down on torrents only, or if it is up to the internet provider. I get the sense it is up to the internet provider. So some people could get away with downloading non torrents, while others might get their internet service cut off. I urge you to click it and read, as we all know people who download.

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ETA: Petition for RIAA and the Obama Administration: Stop ISPs from launching a massive copyright spying scheme this July 12th

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Unrelated to the above, but something that everyone still needs to be aware of: the racially-motivated murder of Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, FL.  This quote in particular is very important:

I mean, it was only two weeks ago when almost every white person I knew was tweeting about stopping a brutal African warlord from killing more innocent children.  And they even took thirty minutes out of their busy schedules to watch a movie about dude.  They bought t-shirts.  Some bracelets. Even tweeted at Rihanna to take a stance.  But, a 17 year old American kid is followed and then ultimately killed by a neighborhood vigilante who happens to be carrying a semi-automatic weapon and my white friends are quiet.  Eerily quiet. Not even a trending topic for the young man.