[citation][nom]aqualipt[/nom]So that basically gives our information to copyright owners....NICE!in fact, i hope PIPA and SOPA bills get approved, censor everything, only then, people will realise how much the goverment and corps are fu**ing us and do something about rather than useless pacific protests[/citation]
Pacific protests? They're occupying the ocean now? 1%ers must be happy to hear that.
[citation][nom]dalethepcman[/nom]If you are smart enough to steal copyrighted material, and simultaneously dumb enough to ignore the first two letters, then you deserve it.This effectively does nothing but force English torrent users to switch ISP's once a year.[/citation]
That's kind of the problem. Actual piraters can easily get around the laws, but some innocent grandma getting leeched by a neighbor may not even understand what it means and end up fined out of her retirement because she "was warned". It's kind of like the war on drugs, they don't put the masterminds behind bars, they put the minor dealers on the street trying to make a living behind bars. This is a war that will never end and hurt far more innocent than guilty.
[citation][nom]demarest[/nom]The mistake that keeps getting made is that downloading copyrighted material is piracy. I'll give an example. I bought Reckoning the day it came out. I also downloaded the pirated version so that I can play offline without DRM. These "experts" would only see me downloading copyrighted material and assume piracy. I like to use that example because the company that made it promptly went bankrupt despite the fact that I paid for the game.Anytime a law makes innocent people afraid to do innocent things, it's proof that they're reaching and that it's a bad law.[/citation]
The mistake that's commonly made is that you have a right to download something copyrighted just because you own A copy of the material. Logically, you would be correct in thinking you are not taking anything because you own a copy already of the same material. Legally, it is not so black and white. The laws have not been adjusted properly to deal with all the new methods of media distribution available today. You only purchased the right to your copy, not the right to the material itself. I cannot go grab a DVD off the shelf and take it just because I own the VHS. If you think you're right, good luck in court.
[citation][nom]rooket[/nom]PIPA and SOPA don't have a chance of ever passing, not as long as you have so many Republicans in the House and in the Senate in Washington.Now Obama on the other hand, that would be a proponent of PIPA and SOPA bills by his affiliated party. I haven't looked into the politics enough though to see if Obama is the type of man that would sign these sort of things into law.Just enjoy the internet as it is for now.[/citation]
You didn't look into anything enough to know Obama stated he would veto SOPA/PIPA (election year after all), and just made a ridiculous partisan statement that Republicans would not allow it, even though Republicans are always business friendly. This country isn't run by Red and Blue anymore, it's run by green. Both sides are just there to put on a puppet show that our government isn't run by corporate interests.
Just take a look at this story. If the "copyright holders" had their way, they would likely have full control over arbitration and full transparency to everyone's personal data. They are not content with the actual legal systems in place, they want to judge and execute you on their own stage.
We won't go back to how things were 10 years ago, piracy is a way of life now. This is why strong measures have not been taken against it, the government is afraid of what will happen if they really crack down. They've got to ease it in slowly so the people don't see it coming.
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