Not according to a clause that I read somewhere indicating that treaties override constitutional rights.Haxordude said:
ACTA is going to kill the Internet.
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<url=http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html>They do.robert632 said:
If they prosecuted people for downloading or uploading things with no clear copyright holder or has been off the market for years or unavailable in one's country of residence, that would be one thing, but if it's a simple case of people wanting free 'rentals' or wanting to posess things theat they don't want to put aside some snack money for, I'd leave it between those folks and the law makers.
Outlawing multi-region DVDs would be bad but not nearly as bad as other things still allowed to be outlawed in America.
I can't get GrindHouse on DVD (without importing it from the East)? Too bad. Not as bad as people going to prison for what they do in their own bedrooms or women being labled sex offenders for 'immodesty' or what have you. It might be up there for people who are hardcore fans(though not hardcore enough to put money in an artist's pockets or those of the publishers).
If this thing hasn't already completely fallen through thanks to its own general lack of importance during a global economic downturn, it isn't really worth taking a stand on beyond maybe one of those pointless internet petitions.(Did Left4Dead 2 come out? Yes. Is Wuzzles on DVD yet? No. Did they free Tookie? Death frees the soul, so to speak. That's how effective those things are.)
Pirating kills small businesses, beggars new artists...yadda yadda yadda. I don't need to go over all of that. It ought to be obvious. Even the big companies deserve the money for providing what people want.
If the sharers own the copyrights, there is no problem to begin with, so this isn't going to 'kill the internet'.
Outlawing multi-region DVDs would be bad but not nearly as bad as other things still allowed to be outlawed in America.
I can't get GrindHouse on DVD (without importing it from the East)? Too bad. Not as bad as people going to prison for what they do in their own bedrooms or women being labled sex offenders for 'immodesty' or what have you. It might be up there for people who are hardcore fans(though not hardcore enough to put money in an artist's pockets or those of the publishers).
If this thing hasn't already completely fallen through thanks to its own general lack of importance during a global economic downturn, it isn't really worth taking a stand on beyond maybe one of those pointless internet petitions.(Did Left4Dead 2 come out? Yes. Is Wuzzles on DVD yet? No. Did they free Tookie? Death frees the soul, so to speak. That's how effective those things are.)
Pirating kills small businesses, beggars new artists...yadda yadda yadda. I don't need to go over all of that. It ought to be obvious. Even the big companies deserve the money for providing what people want.
If the sharers own the copyrights, there is no problem to begin with, so this isn't going to 'kill the internet'.
No matter how many people there are, 1 pull of the plug and suddenly everything goes down. Even the master sites like 4Chan or Facebook could easily be crashed by a government funded hacker group.CloggedDonkey said:
Take that, Internet.
Translation: I remain skeptical such a bill would pass and, even if it did, if it would have much impact at all given the difficulty to enforce.
Translation: I remain skeptical such a bill would pass and, even if it did, if it would have much impact at all given the difficulty to enforce.
rage doesnt even cover the emotion i am feeling now. 4chan has not come up with an image macro for this emotion. due to lack of image supplement, i have taken the liberty of creating my own.
thank you.
thank you.
You will be away for a very long time my friend, if you are waiting for the leaders to get a clue.Bored Tomatoe said:
Cause you know, Hollywood isn't rich enough. Doesn't Tom Cruise make like a couple million per day of filming, and the studios still turn a profit. And you honnestly have never pirated anything? Not even music?Ph33nix said:
Let the record show, by the way, that I have never pirated movies.
I'm in! I've got a... kitchen knife.Haxordude said:
Damn, I wouldn't be ready for a zombie attack, much less an attack on anyone with things that fire other things.
And thank you for your greetings.
If it means piracy, it death to piracy, not the net. The net has a whole lot more than just that.
Thing is enforcing it, proving it, ect ect.
As for music, F music downloads. The bands don't see anything from record sales they see it from concerts, t-shirts ect. They might be lucky to get their own damn cd from their record label at cost to sell at the concert. It's the whole, can't video tape shows on VHS or record tapes of music from radio... can't enforce it. I live in Houston, it floods I make a backup of my games, FU I made a back up...where is my original X-com and you find my back up? Games 15 years old! it's lost that's why I have the backup!
Thing is enforcing it, proving it, ect ect.
As for music, F music downloads. The bands don't see anything from record sales they see it from concerts, t-shirts ect. They might be lucky to get their own damn cd from their record label at cost to sell at the concert. It's the whole, can't video tape shows on VHS or record tapes of music from radio... can't enforce it. I live in Houston, it floods I make a backup of my games, FU I made a back up...where is my original X-com and you find my back up? Games 15 years old! it's lost that's why I have the backup!
Don't worry, if this survives in the States, Canada will attempt to pass it within 3 years.Glefistus said: