I’m curious how a lawyer can say there’s no due process here. Sending a notarized letter to halt any enforcement under SOPA is pretty deferential to the alleged infringer. I would say that’s more due process than available under the DMCA, where an alleged infringer is required to go out and hire a lawyer to file a formal answer to mount a defense.
This whole thing is just ridiculous. The internet is destroying people’s ability to think critically. How many of you who care so passionately about this subject have made even the slightest effort to read and understand the legislation. Given the comments here I’m quite confident that number is zero. But somehow all this nonsense was able to grind the US Congress to a halt. We’re not going to have a functional government for very much longer. Getting very close to the bottom here.
The bill that I read also doesn’t require the Internet Providers, Advertisers or Payment Providers to restore services after recieving the counter-notice from the website. Since SOPA grants immunity to those companies when they pull the plug, there is no incentive for them to restore service, effectively allowing the biggest companies with the deepest pockets to decide who and what get to have a presence on the Internet.
As someone who doesn’t live in the US I’m going to do what I can. I’m going to give money to a random Iranian who owns the corner store, who will probably funnel it to Al Qaeda. That’s helping against SOPA right?
You can bypass Wikipedia’s blackout by say, googling for the wikipedia entry of something and then for a split second before the page goes to the world without knowledge page, it will show you the entry. hit stop on your browser and bam, you are using wikipedia.
Thank you for supporting the illegal rogue websites from abroad. With piracy costing about 750 thousand jobs a year it’s good to know my industry and others will lose 250 billion dollars so you can steal TV and movies over the internet for free.
Really? I have a study here that says the industry lost eleventy billion dollars already in 2012. That puts it on pace to lose over 7000 quajillion dollars and a billion jobs this year alone.
I don’t oppose SOPA/PIPA because I’m pro-piracy. I oppose them because they’re a shitty attempt to prevent piracy that will stifle communication/business on the Internet, and they have serious Constitutional ramifications. It’s a bad attempt to fix a serious problem.
Really? Yeah, really.
According to a study cited by the National Crime Prevention Council, counterfeit products and stolen intellectual property may cost up to 750,000 jobs each year and $250 billion in lost revenue across all sectors of the economy.” (Las Vegas Sun)
What Danger said. This isn’t about supporting piracy, it’s about stopping unwarranted and unchecked censorship of the internet. If the bills were better written, this wouldn’t be such a problem. You have to be sure that the weapon against piracy isn’t worse than piracy itself.
SOPA and PIPA don’t really do a damn thing to curb the counterfeit products most likely referenced in that report. Unless it has a provision to bomb the fuck out of Chinese street vendors (it probably does).
Although I’m aware your intentions were more so to raise awareness of the SOPA b.s., if you really need Wiki, just hit the stop button in your browser before it redirects to the SOPA page.
*needed it to win an argument on when the Wu-Tang Clan first rose to fame*
As a South Dakotan I can tell you that “north by northwest” and “starship troopers” were filmed in the rushmore state oh and so was “thunderheart” and “dances with wolves”. Basically anything involving native Americans or mountains with faces carved in them.
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I’m curious how a lawyer can say there’s no due process here. Sending a notarized letter to halt any enforcement under SOPA is pretty deferential to the alleged infringer. I would say that’s more due process than available under the DMCA, where an alleged infringer is required to go out and hire a lawyer to file a formal answer to mount a defense.
This whole thing is just ridiculous. The internet is destroying people’s ability to think critically. How many of you who care so passionately about this subject have made even the slightest effort to read and understand the legislation. Given the comments here I’m quite confident that number is zero. But somehow all this nonsense was able to grind the US Congress to a halt. We’re not going to have a functional government for very much longer. Getting very close to the bottom here.
The bill that I read also doesn’t require the Internet Providers, Advertisers or Payment Providers to restore services after recieving the counter-notice from the website. Since SOPA grants immunity to those companies when they pull the plug, there is no incentive for them to restore service, effectively allowing the biggest companies with the deepest pockets to decide who and what get to have a presence on the Internet.
If only we could censor Whitney Cummings…
I knew SOPA was racist!!
As someone who doesn’t live in the US I’m going to do what I can. I’m going to give money to a random Iranian who owns the corner store, who will probably funnel it to Al Qaeda. That’s helping against SOPA right?
Did you know that Lamar Smith got into a car accident once while drunk driving, and a passenger in the car was paralyzed?
Okay, that was Lamar Smith the football player, not the congressman….but I bet they’re all alike!
The government should ban cars then.
You can bypass Wikipedia’s blackout by say, googling for the wikipedia entry of something and then for a split second before the page goes to the world without knowledge page, it will show you the entry. hit stop on your browser and bam, you are using wikipedia.
My small contribution: http://sugarhut.tumblr.com/
Who doesn’t love Soap? Damn dirty commies that’s who.
And some linkage:
http://imgur.com/aPKo2
Thank you for supporting the illegal rogue websites from abroad. With piracy costing about 750 thousand jobs a year it’s good to know my industry and others will lose 250 billion dollars so you can steal TV and movies over the internet for free.
Really? I have a study here that says the industry lost eleventy billion dollars already in 2012. That puts it on pace to lose over 7000 quajillion dollars and a billion jobs this year alone.
I have no sympathy for an industry that brings us “Whitney,” “Nickleback,” and “Mars Needs Moms.” I prefer Bollywood entertainment anyway.
I don’t oppose SOPA/PIPA because I’m pro-piracy. I oppose them because they’re a shitty attempt to prevent piracy that will stifle communication/business on the Internet, and they have serious Constitutional ramifications. It’s a bad attempt to fix a serious problem.
Really? Yeah, really.
According to a study cited by the National Crime Prevention Council, counterfeit products and stolen intellectual property may cost up to 750,000 jobs each year and $250 billion in lost revenue across all sectors of the economy.” (Las Vegas Sun)
What Danger said. This isn’t about supporting piracy, it’s about stopping unwarranted and unchecked censorship of the internet. If the bills were better written, this wouldn’t be such a problem. You have to be sure that the weapon against piracy isn’t worse than piracy itself.
SOPA and PIPA don’t really do a damn thing to curb the counterfeit products most likely referenced in that report. Unless it has a provision to bomb the fuck out of Chinese street vendors (it probably does).
F’n Pirates. With their wooden legs and talking parrots.
That’s something different, isn’t it? Shit.
Rabble Rablle, Dey tuk er jabs
Annnnnnnd Tim, you’re numbers are bogus:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/numbers-cited-sopa-supporters-may-be-fictitious
I don’t know why everyone’s hating on sopas. DELICIOSO!
Finally some love for Soap, I thought I was the only one who watched that show.
As a precaution, I’ve already submitted a copyright claim on the intellectual property currently known as the Pembroke Welsh Corgi.
Pssh, whatever. I think this whole internet thing is just a fad.
Trying to get through the day without http://www.thechive.com. Not easy to go Chiveless, but worth it.
on Hump Day of all things…..
Although I’m aware your intentions were more so to raise awareness of the SOPA b.s., if you really need Wiki, just hit the stop button in your browser before it redirects to the SOPA page.
*needed it to win an argument on when the Wu-Tang Clan first rose to fame*
Shhhhhhhh.
(Did you win?)
my information about Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nothing to fuck wit
As a South Dakotan I can tell you that “north by northwest” and “starship troopers” were filmed in the rushmore state oh and so was “thunderheart” and “dances with wolves”. Basically anything involving native Americans or mountains with faces carved in them.
So, what you’re saying is that there are giant bugs and Denise Richards’ running amuck in South Dakota?
/books plane ticket
Glad I clicked through for the last one, that was the best of the set.
I think the biggest eye-opener about this SOPA bill is the fact that there is a white guy named Lamar out there.
And I think you have one of the best user names on Uproxx. Well done, sir (or madam).