Dear all, I'm following all your comments closely. If the Bill is approved, there might cause a lot of problem to my country - Thailand, in two aspects. Firstly, Thai internet users own gTLD domains more than ccLTD - .th. Secondly, Thailand is one of the country that is in the U.S. infringement blacklist. Keep on reading all your sharing, thanks ahead. ภูมิจิต ศิระวงศ์ประเสริฐ (หมวย) Poomjit Sirawongprasert (Moui) Tel. +66-86-335-3900 Fax. +66-2287-2614 Contact Me [image: Twitter] <http://www.twitter.com/moui> [image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/poomjit> [image: LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/poomjit> [image: Ning]<http://ncdnhc.org/page/membership-roster> [image: WordPress] <http://moui.net> ""A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one" - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings<http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/1061985/marjorie-kinnan-rawlings/a-woman-has-got-to-love-a-bad-man-once-or-twice-in> " Get this email app! <http://www.wisestamp.com/apps/quotes?utm_source=extension&utm_medium=email&utm_term=quotes&utm_campaign=apps> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:41 PM, William Drake < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > I've always thought the rules that make each senator an emperor able to > block legislation, appointments, and so on are insane. But in the current > US environment where only bad policy ideas have any chance of getting > traction, it may be necessary to reconsider. If the only choice is between > fiddling while Rome burns and pouring gas on the fire, let them fiddle...maybe > some little improvements can be found elsewhere. > > Bill > > > On Nov 20, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Alex Gakuru wrote: > > > [Thanks to Erik Hersman for this pointer] > > > > Oregon Senator Wyden effectively kills Internet censorship bill > > > > "It's too early to say for sure, but Oregon Senator Ron Wyden could > > very well go down in the history books as the man who saved the > > Internet. > > > > A bill that critics say would have given the government power to > > censor the Internet will not pass this year thanks to the Oregon > > Democrat, who announced his opposition during a recent committee > > hearing. Individual Senators can place holds on pending legislation, > > in this case meaning proponents of the bill will be forced to > > reintroduce the measure and will not be able to proceed until the next > > Congress convenes..." > > > > < > http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/oregon-senator-vows-block-internet-censorship-bill/ > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Milton L Mueller <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Correction: One Committee of one House of a bicameral legislature has > >> approved it. ;-) > >> > >> It must also go through the committee process in the House and that > isn't > >> even started. > >> > >> People in DC think the tide is turning against this bill. > >> > >> --MM > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Alex Gakuru [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > >> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 12:18 AM > >> To: Milton L Mueller > >> Cc: [log in to unmask] > >> Subject: Re: COICA > >> > >> > >> > >> they approved it yesterday, > >> > >> > >> > >> "The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a controversial billthat > >> would give the authorities dramatic new copyright enforcement powers > >> allowing it to take down entire domains "dedicated to online piracy" > rather > >> than just targeting files that actually infringe copyright > >> law." > http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/111910_Judiciary_Committee_Approves_Online_Copyright_Enforcement_Bill > >> > >> > >> > >> see also; > >> > >> > >> > >> "CADNA now encourages the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and > >> Numbers (ICANN), the global organization that sets policy for the > Internet's > >> naming and addressing system, to supplement the Senate's work by > including > >> in its policies provisions that will similarly prevent infringement and > >> counterfeiting outside of the U.S.'s jurisdictional reach." > >> > >> > >> > >> > http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cadna-commends-chairman-leahy-and-the-senate-judiciary-committee-for-passing-the-combating-online-infringements-and-counterfeits-act-out-of-committee-109242769.html > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > regards, > > > > Alex Gakuru > > http://www.mwenyeji.com > > Hosting, surprise yourself! > > *********************************************************** > William J. Drake > Senior Associate > Centre for International Governance > Graduate Institute of International and > Development Studies > Geneva, Switzerland > [log in to unmask] > www.williamdrake.org > *********************************************************** >