http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/322396

http://rt.com/usa/news/cispa-bill-sopa-internet-175/

Full Text of Bill: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr3523/text

Bill's Author: http://mikerogers.house.gov/

CoR Version of Bill:

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Gives ISPs power to collect information about you and share it with companies. Does not explicitly allow censorship. ISPs have the power to collect information about your Internet use. The RIAA/MPAA/etc con (can? SIC) contract with your ISP to obtain this information. This information is "proprietary" -- you don't have the right to know what info they're collecting on you. The ISP is exempt from all legal and criminal action for surveillance under this bill. TLDR in more legalese. The bill... Gives private companies the power to collect "cyber security information." Gives them the high-security clearance necessary to handle that information. Allows companies, on behalf of themselves or other "protected entities", to: A. "Use cybersecurity systems to identify and obtain cyber threat information to protect the rights and property of such protected entity." B. Share that private information with said entity and/or the Feds. The information collected is "proprietary" and may not be shared with anyone else. Private companies acting under this law are exempt from: A. Being sued or criminally prosecuted for doing this surveillance; B. Being sued or criminally prosecuted for "not acting on information obtained or shared." There must be yearly privacy reports made to the government. "Cyber threat intelligence" means any information pertaining to "efforts to degrade, disrupt, or destroy" a network; "theft or misappropriation of private or government information, intellectual property, or personally identifiable information." "Protected entities" mean companies only, not individuals.

Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/co...eres_your_tldr/

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