No, a very effective means to stop the quick dissemination of unwanted info
[quote]ephrem wrote:
The european parliament opposes the bill and it would stand to reason that, if this bill indeed goes through unchanged, many of the big players like Google, Apple and Microsoft decide to move headquarters to europe.
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Funny that. You see Apple and Microsoft both SUPPORT the bill. I wonder why Apple and Microsoft would want to destroy the internet?
Yet US industry overwhelmingly supports the bill and the internet companies that oppose it: Google, Yahoo, Ebay, AOL, Facebook - have been accused of acting more like state players in their dealings with foreign governments - and of acting more like NGOs than corporations - e.g. Google in China.
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Do they really not understand how the internet works or are they just too arrogant to care?[/quote]
Microsoft and Apple don’t understand the internet?
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
[quote]ephrem wrote:
The european parliament opposes the bill and it would stand to reason that, if this bill indeed goes through unchanged, many of the big players like Google, Apple and Microsoft decide to move headquarters to europe.
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Funny that. You see Apple and Microsoft both SUPPORT the bill. I wonder why Apple and Microsoft would want to destroy the internet?
Yet US industry overwhelmingly supports the bill and the internet companies that oppose it: Google, Yahoo, Ebay, AOL, Facebook - have been accused of acting more like state players in their dealings with foreign governments - and of acting more like NGOs than corporations - e.g. Google in China.
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Do they really not understand how the internet works or are they just too arrogant to care?[/quote]
Microsoft and Apple don’t understand the internet?[/quote]
Apple and Microsoft are both software producers who also sell much of the media we view for free on sites like youtube… this bill is in large part for their benefit.
This bill most negatively effects the average internet user which is largely the point. I have a deadlift video on youtube where a song by Ke$ha is playing on the gym the speakers, meaning I didn’t add it in but it was playing in the background. Under this bill I could receive jail time if I understand it correctly.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Apple and Microsoft are both software producers who also sell much of the media we view for free on sites like youtube…
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True. They own intellectual property rights for billions in technology also.
Partly, not in large part. See above RE US Industry support.
You could receive jail time now although you wouldn’t. However there’s much larger issues at stake.
[quote]Gaius Octavius wrote:
No, a very effective means to stop the quick dissemination of unwanted info[/quote]
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Apple and Microsoft are both software producers who also sell much of the media we view for free on sites like youtube…
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True. They own intellectual property rights for billions in technology also.
Partly, not in large part. See above RE US Industry support.
You could receive jail time now although you wouldn’t. However there’s much larger issues at stake. [/quote]
uh, it really doesn’t get much bigger than that.
You just can’t pass laws that turn completely normal people into criminals - no matter the circumstances. Once you do that the nation is already destroyed.
[quote]squating_bear wrote:
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Apple and Microsoft are both software producers who also sell much of the media we view for free on sites like youtube…
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True. They own intellectual property rights for billions in technology also.
Partly, not in large part. See above RE US Industry support.
You could receive jail time now although you wouldn’t. However there’s much larger issues at stake. [/quote]
uh, it really doesn’t get much bigger than that.
You just can’t pass laws that turn completely normal people into criminals - no matter the circumstances. Once you do that the nation is already destroyed.[/quote]
War on drugs?
Blue laws?
Making prostitution illegal?
And hey, I found a NYT article I actually agree with, yeah I know, but then it is from 1896 and totally relevant:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]squating_bear wrote:
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Apple and Microsoft are both software producers who also sell much of the media we view for free on sites like youtube…
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True. They own intellectual property rights for billions in technology also.
Partly, not in large part. See above RE US Industry support.
You could receive jail time now although you wouldn’t. However there’s much larger issues at stake. [/quote]
uh, it really doesn’t get much bigger than that.
You just can’t pass laws that turn completely normal people into criminals - no matter the circumstances. Once you do that the nation is already destroyed.[/quote]
War on drugs?
Blue laws?
Making prostitution illegal?
And hey, I found a NYT article I actually agree with, yeah I know, but then it is from 1896 and totally relevant:
yea I mostly agree with you, but those were nothing compared to the scale of what therajraj was talking about.
And I’ll just go ahead and say the war on drugs is destroying the nation.
Microsoft’s Cold Feet Over SOPA Behind BSA’s ‘Rethinking’ Its Views
Someone read SOPA and made a summery here: http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/mrzie/ny_times_and_la_times_have_both_officially_come/c33haro?context=3
Scroll down a little for the ‘too long, didn’t read’ version.
[quote]ephrem wrote:
Microsoft’s Cold Feet Over SOPA Behind BSA’s ‘Rethinking’ Its Views
“However, even it (Microsoft) appears to recognize that SOPA goes way too far.”
DUH