Bishop interiewed for Political Studies course at UIS

STOP ACTA & TPP

Stop ACTA & TPP! - Never use trade agreements to mess with the Internet!

They tried to push internet censorship through Congress and we stopped them with our STOP SOPA/PIPA protests. But the companies behind SOPA & PIPA have a backup plan: secretive trade agreements like ACTA & TPP. If we can't stop these backroom deals, the internet's future belongs to SOPA's backers. DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO SPREAD THE WORD, CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES, YELL FROM THE STREET CORNERS, ALL OF IT! You can start by using the form below to send a message. Get more detail from KILLACTA.org

I urge you to vote no on ACTA and to communicate its severe problems to your colleagues. ACTA's vague language locks us into obsolete copyright and patent laws, preventing democracies from updating their laws to unlock new economic and social opportunities.It criminalizes harmless remixes by ordinary users if they achieve 'a commercial scale' (art 2.14.1) which many amateur videos do on sites like Youtube. And it criminalizes legitimate websites by making them responsible for user behavior ('aiding and abetting' art 2.14.4).Worse, it permanently bypasses the democratic process by empowering the 'ACTA Committee' to 'propose amendments to [ACTA]' without your approval. (art 6.4) In other words, it's impossible to know what you're voting for.The global movement against the US law SOPA showed that internet freedom is a crucial issue which belongs in the legislative process of each country. You should view ACTA as an attempt by a handful of companies to circumvent the democratic process, and you should vote against it.Thank you. Please reply if you have any questions.

Bishop interiewed for Political Studies course at UIS

December 12, 2008

Final Interview with Greg Bishop

By JC Pelc

For this final assignment I again spoke with Greg Bishop, UIS Student and host of the local radio progam Saturday Session With Bishop on 970AM WMAY. As I mentioned last time, Greg is very much interested in politics but offers a more fringe approach and less mainstream view of things. I find that his willingness to look at all sides of issues and do independent research rather than simply relying on spoon-fed national media refreshing. Here is what he had to say about the 2008 election after the primaries.

JCP: Greg, what were your thoughts after the primary election?

GB: It was really disheartening after the Feb. 5th primary. When you volunteer your time out of school, work, and life to actively campaign and organize for the candidate of your choice, and then it slips away overwhelmingly, it is hard to get back up.

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