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               Ethical               Implications               in               IT
               What               is               ethical               and               what               is               legal               are               not               always               the               same.

Unfortunately               many               of               our               laws               are               actually               written               by               lobbyist,               and               their               motives               are               not               always               ethical.

Also               what               is               ethical               varies               widely               by               culture.

However,               most               of               our               core               laws               are               based               on               a               common               core               morality.

One               big               issue               in               the               IT               area               is               piracy               and               intellectual               property               rights.

Not               only               is               this               issue               ethically               debated,               but               the               laws               that               govern               intellectual               property               vary               depending               on               content               and               media               type.

As               others               have               pointed               there               have               been               many               laws               in               the               past               such               as               those               concerning               slavery               or               the               treatment               of               native               peoples               that               are               not               at               all               moral               by               modern               standards.

You               can               certainly               have               ethics               without               law               or               law               without               ethics.

Again,               much               of               this               depends               on               your               own               perspective               as               morality               or               ethics               are               variable.

For               this               assignment,               I               am               selecting               to               discuss               general               IT               ethics,               but               specifically               the               ethics               around               intellectual               property,               inconsistencies               that               exist               in               our               laws               that               concern               it,               piracy,               and               the               future               of               a               free               internet.
               The               famous               copyright               case               of               Sony               Corp.

of               America               v.

Universal               City               Studios,               Inc               or               commonly               known               as               "Sony               vs               Betamax",               upheld,               in               principle,               the               right               for               a               noncommercial               entity,               that               is               someone               at               home,               to               reproduce               a               copy               written               work               for               private               and               noncommercial               use.

This               idea               was               further               expanded               when               the               Audio               Home               Recording               Act               extended               legal               protection               to               make               analog               home               recordings               of               copy               written               works,               again               for               private               and               noncommercial               use.

However,               the               laws               that               govern               digital               works               are               the               complete               opposite               and               do               not               protect               the               right               to               make               home               copies               of               copy               written               works               for               private               and               noncommercial               use.

So               the               law               is               not               consistent.

As               an               example,               you               can               record               a               song               off               of               the               radio               and               you               have               a               legal               copy.

But               if               you               download               a               copy               of               the               same               song,               you               are               in               violation.

It               is               this               inconsistency               that               concerns               me.
               This               speaks               in               the               larger               scope               to               corporations               with               lobbyists               that               are               contributing               to               laws               that               are               clamping               down               on               our               liberty.

The               modern               law               enforcement               machine               has               become               a               militant               arm               of               corporations.

The               perfect               example               of               this               is               the               recent               raid               on               the               founders               of               Megaupload.

I               don't               really               agree               with               elements               from               the               U.S.

Justice               department               being               able               to               influence               a               raid               on               a               company               in               a               sovereign               and               foreign               country.

This               just               shows               that               there               is               a               global               network               already               in               place               to               increasingly               tighten               the               noose               of               censorship               on               the               internet               as               well               as               our               daily               lives.

In               other               words,               our               justice               department               is               out               of               the               business               of               protecting               the               individual               and               only               concerned               with               protecting               the               profits               of               corporations.

I               am               not               saying               that               corporations               don't               have               a               right               to               protect               their               profits,               they               do,               but               I               think               it               should               be               done               in               the               civil               courts               only               with               legal               protection               for               individuals               that               only               use               copy               written               works               for               private               non-commercial               use.
               As               for               the               future               of               IT               ethics,               this               will               depend               on               the               fate               of               anti-piracy               laws               and               if               they               are               allowed               to               permeate               through               the               internet.

I               personally               think               that               the               corporate               influence               will               be               the               dominant               force               in               shaping               copyright               law,               and               that               the               internet               will               be               censored               in               this               country               like               it               is               currently               in               China.

I               believe               this               because               it               is               in               the               interest               of               big               content               providers               like               Yahoo               and               Google               to               go               back               to               an               AOL               type               model               where               they               control               content.

This               is               also               in               the               interest               of               a               government               that               wants               to               control               speech               and               liberty               like               our               current               corporatocracy.

A               U.S.

government               that               can               constitutionally               justify               such               things               as               free               speech               zones,               like               those               of               the               past               for               the               Democratic               National               Convention               and               others,               is               capable               of               denying               free               speech               everywhere.

One               of               the               big               issues               here               is               that               civics               in               modern               schools               is               not               emphasized               anymore.

We               don't               indoctrinate               our               population               in               the               views               of               our               founding               fathers,               who               are               now               described               as               terrorists               by               historical               revisionists.

If               we               want               to               keep               the               internet               free               and               keep               the               government               out               of               our               homes               and               businesses,               we               have               to               rally               and               stop               what               is               happening               now.

Using               the               internet               while               it               is               still               open               is               the               best               way.

As               for               the               openness               of               the               internet,               I               feel               that               this               is               something               that               should               not               be               regulated               beyond               the               standard               interstate               trade               agreements.

To               me,               the               value               of               the               internet               is               in               the               open               nature               of               the               content.

This               does               not               need               to               be               censored               at               a               government               level.
               So,               what               about               those               who               do               break               the               copyright               and               piracy               laws               and               ethics?

If               you               want               to               stop               piracy,               let               the               companies               go               after               the               pirates               in               civil               courts               or               police               individuals               on               a               one               on               one               basis.

There               are               real               pirate               today               that               exist               on               the               ocean               and               plunder               cruise               ships               and               other               boats.

We               go               after               them               in               a               one               on               one               fashion               by               policing.

We               don't               destroy               all               the               boats               so               that               no               one               can               use               them               for               piracy.

This               backwards               way               of               thinking               permeates               Washington               today.

If               people               are               getting               too               fat,               they               say               "outlaw               sugar".

Measures               like               this               are               absurd               and               punish               the               innocent.

Beside               if               you               wanted               to               live               on               nothing               but               sugar               and               get               fat               with               diabetes,               as               insane               as               that               would               be               to               want               to               do,               it               is               still               your               right               in               a               free               society.
               Property               Rights               and               Accountability
               I               believe               that               the               right               to               private               property               and               the               protection               from               unlawful               search               and               seizure               is               a               fundamental               right               that               supports               and               provides               a               foundation               to               many               other               rights.

This               is               not               a               new               idea.

"No               other               rights               are               safe               where               property               is               not               safe."               (Daniel               Webster)               "The               right               of               distribution               over               private               property               is               the               essence               of               freedom."               (Merrill               Jenkins)               The               rights               of               property               extend               beyond               the               right               of               mere               ownership               of               property,               to               the               guaranty               of               the               protection               of               property.

The               protection               of               property               from               the               government               by               means               of               unlawful               search               and               seizure,               and               also               the               protection               from               theft               and               trespass               by               means               of               armed               defense.

Property               also               extends               beyond               land               to               include               anything               that               you               own,               including               money.

Just               like               you               would               expect               your               homes               to               be               secure               from               threat               of               government               or               an               intruder,               your               computers               and               electronic               devices               should               be               equally               protected.

If               you               remember               in               2009,               the               online               retailer               Amazon               removed               copies,               ironically,               of               George               Orwell's               classic               1984,               which               is               about               a               super               controlling               government               with               designs               of               engineering               everyone's               life               and               a               habit               of               revising               history.

In               the               case               of               Amazon,               a               private               company,               granted               and               not               the               government,               removed               lawfully               purchased               electronic               copies               of               the               book               from               users               devices               because               of               internal               issues.

This               was               an               obvious               violation               of               property               rights,               and               they               got               slapped               on               the               wrist,               proverbially               in               the               form               of               customer               backlash.

As               a               result,               Amazon               changed               not               only               the               policy,               but               also               the               back               end               program               to               prevent               this               from               happening               again,               so               they               say.

This               shows               that               we               are               not               yet               in               the               habit               of               thinking               of               our               electronic               property               the               same               way               that               we               think               of               physical               property,               and               this               goes               both               ways.

No               retailer               in               the               world               would               reposes               physical               property               from               you               home               in               the               middle               of               the               night               because               of               a               manufacturing               issue               on               their               side.

Not               only               would               it               be               considered               breaking               and               entering,               but               they               might               get               shot.

Just               the               same,               many               people               in               the               digital               age               don't               consider               illegally               downloading               music               to               be               theft,               because               the               original               is               still               there.

You               can               argue               both               sides.

If               I               go               to               a               museum               and               take               a               photo               of               a               famous               painting,               did               I               steal               it?

I               don't               think               so,               but               if               I               start               selling               reproductions               of               my               photo,               even               though               I               took               the               picture,               I               could               still               be               violating               copyright.

Even               though               this               example               steps               outside               of               the               bounds               of               the               digital               world,               the               concept               is               the               same.

Where               are               the               lines               of               demarcation?

These               lines               are               hard               to               see.

Just               like               the               definitions               surrounding               physical               property               was               vague               many               years               ago,               electronic               property               boundaries               are               vague               now,               but               are               being               defined.

In               ancient               time,               property               bounds               were               often               delineated               by               moving               objects               such               as               tree               lines               of               streams,               and               in               some               cases,               how               far               a               man               could               shoot               and               arrow               from               some               central               marker.

Just               as               barbed               wire               tamed               the               western               United               States,               further               definition               of               electronic               boundaries               with               tame               the               electronic               frontier.

We               just               have               to               go               forward               with               some               degree               of               patience               and               understanding,               with               the               exception               of               some               very               basic               rules.
               As               for               accountability,               I               think               that               all               sides,               individuals,               governments,               and               companies,               have               to               be               accountable.

As               stated               above,               the               rules               concerning               electronic               property               are               still               being               defined,               so               you               have               to               proceed               with               caution.

One               aspect               of               electronic               property               is               that               it               can               be               backed               up,               or               replicated.

I               personally               have               spent               years               collecting               DVD               movies,               but               now               find               that               I               use               my               laptop               more               to               watch               movies.

I               don't               want               to               carry               around               a               lot               of               physical               DVD's,               so               I               am               converting               my               movies               to               digital               copies               and               storing               them               on               a               hard               drive.

There               is               still               some               legal               debate               about               my               rights               with               DVD's               that               I               own,               but               I               feel               pretty               safe               that               as               long               as               I               bought               it               I               should               be               able               to               back               it               up.

The               point               of               this               is               that               if               you               back               up               your               data,               it               makes               it               more               difficult               for               it               to               be               taken               from               you.

Copied               maybe,               but               not               taken               outright.
               As               for               a               solution,               I               think               that               we               need               legislation               that               falls               on               the               side               of               protecting               the               individual.

As               I               have               stated               before,               my               main               issue               with               this               subject               is               how               digital               and               analog               reproduction               is               treated               differently.

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Universal               City               Studios,               Inc               or               commonly               known               as               "Sony               vs               Betamax",               upheld,               in               principle,               the               right               for               a               noncommercial               entity,               that               is               someone               at               home,               to               reproduce               a               copy               written               work               for               private               and               noncommercial               use.

This               idea               was               further               expanded               when               the               Audio               Home               Recording               Act               extended               legal               protection               to               make               analog               home               recordings               of               copy               written               works,               again               for               private               and               noncommercial               use.

However,               the               laws               that               govern               digital               works               are               the               complete               opposite               and               do               not               protect               the               right               to               make               home               copies               of               copy               written               works               for               private               and               noncommercial               use.

So               the               law               is               not               consistent.

As               an               example,               you               can               record               a               song               off               of               the               radio               and               you               have               a               legal               copy.

But               if               you               download               a               copy               of               the               same               song,               you               are               in               violation.

Not               consistent.

The               laws               have               to               be               made               consistent               and               have               to               protect               the               little               guy               in               his               home.
               I               think               that               the               future               will               probably               see               more               laws               in               favor               of               corporations               and               more               cracking               down               on               that               little               guy               in               his               home.

This               is               unfortunate,               but               I               believe               that               it               is               the               trend.

I               think               we               are               facing               this               issue               on               two               fronts               as               individuals.

First,               you               have               corporations               that               are               greedy               and               use               the               influence               of               money               and               lobbyists               to               shape               the               laws.

Secondly,               you               have               a               Federal               Government               that               continues               to               limit               our               liberties.

At               this               point               we               need               to               send               messages               to               both               through               voting,               both               at               the               polls               and               with               our               pocket               books,               and               through               any               other               legals               means               that               we               can,               letters               signs,               etc.
               This               may               seem               like               a               paranoid               or               anti-government               ideology,               and               it               is.

It               is               innately               American               to               be               anti-government.

"Government               is               not               reason;               it               is               not               eloquence.

It               is               force.

And               force,               like               fire,               is               a               dangerous               servant               and               a               fearful               master."               (George               Washington)               In               this               country,               we               have               forgotten               then               we               are               supposed               to               be               self               governed.

"Our               constitution               was               made               only               for               a               moral               and               religious               people.

It               is               wholly               inadequate               to               the               government               of               any               other."               (John               Adams)               When               we               lose               the               ability               to               self               govern,               it               is               all               over.

As               I               read               through               the               post               this               week,               I               saw               a               lot               of               people               that               were               very               willing               to               sacrifice               liberty               for               security,               but               this               is               the               reaction               of               someone               who               is               acting               out               of               impulse,               and               not               reason.

"Any               people               that               would               give               up               liberty               for               a               little               temporary               safety               deserves               neither               liberty               nor               safety."               (Benjamin               Franklin)               These               ideas               are               true               for               physical               and               digital               property               alike.
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               I               think               that               the               current               state               of               computer               related               legislation               is               continuing               to               tighten               the               noose               on               individual               privacy,               and               attempting               to               not               only               lock               down               the               internet,               but               also               attempting               to               turn               IT               professionals               into               spies               and               snitches.

One               of               the               best               examples               of               using               professionals               as               snitches,               are               the               laws               that               govern               the               reporting               of               child               pornography               by               IT               professionals.

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states               have               enacted               laws               that               govern               and               impose               this               requirement:               Arkansas,               Illinois,               Missouri,               North               Carolina,               Oklahoma,               South               Carolina,               and               South               Dakota.

These               laws,               while               there               are               differences,               require               at               least               that               "computer               technicians               or               Internet               service               providers               to               report               child               pornography               if               they               encounter               it               in               the               scope               of               their               work".

(Child               Pornography               Reporting               Requirements,               2010)               Although               these               laws               do               not               require               the               active               searching               of               the               computer,               but               rather               only               requires               the               reporting               if               found               through               normal               work,               these               laws               could               expand               to               include               searching.

I               am               not               making               a               case               here               that               child               pornography               is               not               a               serious               crime,               because               it               is,               but               I               do               have               an               issue               with               forcing               civilians               to               police               their               fellow               citizens.

In               addition               to               these               state               laws,               U.S.

Code               Title               42,               Section               13032               requires               those               providing               electronic               communication               services               to               make               a               report               to               the               Cyber               Tip               Line               at               the               National               Center               for               Missing               and               Exploited               Children.

Again,               I               am               not               excusing               the               crime,               I               just               don't               like               where               this               slippery               slope               leads,               which               is               potentially               a               paranoid               society               where               people               are               required               or               rewarded               to               spy               and               snitch               on               their               neighbors               and               fellow               citizens.

I               don't               want               to               confuse               this               for               legitimate               and               voluntary               reporting               of               crimes;               I               just               don't               want               to               see               a               system               where               we               lose               our               nature               beliefs               in               the               U.S.

justice               system               of               presumed               innocents               and               waiting               until               someone               actually               commits               a               crime               before               arresting               them.

In               addition               to               my               own               thoughts,               "Critics               charge               that               this               type               of               law               unfairly               transfers               law               enforcement               duties               to               individuals               who               may               not               be               qualified               to               handle               evidence               or               determine               what               constitutes               child               pornography.

Supporters               say               reporting               mandates               for               photo               labs               have               proven               effective               and               that               similar               laws               for               IT               workers               will               help               combat               child               pornography               on               the               Internet."               (Child               Pornography               Reporting               Requirements,               2010)
               In               terms               of               a               dilemma,               I               have               not               experienced               this               particular               scenario,               although               I               have               found               material               on               computers               that               violated               company               policies,               some               adult               in               nature.

In               these               cases,               I               have               had               to               make               judgment               calls               as               to               what               to               do.

I               have               used               my               own               judgment               as               to               the               content               and               the               level               of               offense               that               it               met.

I               agree               with               the               critics               of               these               laws               that               force               IT               professionals               to               report               findings,               in               the               idea               that               IT               professionals               can't               use               their               judgment               as               to               whether               or               not               to               report               findings.

I               understand               that               in               the               case               of               these               laws               that               deal               specifically               with               child               pornography,               I               do               not               disagree               with               these               laws               in               principle,               and               I               think               that               they               are               probably               needed               in               this               one               case,               I               just               want               to               make               sure               that               we               only               cross               the               line               of               freedom               verses               justice               in               these               extreme               cases               and               don't               go               down               the               road               of               paranoia               where               we               spy               on               our               fellow               citizens               for               whatever               reason.
               As               for               the               future               of               privacy               and               ethics,               I               still               see               a               trend               of               continued               legislation               that               tracks               and               controls               the               actions               of               individuals               and               institute               more               corporate               and               government               control.

With               potential               acts               like               SOPA,               we               see               control               over               every               aspect               of               our               computing.

I               know               that               copyright               and               child               pornography               may               seem               different,               but               they               share               the               fact               that               they               are               forcing               non-judicial               persons               or               entities               to               report               or               control               the               actions               of               individuals.

These               are               also               extremes,               but               when               looking               at               laws               that               control               actions,               you               have               to               look               at               extremes.

This               has               been               a               re-occurring               theme               in               my               assignments,               because               as               someone               who               values               the               history               of               liberty               in               this               country,               I               see               this               legal               trend               as               a               threat               to               our               liberty               and               way               of               life.

I               want               to               stress               that               I               am               not               in               any               way               condoning               illegal               or               unethical               behavior;               I               just               want               to               make               sure               that               we               are               proceeding               in               a               way               that               supports               liberty               and               protects               the               individual.

This               is               further               seen               in               other               laws               that               are               more               and               more               controlling,               be               it               screening               in               our               airports               or               surveillance               drones               to               spy               on               every               day               people.

Each               year               our               congress               passes               more               laws,               and               then               more               the               year               after               that,               year               after               year               the               noose               tightens.

I               think               we               need               to               step               back               and               see               what               we               are               losing               in               the               process.

I               think               that               we               can               look               at               other               countries               around               the               world               that               controls               every               aspect               of               the               lives               of               their               citizens.

Great               Britain               is               a               good               example               where               they               have               millions               of               cameras               to               spy               on               their               citizens               under               the               allusion               that               these               cameras               are               there               to               stop               crime               and               protect               the               average               person.

But               once               these               surveillance               and               control               systems               are               in               place,               they               can               fall               into               the               wrong               hands               so               to               speak               and               then               we               are               in               a               place               that               we               can               never               recover               from.
               Privacy,               Security,               and               Information               Sharing
               My               research               has               continued               to               point               in               one               direction.

To               the               concept               that               the               majority               of               laws               in               the               U.S.

regarding               IT               and               the               internet,               are               directed               at               securing               the               profits               of               the               entertainment               industry,               in               other               words               anti-piracy.

I               am               not               suggesting               that               this               is               the               only               category               of               cyber               law,               and               I               am               not               suggesting               that               the               U.S.

does               not               have               a               vested               interest               in               securing               the               profits               of               a               major               part               of               the               economy.

What               I               am               suggesting,               however,               is               that               there               has               been               a               shift               in               the               last               20               years               towards               criminalizing               activity               that               used               to               be               handled               in               civil               courts.

Right               or               wrong,               I               think               that               this               is               due,               in               part               to               industry               lobbyist               and               their               influence               over               our               lawmakers.

It               is               a               well               established               practice               in               congress               these               days               to               submit               laws               written               entirely               by               corporate               lobbyists               in               exchange               for               favors               and               campaign               contributions,               and               it               is               yet               another               example               of               our               democratic               republic's               conversion               to               a               corporatocracy.

Google               CEO               Eric               Schmidt,               in               an               interview               with               Atlantic               editor               James               Bennet,               said               "The               average               American               doesn't               realize               how               much               of               the               laws               are               written               by               lobbyists               to               protect               incumbent               interests               ...

It's               shocking               how               the               system               actually               works."               (Google's               CEO:               'The               Laws               Are               Written               by               Lobbyists',               2010)               This               is               so               common,               that               it               is               not               even               denied.

Unfortunately,               the               public               is               so               dumbed               down               by               sodium               fluoride               in               their               water               and               distracted               by               the               latest               Kardashian               wedding,               that               no               one               knows               what               is               going               on               or               cares               to               know.

It               reminds               me               of               the               old               joke,               what               is               the               difference               between               ignorance               and               apathy?

I               don't               know,               and               I               don't               care.

This               is               sad               but               true,               the               average               person               in               the               U.S.

is               asleep               at               the               wheel.

Fortunately,               intra-corporation               and               intra-industry               interest               conflicts,               so               every               law               does               not               get               passed.

So               as               pharmaceutical               companies               write               and               submit               our               drug               laws,               so               Hollywood               does               with               our               copyright               laws.

I               understand               that               all               is               fair               in               love,               war,               and               business               and               while               I               believe               that               companies               have               the               right               to               secure               their               profits,               my               concern               over               the               long               term               is               the               little               man               at               home.

What               I               see               happening               is               that               laws               meant               to               secure               profit               are               being               morphed               into               tolls               that               can               be               used               to               spy               on               the               public.

A               court               ruling               from               just               days               ago               makes               this               point               for               me.

According               to               the               Routers               article               "U.S.

court               approves               warrantless               searches               of               cell               phones",               "U.S.

police               can               search               a               cell               phone               for               its               number               without               having               a               warrant,               according               to               a               federal               appeals               court               ruling".

(U.S.

court               approves               warrantless               searches               of               cell               phones,               2012)               The               article               goes               on               to               say               "Officers               in               Indiana               found               a               number               of               cell               phones               at               the               scene               of               a               drug               bust,               and               searched               each               phone               for               its               telephone               number.

Having               the               numbers               allowed               the               government               to               subpoena               the               owners'               call               histories,               linking               them               to               the               drug-selling               scheme               …               One               of               the               suspects,               Abel               Flores-Lopez,               who               was               convicted               and               sentenced               to               10               years               in               prison,               argued               on               appeal               that               the               police               had               no               right               to               search               the               phone's               contents               without               a               warrant.

The               U.S.

Court               of               Appeal               for               the               7th               Circuit               rejected               that               argument               on               Wednesday,               finding               that               the               invasion               of               privacy               was               so               slight               that               the               police's               actions               did               not               violate               the               Fourth               Amendment's               ban               on               unreasonable               searches."               (U.S.

court               approves               warrantless               searches               of               cell               phones,               2012)               This               to               me               regardless               of               the               context               is               a               travesty               of               privacy               rights.

This               line               in               particular               "finding               that               the               invasion               of               privacy               was               so               slight".

(U.S.

court               approves               warrantless               searches               of               cell               phones,               2012)               This               is               an               admission               that               there               was               an               invasion               of               privacy,               and               the               U.S.

Constitution               does               not               place               a               level               of               permissibility               on               the               freedoms               granted               in               the               Bill               of               Rights.

We               are               so               obsessed               with               finding               someone               that               has               violated               one               law,               that               we               are               willing               as               a               society               to               give               up               our               God               given               right               to               do               so.

No               one               crime               could               ever               be               justification               to               bypass               the               U.S.

Constitution.

Don't               take               me               the               wrong               way,               I               hate               drugs.

I               have               witness               first               hand               their               evil               effects.

However,               that               still               does               not               justify               scrapping               the               supreme               law               of               the               land.

We               caught               criminals               is               this               country               before               the               invention               of               the               cell               phone,               as               a               matter               of               fact,               we               caught               criminals               is               this               country               before               the               invention               of               the               land               line               phone.

This               is               just               an               example               of               lazy               and               sloppy               police               work               getting               a               pass               from               a               high               court               that               has               no               respect               for               the               Constitution,               and               the               chemically               lobotomized               public               not               caring.
               I               am               a               reader               by               nature;               I               have               been               all               of               my               life.

In               addition               to               my               reading               for               school               and               work,               I               read               about               forty               books               per               year,               mostly               fiction.

One               book               that               stands               out               to               me               in               the               context               of               this               discussion               is               Fahrenheit               451,               by               Ray               Bradbury.

As               the               story               unfolds               and               the               protagonist,               Guy               Montag               is               being               awaked               to               the               reality               around               him,               his               wife               buries               her               head               from               any               truth               in               the               form               of               television,               what               Bradbury               call               the               "Parlor               Walls",               basically               a               full               wall               interactive               reality               soap               opera.

Does               any               of               this               sound               familiar,               a               story               of               a               society               that               is               obsessed               with               reality               television,               chemically               lobotomized               by               sodium               fluoride               in               their               water               and               mercury               in               every               vaccination               shot               taken,               totally               oblivious               as               the               once               free               society               spirals               out               of               control               to               a               dystrophic               nightmare.

This               could               be               Bradbury's               latest               novel               if               it               weren't               for               the               fact               that               it               is               real               and               happening               around               us.

I               see               a               very               sad               future               and               electronic               devices               are               on               the               forefront.

The               date               and               information               is               so               easy               to               get,               that               is               why               it               is               so               tempting.

The               pot               bellied               modern               law               enforcement               officer               doesn't               have               the               physical               characteristics               to               chase               a               criminal               the               old               fashion               way               anymore               because               he               is               a               product               of               system               he               protects.

High               on               any               pharmaceutical               he               can               legally               get,               chemically               lobotomized,               overweight               from               trans-fats               and               nitrates               in               the               fast               food,               suffering               from               diabetes               and               heart               disease,               barely               able               to               make               it               from               car               to               desk.

We               have               no               choice               as               a               society,               but               to               make               crime               fighting               easy.

Just               log               into               Google's               law               enforcement               portal,               download               someone's               history               where               they               did               a               web               search               for               a               bong,               and               then               go               arrest               them,               simple               and               easy.

If               you               think               this               is               farfetched,               it               is               not.

In               an               article               in               the               National               Journal,               Google               admitted               to               Josh               Smith               that,               "law               enforcement               agencies               in               the               United               States               requested               user               data               from               the               company               more               than               8,000               times               last               year.

As               part               of               its               Transparency               Report               feature,               which               also               tracks               requests               to               remove               information,               Google               noted               that               ...

the               company               fully               or               partially               complied               with               94               percent               of               the               requests".

(Google               gives               user               data               to               U.S.

government               in               almost               all               cases,               2011)               Google               went               on               to               say               "The               number               of               requests               we               receive               for               user               account               information               as               part               of               criminal               investigations               has               increased               year               after               year               ...

The               increase               isn't               surprising,               since               each               year               we               offer               more               products               and               services,               and               we               have               a               larger               number               of               users."               (Google               gives               user               data               to               U.S.

government               in               almost               all               cases,               2011)               This               is               not               a               joke,               this               is               not               a               dream,               and               this               is               not               the               latest               Bradbury               novel,               this               is               the               real               world,               and               it               is               happening               right               now               around               us               and               the               outcome               does               not               look               good.

As               we               explore               the               cyber               end               of               this,               the               current               executive               branch               wants               to               be               able               to               label               you               a               terrorist               is               you               do               anything               to               impact               our               economy,               and               we               all               know               what               happens               when               they               label               you               a               terrorist,               citizen               or               not,               you               end               up               in               Guantanamo               sans               trial.

This               is               not               my               opinion,               this               is               based               on               an               article               in               the               CNET               News               by               Staff               Writer               Declan               McCullagh,               called               "Terrorist               link               to               copyright               piracy               alleged".
               I               think               that               I               can               explain               the               root               problem               here.

Government               and               laws               are               inherently               oppressive               and               therefore               evil.

As               George               Washington               said               "Government               is               not               reason;               it               is               not               eloquent;               it               is               force.

Like               fire,               it               is               a               dangerous               servant               and               a               fearful               master".

(George               Washington)               He               also               said               this,               "Over               grown               military               establishments               are               under               any               form               of               government               inauspicious               to               liberty,               and               are               to               be               regarded               as               particularly               hostile               to               republican               liberty."               (George               Washington)               I               think               he               would               see               our               current               governmental               structure               as               tyrannical.

The               root               cause               is               that               we               no               longer               respect               the               U.S.

Constitution               as               the               supreme               law,               or               the               liberties               that               is               gives.

But               there               is               also               an               underlying               false               idea               that               laws               and               government,               which               is               evil,               can               be               used               for               good.

I               submit               that               this               is               a               false               premise               when               taken               to               in               whole,               and               the               level               of               oppressive               evil               is               directly               proportional               to               the               number               of               laws               enacted,               so               in               effect,               like               a               slip               not,               the               more               weight               that               is               added,               the               tighter               the               noose.

I               have               another               literary               reference.

I               submit               to               you               the               plot               line               the               Lord               of               the               Rings               trilogy               by               J.R.R.

Tolkien.

The               story               centers               around               a               master               ring               that               is               forged               by               the               dark               lord               Sauron,               to               control               the               world               of               middle               earth               under               a               dark               and               evil               rule.

Now,               the               ring               has               power,               but               the               power               is               of               an               evil               origin,               so               in               the               end,               the               ring               can               only               be               used               for               evil,               even               things               meant               for               good               still               turn               to               evil.

Through               a               set               of               circumstances               to               detailed               to               mention               here,               men,               or               rather               a               succession               of               men               find               themselves               in               possession               of               the               ring.

Each               one               initially               sets               out               to               use               the               ring               for               good,               but               since               the               ring               can               only               be               used               for               evil,               no               good               comes               of               their               actions.

Only               when               it               is               almost               too               late               do               they               realize               that               the               ring               must               be               destroyed.

Too               much               government               is               the               same               way.

Every               new               legislator               goes               to               Washington,               D.C.,               or               their               local               state               legislative               body               thinking               that               they               can               use               the               ring               for               good,               i.e.

government               and               law,               but               the               end               result               is               the               same               almost               every               time.

It               just               ends               up               being               a               mess               and               we               end               up               with               a               law               so               bloated               and               packed               with               pork               and               riders               that               most               legislators               don't               even               read               the               laws               they               vote               on.

I               think               we               need               to               end               this               and               I               am               afraid               we               might               need               to               start               over               to               correct               the               issue.

               Conclusion
               In               closing,               I               think               that               there               is               little               doubt               to               me,               that               the               current               U.S.

congress               and               president               want               a               China               styled               filtering               in               place.

SOPA               and               PIPA               would               be               a               good               start               down               this               road.

We               have               the               power               to               stop               this               through               voting               and               other               civil               means.

I               believe               that               a               government               regulation               is               rarely               the               right               answer,               and               that               we               need               to               focus               on               individual               freedom               and               liberty,               not               corporate               profits.

This               is               about               ethics               and               the               law,               and               the               supreme               law               is               still               supposed               to               be               the               U.S.

Constitution.


               
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