I honestly think we should. I have done everything in my power to prevent this horrible garbage from passing. I have written my congressman and I have also called each of his three offices and left messages for him to vote against this piece of garbage. I don't know if it will help but I pray that it will. Honestly, if this legislation goes through I will be very tempted to quit my job. I have always thought that no matter what the United States of America would at the very least protect free speech and the freedom of expression. I am now terrified that the U.S. is nothing more than a Nazi police state. If you don't know what SOPA is then I have a link for you. http://www.g4tv.com/videos/56282/the...the-sopa-bill/
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Don't like the idea of the website not being allowed to defend itself or an appeals process.
That said, I don’t like the idea of people coming into my house and stealing from me, so I do support removing copyrighted material at the owners request. However, it should have to be proven in a court of law and not by one judge hearing only one side of the argument. It should also be proven that the website owner (or owners agents) did knowingly allow the copyrighted material to be distributed by that site. Otherwise the judge should only be allowed to remove the copyrighted material and nothing more.
Not worried about this yet, this Congress can’t agree that water is wet, so I don’t expect them to pass this as is.
Honestly, I am afraid because it seems like there are so many politicians being bribed by Hollywood and the MAFIAA that it seems like it is destined to pass.
I have little doubt that something will pass, just don't see it passing in its present form. It hasn't even been to committee yet. It will be written and rewritten twenty times before it even gets to a vote with more special interest than merely Hollywood getting their say. Then even if it passes in the House or Senate, it then has to be rewritten and approved so that both bills match. Even then it isn’t done until the President signs it into law. Remember it will soon be an election year, so passing anything right now is difficult at best.
No offence but your congressman is more likely to listen to what the people filling his pockets want him to vote rather than his constituents. Too cynical? I think not.
I'm sure we all know how the good folks of Capitol Hill make decisions.
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I, for one, approve of the Ewoks. They're a fine representation of the primitive natives doing better in their own environment than the invading white man.
Take that, Avatar.
"Welcome to The American Political System, where everything's made up and the votes don't matter!"
America: Where you have the freedom to express your opinions, and I have the freedom to hate you for it.
*dons stetson and putters away on the motor scooter of patriotism*
I don't know if they are voting on it right now, but I would love to be in the room with them. I believe it is 9am over there and I'm sure if they haven't started they are about to.
I am against Piracy but there are such things as overkill. So I do hope they don't pass it. We don't need more laws, Better enforcement.
You know I agree with you on this for most things, but it does seem we need to update our laws from time to time to support technological advances. I really don’t want to see law enforcement using antiquated laws from the physical world in the cyber world. Some would still apply, but others make no sense there. I would also like to see them include a privacy act for the internet. So companies like Origin or Steam do not have the right to access my entire computer. If I buy a TV from Sony, it does not give them the right to inventory my entire house, why does EA have that right to inventory my entire computer because I bought a game they published?
You know I agree with you on this for most things, but it does seem we need to update our laws from time to time to support technological advances. I really don’t want to see law enforcement using antiquated laws from the physical world in the cyber world. Some would still apply, but others make no sense there. I would also like to see them include a privacy act for the internet. So companies like Origin or Steam do not have the right to access my entire computer. If I buy a TV from Sony, it does not give them the right to inventory my entire house, why does EA have that right to inventory my entire computer because I bought a game they published?
Amen to that. And while we're at it, how about putting some kind of a leash on Google?
I, for one, approve of the Ewoks. They're a fine representation of the primitive natives doing better in their own environment than the invading white man.
Take that, Avatar.
"Welcome to The American Political System, where everything's made up and the votes don't matter!"
America: Where you have the freedom to express your opinions, and I have the freedom to hate you for it.
*dons stetson and putters away on the motor scooter of patriotism*
+1 I don't think we've figured out how to infect the internet with United States government control just yet.
Being a yankee myself, naturally somewhat unconcerned but basing that on history and present knowhow. Things could change, as they often do. But I would also just as soon join an off-grid society over watching totalitarianism take over the states. Individuals can only do so much to stop this without communities and societies within a governing structure and where I live there isn't much of that.
@OP: We should not be afraid, rather confront the arse-clowns. I love the loaded-gun argument from supporters that if you're on about privacy that you necessarily have something bad to hide. Guess that dignity never really occurred to these people.
One quickly is reminded of "the truman show" movie, with Jim Carey.
Love me, I win.
Hate me, I win.
Ignore me, I've got exactly what I wanted.
Love me or hate me, you're still thinking of me either way.
In my opinion we're building off the same broken system of policies too much. While the foundation of the united states is a reasonable set of guidelines to describe personal rights and liberties I feel as though the initiatives of our current government are practically a self-contained organism of unrest that does very little, while the people are a device for making progressive noise and antagonism.
A bill that attempts to pass restrictions onto the internet does not make sense because this domain is almost exclusively governed by currency and free speech laws, with loopholes or red tape in access and equipment or maintenance services.
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I love the loaded-gun argument from supporters that if you're on about privacy that you necessarily have something bad to hide. Guess that dignity never really occurred to these people.
Amen to that. And while we're at it, how about putting some kind of a leash on Google?
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