New Law Would Force Search Engines to Block "Infringing" Sites

FalloutJack

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It won't fly, I think, probably for the same reason that that Psychonauts pic is relevent.
 

Krion_Vark

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The government needs to stop trying to fight piracy and let the porn industry get rid of piracy seeing as how they pretty much do everyting on the internet right anyway.
 

Baresark

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LoL, lawmakers are so stupid. So easy to get around.

Deadman Walkin said:
Aureliano said:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came%E2%80%A6
What is hilarious about this quote is how popular it is. It was in some Social review notes, and was just on a Right-Wing/Fascism test I wrote earlier today
That quote has nothing to do with either fascism or being right wing.

This quote points out a very true state of occurrence that is fairly common. It's all good as long as you are taking away other peoples stuff, but as soon as it happens to you, it won't be.

I will say this though... it's kind of out a place for this particular topic... and when I say kind of... I mean completely. I wouldn't compare a proposed bill to limit IP theft comparable to anything that quote mentions or is about.

IP is self limiting and destructive in nature to peoples natural tendency to spread knowledge to one another. I say, stop people all you want, all you will do is ensure that larger and larger numbers of people will become more and more ignorant.
 

drizztmainsword

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Honestly, looking over the opening paragraphs of the law, it doesn't look that bad, with the exception of jurisdiction over foreign websites. That's just not going to work.

There are two issues here, one being the public conception that piracy is a good thing, and the other being that copyright expansion is a good thing. Both are wrong; people need to be paid for their work, and people need a legal outlet for sharing culture. Culture should never be stymied by a corporation looking to limit free expression, just as the celebration of culture should never harm the creators of that culture in the first place.

And yes, that means the RIAA can go sod right off.
 

ThatDaveDude1

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Yes, why not sign a law essentially allowing corporations to control the internet.

What could possibly go wrong there?
 

SovietSecrets

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"what we have here is a terrible bill that provides for broad censorship power not just to the government, but potentially to private companies as well, against sites which they accuse of being dedicated to infringement."

With this guy. Fuck this law.
 

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I'm not sure which is more painful: that the gov't thinks it can fight these people on their home turf, or that they actually took the pains to make an acronym that fit the proposed legislation SPECIFICALLY because it fit the topic.
 

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Baresark said:
LoL, lawmakers are so stupid. So easy to get around.

Deadman Walkin said:
Aureliano said:
snip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came%E2%80%A6
What is hilarious about this quote is how popular it is. It was in some Social review notes, and was just on a Right-Wing/Fascism test I wrote earlier today
That quote has nothing to do with either fascism or being right wing.

This quote points out a very true state of occurrence that is fairly common. It's all good as long as you are taking away other peoples stuff, but as soon as it happens to you, it won't be.

I will say this though... it's kind of out a place for this particular topic... and when I say kind of... I mean completely. I wouldn't compare a proposed bill to limit IP theft comparable to anything that quote mentions or is about.

IP is self limiting and destructive in nature to peoples natural tendency to spread knowledge to one another. I say, stop people all you want, all you will do is ensure that larger and larger numbers of people will become more and more ignorant.
It has a ton to do with fascism since it's a political ideology which enables it to happen if the leader chooses to do so.
 

Deadman Walkin

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Baresark said:
That quote has nothing to do with either fascism or being right wing.
No it doesn't have anything to do with the right wing, but it DOES parallel with Hitler's Reich, which was what most of the test happened to be about.

It is exactly what Hitler did and I would be surprised if the speaker was speaking about something else. Hitler went after the communists and trade unionists first. Then we all know they went after the Jews.
 

Scars Unseen

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As 'pebble trying to divert the river' as this law is, I still have to protest against it. Mostly because it is obviously aimed at peer to peer networks(or rather the sites that you use to find torrents), which have many non-infringing uses. Waste time and money fighting piracy if you want, but when you start going all China on anything that even hints at copyright infringement, you're gone from IP protection to old fashioned censorship. And that I will not tolerate. If this goes through, I think someone should set up a symbolic burning of copies of the Bill of Rights in front of the Capitol Building.
 

BrownGaijin

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Not to get off topic, but why does this remind me of this VERY old animated clip:


For the record, it's Schoolhouse Rock's "I'm Just a Bill".
 

008Zulu_v1legacy

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Centrophy said:
"First, it allows for "private right of action," which means that not only the Attorney General but also "a rights holder who is the victim of the infringement" can pursue action in the courts against "the owner, registrant or internet site dedicated to infringement, whether domestic or foreign," and second, it will also force search engines to censor such sites out of their lists."

whether domestic or foreign
domestic or foreign
or foreign
foreign

Really? Really? You want to try and exert control over not just internet in the US but the rest of the world too? This really needs to get shot down and quickly.
Don't worry, most of the countries out there have no intention of dropping their pants and bending over anytime soon.