Hitler reacts to SOPA

[JWR]

Some of may have already seen this.
Couldn't get it to embed???

[Gz Rider]

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[Water Warrior 2]

There are a large number of folks out there who have a sense of entitlement and do not want to pay for anothers efforts to create or educate. Plain and simple theft.

[JWR]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

Opponents say the proposed legislation threatens free speech, innovation, and enables law enforcement to block access to entire internet domains due to infringing material posted on a single blog or webpage.

Have you been following this???


This was not a thought out bill, but a blanket rights bill for BIG BROTHER.

Good idea, bad wording.

This web site could very well be one that is in violation.

[mole2]

Originally Posted by JWR

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

Opponents say the proposed legislation threatens free speech, innovation, and enables law enforcement to block access to entire internet domains due to infringing material posted on a single blog or webpage.

Have you been following this???

And it does not require proof. They can shut down a site on accusation. Copyright laws are just that. If you feel or have proof of copyright infringement then take the offender to court. That is the way laws are supposed to work. With SOPA all that is needed is a complaint from RIAA, etc and the site gets shut down. Kinda like guilty until proven innocent.

[JWR]

Here is a prime example.



I just broke the law and Dupo would have to shut downand go to court and pay fines.


An analysis in the information technology magazine eWeek stated, "The language of SOPA is so broad, the rules so unconnected to the reality of Internet technology and the penalties so disconnected from the alleged crimes that this bill could effectively kill e-commerce or even normal Internet use. The bill also has grave implications for existing U.S., foreign and international laws and is sure to spend decades in court challenges."[48]

Art Bordsky of advocacy group Public Knowledge similarly stated, "The definitions written in the bill are so broad that any US consumer who uses a website overseas immediately gives the US jurisdiction the power to potentially take action against it."[49]

On October 28, 2011, the EFF called the bill a "massive piece of job-killing Internet regulation," and said, "This bill cannot be fixed; it must be killed."[50]


Brooklyn Law School professor Jason Mazzone warned, "Much of what will happen under SOPA will occur out of the public eye and without the possibility of holding anyone accountable. For when copyright law is made and enforced privately, it is hard for the public to know the shape that the law takes and harder still to complain about its operation.

[mrlmd1]

This bill goes way too far. Wikipedia could be shut down for even referencing a site that has downloads. Monster wanted Craigslist shut down because if someone wanted to sell a used speaker cable, that infringes on their ability and rights to sell new ones. Again, big corporations lobbying to control everything, and a great number of the ill-informed congressman who originally supported this without knowing what it was really about, overnight changed their minds when they got educated. There are plenty of good laws on the books about copyright infringement, and this was not one of them.

[Gz Rider]

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[JWR]

Real simple, Government, Lawyers, and Liability. That's the problem not the answer.

If the liability became too great, Dupo would shut this place down, and many more site would also go.

You would be left to see and read what Big Brother wanted you to see and nothing more.


Again:

This was not a thought out bill, but a blanket rights bill for BIG BROTHER.

Good idea, bad wording.

[Gz Rider]

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