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Post by Psycho Suzie on Jan 14, 2012 10:59:43 GMT
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Post by [Kaisu] Elizabeth Clarke on Jan 14, 2012 11:12:50 GMT
Sam Sero The Huffington Post
Ashley Holbrook pandora.com
Robert Koch Facebook
Josh Dressler Amazon
Cynthia Schames github.com
Mischa Kavish Netflix
Think they got a little confused.
But... New Zealand's already got a blow to the online piracy, where any author can make a claim, and if a user's internet history shows a download of a copyright infringing file, then they are instantly given a strike. Three strikes and you either have no internet access for a year (Or something), or pay a bill of several thousand dollars. The only way that you can get out of a strike is by facing the owner of the product, with no legal support for the person trying to defend themselves. Well, that causes them to defend themselves, but yeah.
At any rate... Yeah, I think we should. I don't really understand the entirety of SOPA, but yeah.
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Post by Suzie Miyazaki on Jan 14, 2012 11:46:39 GMT
I have a problem with the Stop Online Piracy Act because it is badly written full of loop holes and, as a law, utterly broken.
Essentially, it allows the US Government to extradite and arrest people for either actually infringing on copyright or say ... singing a cover of a Katy Perry song into a camera phone and putting it online. Such a law can also result in taking down the offending website entirely, currently a youtube video is disabled if it uses intellectual property, if SOPA gets through then the website is deleted instead.
Also if this goes through then we'll already lose a large portion of the internet, then the UK will have to follow suit as will every other country ...
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Post by Kakeru Daishori on Jan 14, 2012 12:05:51 GMT
Eh, they tried this before. A few times. They'll try, they'll fail, and they'll give up for another 5-10 years. It's a cycle.
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Post by Wakana Sonozaki on Jan 14, 2012 16:56:30 GMT
Besides, the bill's credibility is kinda hurt with the writer of SOPA found violating copyright.
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Post by Suzie Miyazaki on Jan 14, 2012 22:48:26 GMT
That amused me to no end xP
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Post by Nadeshiko Misaki on Jan 16, 2012 18:35:59 GMT
Good news, everyone! SOPA is effectively dead! However, we still have the Protect IP bill to worry about, so let's give it our all to take it down too!
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Post by Yuji Denseki on Jan 16, 2012 19:37:57 GMT
It's not getting through. On the SLIM[/u][/i] chance that it makes t past both the House and the Senate, Obama will never allow it.
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Post by The Greeed on Jan 17, 2012 0:08:47 GMT
... What's this new bill? =/
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Post by Nadeshiko Misaki on Jan 17, 2012 8:17:17 GMT
Senate version of SOPA.
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Post by [Kaisu] Elizabeth Clarke on Jan 18, 2012 9:02:37 GMT
Proboards are now actively protesting now, it looks like.
[EDIT : Proboards doesn't look like it's protesting, but rather rallying support.]
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