The "Stop Online Piracy Act".
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Yeah, just read about that as well. I guess it doesn't matter if bills like SOPA/PIPA pass or not, the US government will still do whatever it wants.
I would choose comunism before giving the law to some private buisniss! IT WILL BE CORRUPT AS HELL!
Yes, but you can still beat them in a trial as long as the law backs you up.
The thing is, while they can get away with almost anything, the last thing you want to do is making it even easier for them.
Which is what Megaupload seems to have done, if they actually did intentionally pay distributors they knew were sharing copyrighted content.
Thank god I'm studying law. Once I'm done with this I'll be going against all this bull****
This.
They seem to have done it to themselves. If so, its morons like these that just make the situation worse.
Better shut down every single image sharing website, dropbox, rapidshare and all else. ****, even gmail can be used to distribute copyright material. Better shut down google too.
Do you really think the website has any real control over what users upload?
Reise said:
..and that's where the rub lies. They are innocent until proven guilty and I'm curious just how they are going to prove that they without a doubt knew they were paying people to upload copyrighted content. They're going to need hard proof that they (MU) first looked through the uploaded files, or in some other way were aware of the content of what has to be thousands and thousands of individual accounts (within each of which are potentially thousands of individual uploads). That's going to be hard to prove; especially with a track record of MU addressing copyright complaints in the past. It's like shutting down and punishing a parking lot owner because some car thieves parked their stolen cars in his lot without him knowing.
Anyways.. thank you Anon, we need an element that can keep power guessing - [URL="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/idUS265333843320120120"][url]http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/idUS265333843320120120[/URL] - and one day, actions that are more than just symbolic.[/URL]
Another nice video explaining the effects of SOPA/PIPA:
SOPA and PIPA - YouTube
Good video to show to people who are uninformed and you wish to include in the discussion.
SOPA and PIPA - YouTube
Good video to show to people who are uninformed and you wish to include in the discussion.
Do those sites pay distributors of copyrighted material? I think the profit part is actually what makes it illegal in the first place.
I'm not defending copyright hounds like the MPAA and RIAA, or these bills, but that slippery slope argument is being abused here and it's getting old.
No, they do something worse than killing people: they make the corporations loose moneys, so instead of 1.000.000.000$ they'll only make 999.550.000$... poor guys, they must be feeling terrible for not being able to fill their bottomless arks as much as they wanted.