This is fairly reminiscent of the bullshit that they tried to pull on u.s. poker players a couple years back. some legislators, dare i say our 'representitives', had to sneak their proposed online gambling legislation somewhere on like page 346, article 174, clause viii, ...etc., of this bill that had nothing whatsoever to do with gambling in the first place, only because they knew it wouldn't pass on its own.
this sounds similar in that this bill appears on the surface to be about targeting 'phishing' and other criminalities, when the reality is that is really just a trojan horse for all of the fine print. I say, Bullshit, and so called legislators like that need to be brought to justice.
oh, and
StoweBill.com is available. perhaps a good way to spite the system is to make this a central place for FAQ on this bill, link straight to ICA, link to a petition, etc. or whatever else we can think of to fight this
edit: and did anyone happen to catch this from the article?
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if (the bill's) aim is to halt the advertising monetization of brand names and typographical variations thereof when consumers engage in direct Internet navigation or in web searches it utterly fails in that endeavor, as this activity is also engaged in systematically by search engines, web browsers, and ISPs. In fact, Verizon, a CADNA member, now serves up unrelated ads to its broadband ISP subscribers when they type in typo variations of trademarked names that correspond to unregistered websites.
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