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Online Chat on SOPA
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James,
Are there any advantages at all to OPEN? Because to me, it looks like OPEN means "Open Season" on minorities such as authors, artists, photographers and other independent content creators, and extended protection for Big Business and predators.
James,
Your correspondent John wrote "… the onus is on the website owner to ensure that those thousands of posts each day don't violate any laws."
Isn't the onus on a restaurant owner to ensure that coachroaches don't get into the food?
Why, just because someone provides a service for profit on the internet, should they not be as responsible as any establishment owner on main street?
How does one protect oneself against these intruders? Ann Moore
Soon I cannot even whistle out in public the song I like, without getting arrested.