The Senate will hold a vote on the ‘Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act,’ (CASE Act) which is a dangerous new bill that would slap a $15,000 fine on sharing a meme you didn’t make or downloading a photo from social media. The he CASE Act would create a separate, industry-friendly system for copyright claims to $30,000, with no option of appeal. Critics say trolls will buy up copyrights with the sole intent of sending out mass threats and lawsuits to harvest settlements. The corporate interests pushing this bill through Congress include the Copyright Alliance, The Motion Picture Association of America, and The Recording Industry Association of America.
Have you ever shared a meme that you didn’t make? Or downloaded a photo you saw on social media? If Congress has its way, you could soon get slapped with a $15,000 fine by copyright trolls––with no chance of appeal––just for doing normal stuff on the Internet. These trolls buy up copyrights with the sole intent of sending out mass threats and lawsuits to harvest settlements. Now, a dangerous new bill called the Copyright Alternative in Small Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act is sailing through Congress to make it easier for everyone from trolls to Hollywood producers to sue you. And it just slipped through a Senate Committee, clearing the way for a full Senate vote.
In recent years, federal courts have made it easier for regular people to defend themselves from frivolous lawsuits by trolls. But the CASE Act would create a separate, industry-friendly system for copyright claims to $30,000, with no option of appeal. The corporate interests pushing this bill through Congress are the same ones that created the SOPA/PIPA.
Oxford has partnered with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca in order to produce billions of doses. That means that, even though the vaccine is of little value, the government will purchase the billion doses and force everyone to accept them.
Over 700 looters were arrested, but more than 400 were immediately released without bail. It appears that city and state leaders have ordered police to stand down to encourage as much violence and destruction as possible to eventually justify martial law, which is the end game for ending America as a free nation.
In cities around the US, pallets of bricks have been delivered to riot locations. There is no construction in these areas, so it is logical to conclude that they are being provided for rioters to break windows. This is further proof of a well funded organized operation. These are not mere “protesters”.
Calling for stronger police and/or military response is exactly what the enemies of America want. Rather than calling for martial law, why don’t commentators call for putting the organizers of these riots into prison NOW? Can’t people see that they are professionals, not protesters?
Leftist college professors take to the media and Twitter accounts to voice their opinions, mostly sympathetic to rioters. They are using social media to promote and justify violence. The presidents and trustees of these universities have not objected to their rhetoric of hatred and violence.
This raises the question of whether police will have the power to forcibly enter a home and remove a lover from another address. This COVID Theater would be hilarious if it didn’t tragically affect so many lives.
Her arrest came as 47 NYPD vehicles were set on fire and damaged in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Rioters also were attacking police. An estimated 33 police officers were injured in the city. De Blasio’s daughter’s arrest came as he was urging protesters to return to their homes.
The Center for Medical Progress released a new video revealing Planned Parenthood officials admitting their business transactions selling fetal tissue from aborted babies, which violates federal law.
Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare the US military to deploy domestically inside the US. As the violence escalates, people will welcome the military. Minnesota is using ‘contact tracing’ techniques to track rioters – and then everybody.
Here is a list of examples of organized, violent protests in major US cities following the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody in Minnesota.
The International Air Transport Association (published their plan to open up air travel with a requirement for “immunity passports” that must be shown to confirm that travelers are disease-free.
Every state has plans for contact tracing. In Washington state, where contact tracing is said to be voluntary, non-compliant individuals may be sent to prison and fined up to $2,000 per day for non-compliance.
US Chief Justice Roberts joined the liberals on the Supreme Court and ruled that California Governor Newsom’s stay-at-home order does not violate religious freedoms.
Hope Waltz, who is the daughter of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, tweeted information on Thursday advising that the National Guard would not be deployed or make arrests that night.
Journalist Caitlin Johnstone shows that, historically, police often have agent provocateurs at protests to destroy property and incite violence to provide an excuse for strong counter-measures.
The documents were posted to 4chan and appear to detail a Soros-backed plan to incite civil unrest in the Baltimore area in 2015. The documents also reveal coordination with Baltimore law enforcement.
The NYPD said that several officers sustained injuries, including one who was struck in the head with a garbage can and another who was punched in the face. Protesters shut down the street around police headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri.
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The new laws force tech companies to scan though everything their users post and check whether it contains copyrighted material, and if it does have copyrighted material, it must be removed. A “link tax” would force tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay to use snippets of content on their sites.
Critics are concerned that the laws may serve the hidden purpose of justifying even more selective censorship of politically-unpopular content in the name of protecting copyrights. Article 11 of the law calls for a “link tax”. Article 13 threatens memes because the source material is often copyrighted.
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i see the facebook alternative [mewe] has an app for sharing memes… so now i’m signed up and figuring it will come in handy, right? it’s so curious that this went so smoothly through… i found this new social media platform because one of the medical groups that say things like ‘vaccines are harmful’ which may be against facebook rules of their ‘community’ are moving there, and getting into the website for mewe was easy.. that’s as far as i’ve gotten since the medical group just announced their intention to move…. ttyl
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There won’t be anywhere to run on the web very soon… It’s their engines and power, so it will be their say…
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i see the facebook alternative [mewe] has an app for sharing memes… so now i’m signed up and figuring it will come in handy, right? it’s so curious that this went so smoothly through… i found this new social media platform because one of the medical groups that say things like ‘vaccines are harmful’ which may be against facebook rules of their ‘community’ are moving there, and getting into the website for mewe was easy.. that’s as far as i’ve gotten since the medical group just announced their intention to move…. ttyl
There won’t be anywhere to run on the web very soon… It’s their engines and power, so it will be their say…