WAS GEROGE ORWELL WRONG?

There are some entities in places like Hollywood that would have the government act as a spy on the Internet just in case someone commits copyright infringement.  What if your kid stole a new idea for a Fox Pilot or an an NBC Pilot and was savvy enough to sell it to another network.  Would you be proud of your kid?  I would. 

He’s a good kid, a smart kid, but maybe he knows too much and he pokes around on the Internet too eagerly  for stuff like stories and movie ideas because he loves fiction and loves the rush he gets when he finds good ideas he might be able to cash in on.  Ethically it really might not be the right thing to do, but after all he’s just a kid and kids just want to have fun. 

One day your kid gets caught doing something fishy by the Motion Picture Association.  By the time it happens they have already convinced the Obama Adminstration to pass the laws they have been asking for.  The laws say if you are found guilty of copyright infringement you will lose you Internet Connection rights forever.  You won’t be able to access online libraries, email friends or family, shop online, pay bills online, look at girls or boys, play games and all the other stuff kids do when they are surfing the net. 

To protect their own interests the Motion Picture Association of America has been pushing the current administration to enact the (Three Strikes You’re Out of the Internet Policy), which means if you get caught doing bad stuff like copyright infringement three times you get locked out of the Internet for life.   

The government could instruct ISPs to cancel a customer’s internet account.  They can set up a watch-dog agency that could act on allegations alone and lock you out of the cyberspace world forever.  This stuff happens in other countries like China and places like France where they blacklist citizens from getting on the Internet.    

The Three Strikes Policy will not guarantee protections of the courts in regards to due process.  The allegations of copyright infringement on anybody could be erroneous.  The MPAA could point their finger at anybody they may consider a threat to their bottom line. 

Since the Internet has become such a powerful tool for information, educations and social interaction, the effects of termination could be catastrophic.