Bill to give DOJ right to shut down websites on fast track

  The Senate Judiciary Committee has no problem with a bill that will give the DOJ the right to shut down any domain which is suspected of copyright issues. Even a link to an illegal download website is enough to let the DOJ shut down a website. While most of us are opposed to stealing intellectual property, this bill has potential for great mischief by the DOJ, which can use it to do whatever it wants. What is copyright, after all? Some websites are using just a LINK from a website to theirs as cause to file copyright infringement lawsuits, thereby stealing the website name and bilking the website operator of precious dollars. 
  Who knows where this will lead? Most competent officials are opposed to it, but that makes no difference to the Senate Judiciary or the DOJ. 
  It's all about control. 
  It creeps into every aspect of our lives. 
  Salt. 
  Sugar. 
  Drink. 
  Cell phones. 
  Food. 
  Taxes. 
  Internet. 
  Television. 
  Radio. 
  This is the modern liberal movement. It's all about control.
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Scholars, lawyers, technologists, human rights groups and public interest groups have denounced the bill. Forty-nine prominent law professors called it “dangerous.” (pdf.) The American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch warned the bill could have “grave repercussions for global human rights.” (pdf.) Several dozen of the most prominent internet engineers in the country — many of whom were instrumental in the creation of the internet — said the bill will “create an environment of tremendous fear and uncertainty for technological innovation.” (pdf.) Several prominent conservative bloggers, including representatives from RedState.com, HotAir.com, The Next Right and Publius Forum, issued a call to help stop this “serious threat to the Internet.”