Strike against sopa!!

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I don't think we should oppose SOPA. But, I do think that it should be severely moderated, after all. What is wrong with trying to stop piracy?
Hey, I know how to stop armed robbery in the US. Kill all americans. Well it would work, wouldnt it? Something about, er, overkill? The solution being worse than the problem?
 

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This isn't censorship in the "block it because it's offensive" way; it's corporate censorship. If someone were to simply post a picture of something copyrighted, like, say, Mickey Mouse, Disney could demand that the whole site be shut down for "piracy". It's a disgusting law written by corporation and debated by people who don't know how the internet works.



The problem with your example, though, is that if the NY Post started printing your book, it'd pretty obviously have been a decision by the corporate power structure itself, not just some rogue poster. I can understand wanting to protect intellectual property rights, and I can understand why TV companies and record labels would want to take unauthorized things down (though I think their reasoning is wrong). However, if a clip of The Daily Show is posted on YouTube, YouTube weren't the ones to decide to post it; a user did.

As long as i as the writer and owner of the rights dont want the NY post to publish by book it isnt allowed to for them... So why should it be allowed for any internetpage? Same thing for movies and music...


About youtube...
CNN or ABC doesnt produze every show or series but the broadcast it, so they are responsible.
Same for youtube, the dont produce the videos but at the end they broadcast it.

But i dont say that this special law is a good one. For this i know to less about it and what i know i think the possible punishments are to heavy
 

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Hey, I know how to stop armed robbery in the US. Kill all americans. Well it would work, wouldnt it? Something about, er, overkill? The solution being worse than the problem?

Yes it is overkill, hense the need to 'severely moderate'.

I think that something should be done about the amount of films, tv, books, music etc etc. That are pirated on the internet. It is disgusting that so many people will download a song for free with little thought for the fact that somebody has written and sang that song to earn their money. The internet just makes theft easy, because you remain anonymous and are safe in your own home.
 

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The thing is, the current copyright system is ineffective to begin with. One must consider how downloading information for free on the internet influences sales. The answer is not so black and white as the media portrays. I believe we should scrap it, and come up with a more relevant system...