SOPA and GoDaddy

[Kevy Baby]

If this passes, will it outlaw certain pastries?

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

If this passes, will it outlaw certain pastries?

No... It just allows the government to seize your kitchen if someone accuses you of eating their pastries.

[Moonliner]

Rumor has it that the Daily Show will be talking about SOPA this evening when their guest for the evening is "The Internet".

If true, it should be an interesting show.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Rumor has it that the Daily Show will be talking about SOPA this evening when their guest for the evening is "The Internet".

If true, it should be an interesting show.

I just checked and Dolly Parton is listed as tonight's guest. There is something global about her

[Moonliner]

SOPA is in the news big time these days, even main stream news media can't ignore it anymore.

Tomorrow Wikipedia, reddit and other sites will go dark for a day.

Google is rumored to be joining in a limited way, acknowledging SOPA on the home page but still functioning as a search engine. Fair enough.


The White House finally came out against the bill as written and a few of the more egregious parts of the bill have already been dropped.

The beast is wounded, time to go in for the kill.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Rumor has it that the Daily Show will be talking about SOPA this evening when their guest for the evening is "The Internet".

If true, it should be an interesting show.

In the better late than never category The Daily Show takes on SOPA

[Moonliner]

In a related issue, the Supreme Court today ruled that a warrant is needed in order for police to place a GPS tracker on your vehicle.

Next we need to look at these systems now being used by police to track the movement of citizens using automated license plate scanners.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

In a related issue, the Supreme Court today ruled that a warrant is needed in order for police to place a GPS tracker on your vehicle.

As far as I can tell, it didn't say that. It said that attaching and using GPS is a search and therefore 4th Amendment jurisprudence applies. Further caselaw will potentially determine when and if a warrant is required (not all searches require warrants).

The opinion explicitly mentions that it takes no position on an argument that probable cause is sufficient for planting a GPS unit without a warrant since that argument was never made in the lower courts before being argued at the Supreme Court. In practical terms I imagine it accomplishes the same thing, but technically the requirements for a warrant haven't been addressed.

Also they mention that tracking that doesn't require trespass is a different question.

But Alito gets kind of testy in his concurrence so enjoy reading it for that.