Fred Sherman
Well-known member
I thought it might make sense to actually review the text rather than buy into the net hysteria that seems so prevalent.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c112:./temp/~c112iSG7nS
Can you site be shutdown without warning or due process?
Section 102(b)(3)(B) and Section 103(c)(3)(B), which define when and how the Office of the Attorney General may act, require the site over to be contacted and details how that contact is to be made, including mail. The only provisions for acting without notifying the site owner is when there is no known owner or registrant. So, for those of you that are jumping ship, going somewhere where you're information is hidden or changing your registrant information, you are doing the exact opposite of what you should do, making it possible to do the very thing you are afraid of.
If you read the proposed bill, you'll see that - worse case scenario if you haven't bought in tot he hysteria - you;ll be contacted outlining the problem area and you are protected if you correct it. The worst that can happen is you may have to provide the username, IP address and email address of the offender.
You can accept the misinformation and panic if you want, or you can read it for yourself. Who do you trust more to decide - the Chicken Littles or yourself?
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c112:./temp/~c112iSG7nS
Can you site be shutdown without warning or due process?
Section 102(b)(3)(B) and Section 103(c)(3)(B), which define when and how the Office of the Attorney General may act, require the site over to be contacted and details how that contact is to be made, including mail. The only provisions for acting without notifying the site owner is when there is no known owner or registrant. So, for those of you that are jumping ship, going somewhere where you're information is hidden or changing your registrant information, you are doing the exact opposite of what you should do, making it possible to do the very thing you are afraid of.
If you read the proposed bill, you'll see that - worse case scenario if you haven't bought in tot he hysteria - you;ll be contacted outlining the problem area and you are protected if you correct it. The worst that can happen is you may have to provide the username, IP address and email address of the offender.
You can accept the misinformation and panic if you want, or you can read it for yourself. Who do you trust more to decide - the Chicken Littles or yourself?