Did anyone actually do any research other than watching a British guy rant about our legislative system? We already know how terrible it is, thank you.
The corporations themselves do not go after these sites. The Justice Department would have to take it to court and present a case against the site. The case would have to prove that the site's primary purpose is to enable piracy. What part of that is without notice and without reason?
Also, the vote is tomorrow. It hasn't been turned down yet.
I certainly don't support it, but it's not as stupid as it's made out to be.
Okay, another edit. YouTube will not be taken down, because its primary purpose is not to enable piracy. I haven't heard this much exaggeration since the Ishihara scare. Independent labels will still be able to advertise their content, there will still be Let's Play, and there will still be reviews. Jesus Christ.
Fine then. Since you're apparently so much more clever then the rest of the Internet: Convince me that the impact of SOPA is greatly exaggerated.
You could link me to a reliable, unbiased account of the contents of the bill or you could go through the bill yourself and show me exactly the parts of it that are being misrepresented. Anything that is more reliable than a "ranting British guy" - or an arrogant, dismissive forum post - works.
I'll admit that I do not know much about SOPA so if you have any airtight arguments for your position whatsoever convincing me should be easy. (And don't worry, I love being convinced, it means that I just got a tat more knowledgeable.)
I'm not cleverer than the internet; it's just the internet is afraid of paying for its products. This is the beauty of democracy: If the majority of the constituents are internet users who fear anti-piracy laws, they'll petition their representatives and senators to reject the bill. There are, in all likelihood, lobbyists from these big companies who are speaking to these representatives and senators and trying to sway their opinion, but the politicians want to keep their job. In this scenario, if they approve this bill, they're not going to be re-elected, or in other words, fired.
So what does the internet do? It makes the bill out to be the devil's bill. The worst bill since the Patriot Act (or PIPA)! The more people you have on your side, the less the chance it gets passed. Politicians aren't the only ones who play these games. When the legislative branch was trying to cut back on Social Security because it was a huge part of the country's debt, elder citizens went bazonkas and claimed the government didn't care about them. What happened? They didn't cut back.
Did anyone actually do any research other than watching a British guy rant about our legislative system? We already know how terrible it is, thank you.
The corporations themselves do not go after these sites. The Justice Department would have to take it to court and present a case against the site. The case would have to prove that the site's primary purpose is to enable piracy. What part of that is without notice and without reason?
Also, the vote is tomorrow. It hasn't been turned down yet.
I certainly don't support it, but it's not as stupid as it's made out to be.
Okay, another edit. YouTube will not be taken down, because its primary purpose is not to enable piracy. I haven't heard this much exaggeration since the Ishihara scare. Independent labels will still be able to advertise their content, there will still be Let's Play, and there will still be reviews. Jesus Christ.
SOPA affects ALL copyrighted material, that includes videogame footage and movie trailers
And the bill allows the government to SHUT DOWN the host site, youtube is no exception
Okay, present the case against YouTube. Is its
primary purpose to be a medium for pirates? No. So it won't be banned. It's that simple. ThePirateBay is at risk, because it was made for this. As for MegaUpload, who's downloaded legal stuff off of that site? I'm a pirate, but I'm not going to call a kettle white.
