GLOBAL CHOKEPOINTS

2016-07-21: Global Chokepoints is no longer maintained.Global Chokepoints is an online resource created to document and monitor global proposals to turn Internet intermediaries into copyright police. These proposals harm Internet users' rights of privacy, due process and freedom of expression, and..... The Internet offers the potential to provide unprecedented global access to the collective knowledge of all humankind. But that potential is threatened by intellectual property (IP) rightsholders who are pressuring Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other such Internet intermediaries to enforce overbroad IP laws. These Internet intermediaries are vital in facilitating access to information.

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