whot he fuck need freedomWhat?
done. and i'll call my rep later today
lol if this shit gets passed i hope they keep that shit out of the rest of the worldThere's been talk about something similar in the EU for a few years, already :?
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Unfortunately the rest of the world tends to follow the US' lead on stuff like this, with the notable exception of china which already has worse draconian control over the internets.
Nation specific political stuff should go in the off topic section.
it's more than just a "lol stop piracy" act..
lol if this shit gets passed i hope they keep that shit out of the rest of the world
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Members of Congress are trying to do the right thing by going after pirates and counterfeiters but SOPA and PIPA are the wrong way to do it.
1. SOPA and PIPA would censor the Web
The U.S. government could order the blocking of sites using methods similar to those employed by China. Among other things, search engines could be forced to delete entire websites from their search results. Thats why 41 human rights organizations and 110 prominent law professors have expressed grave concerns about the bills.
2. SOPA and PIPA would be job-killers because they would create a new era of uncertainty for American business
Law-abiding U.S. internet companies would have to monitor everything users link to or upload or face the risk of time-consuming litigation. Thats why AOL, EBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo and Zynga wrote a letter to Congress saying these bills pose a serious risk to our industrys continued track record of innovation and job-creation. Its also why 55 of Americas most successful venture capitalists expressed concern that PIPA would stifle investment in Internet services, throttle innovation, and hurt American competitiveness. More than 204 entrepreneurs told Congress that PIPA and SOPA would hurt economic growth and chill innovation.
3. SOPA and PIPA wouldnt stop piracy
To make matters worse, SOPA and PIPA wont even work. The censorship regulations written into these bills wont shut down pirate sites. These sites will just change their addresses and continue their criminal activities, while law-abiding companies will suffer high penalties for breaches they cant possibly control.
There are effective ways to combat foreign rogue websites dedicated to copyright infringement and trademark counterfeiting, while preserving the innovation and dynamism that have made the Internet such an important driver of American economic growth and job creation. Congress should consider alternatives like the OPEN Act , which takes targeted and focused steps to cut off the money supply from foreign pirate sites without making US companies censor the Web.
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its not nation specific.
if the law passes they can take google down on account of it linking to copyright material.
this is not a matter of IP blocking the US which you can bypass with a proxy. The site will be taken down 1st, and then the owner has to appeal in court. So everyone will be affected.
infact one of the people that supports SOPA. (Rupert Murdoch) called Google "a piracy leader"
and if you dont know anything about this man then you better look him up.
sopa= no google= no internet
its not nation specific.Google and others will relocate to other countries, presumably.
if the law passes they can take google down on account of it linking to copyright material.
this is not a matter of IP blocking the US which you can bypass with a proxy. The site will be taken down 1st, and then the owner has to appeal in court. So everyone will be affected.
infact one of the people that supports SOPA. (Rupert Murdoch) called Google "a piracy leader"
and if you dont know anything about this man then you better look him up.
sopa= no google= no internet
^ NAME COPYER
Possible... though honestly I think it's more a combination of plain stupidity and corruption.
Fun fact: take two semesters of college economics and you have more formal economics training than most of our congressmen. :?
Just found this, thought I should share :P
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[in fact, the US government, or court, or dunno-who can't be the one deciding shit here, in fact the US is shoulder-deep in debt, they can't even shit without anybody taking an interest, same with every other government of any other country in the world. who got the money, got the debtors, and they do what he wants] [that's no conspiracy theory, I hope you see that]
This is the best thing that might ever happen to internet!
http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Support-The-Daily-WTF-in-Supporting-the-Support-SOPA-Movement.aspx (http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Support-The-Daily-WTF-in-Supporting-the-Support-SOPA-Movement.aspx)
This isn't just a problem for us in the U.S. as some have stated. No, we don't set policy for the entire world (no matter how much it can be argued we try), but any large, stable, modern liberal democracy passing such a bill sets a precedent for other large, stable, modern liberal democracies.. Europe is home to many of those, and it won't simply stop with those nations either. I realize I'm largely preaching to a choir about this, but if one person reads what I've written and decides to take steps to help prevent any action toward internet censorship, then there hasn't been any wasted effort.Curious argument, and the polar opposite of the one usually advanced for the Tobin Tax: if our country does it before anyone else, all our business will just leave for foreign shores. Here you're arguing that if the US disadvantages itself with respect to Internet freedom, the rest of the World will play monkey see, monkey do. I'm an old cynic and for me, we're living in the period of Net freedom which is going to end: before long the politicians and bureaucrats, applauded by big business (especially the likes of Murdoch, who just wants the whole thing to go away because he doesn't like the idea of something if he can't tell it what to do) will close the loophole and it will be as locked down as what's on TV.
Those who got the money don't necesarily have the government that owe money to them under their feet. If the government (or whatever part of it) decides not to give your money back, you're screwed. And that's exactly what is happening with -for example- some towns in france that refuse to pay interest of ("rogue", since they didn't knew what they were really signing) variable-rate loans from failbanks (rates went x10 so you can understand).Fair enough. Some towns, eh? Nice to see some people have the guts to say no. Can't tell of anything like that happening in f**king Germany, bah.