New Internet search engine blacklist bill soon up for vote; please prevent it

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It could kill all our research capabilities -- worse than China. It is worse than the first IBB AND WOULD PREVENT EVEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS CONTROVERSY ITSELF. "Death penalty for websites." Please act and help all to stop this permanently.----- Forwarded Message ----To: J Janson Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 6:39:47 PMSubject: Quiet!

J

Shhh... We're not allowed to talk about it. The new Internet Blacklist Bill shows so little regard for free speech and Internet freedom that it would actually ban people from having serious conversations about the new Internet Blacklist Bill.

It would block "information location tools" from pointing to sites suspected of piracy. So that means that we couldn't send you an email just like this one with links to the websites that were being prosecuted.

Will you click here to urge Congress to oppose the ridiculous, obscene, draconian, PROTECT-IP Act?

It's not an exaggeration for CNET's headline to shout, "Senate bill amounts to death penalty for websites." They say the draft bill "would certainly sweep in Google, Yahoo, and search engines, and may also cover many other Web sites."

Please help us fight this legislation, which is far worse than the first Internet Blacklist Bill -- just click here.

Thanks for standing with us,

-- The Demand Progress team

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