January 24, 2012

the US grasp are growing

Ola! Asalammualaikum

My last published post was on 15th January, seems so long ago.

Anyway..it's a been a while. There are a lot of stories to be told, not just the what's happening in my life, but in our life as well. Let starts with something truly important.

For once, I don't know if you heard about this, but currently in the US, there's a new law that is going a debate whether it should be implement or not. The law basically give the US power to shut down any website it deems as piracy supporters or not a "safe" website, and the right to arrest the creator of the website, WHEREVER they may be.
This is what happened to Megaupload website (yes, it has been shut down, for those who don't know). FBI issued an arrest warrant for the creator of Megaupload, which he is currently residing in Australia. And for those who does not know, Australia is NOT part of USA.

Think about this, if the US can arrest people, anywhere in the world, where else can you stay and be safe? Although piracy itself is wrong, we do not download materials that haven't been in the store yet, where the artists have gain millions in selling of their intellectual property. To stop and deny a person freedom of speech (just like somewhere I know) is the worse kind of human crime I can think of.

So there you go, I know it's not a concern for most of you, but think about what happened when the US government start shutting down popular website, YouTube or Google or something much more popular?

There you go, think about this for a while.

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