ESA stands behind proposed SOPA legislation, issues statement

Again a two sided dagger since they are trying to stop piracy, but this is totally the wrong way of doing that. And in the process are going to hurt websites that arent actually pirating anything.

How about they shut down all those torrent websites if they want to start stopping piracy..........
 
I think some of you may be overreacting and it might be affecting your judgment.
 
Bowser said:
I think some of you may be overreacting and it might be affecting your judgment.
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Are you serious?

Look at the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act is used for drug raids much more than its intended use for terrorism. I am not going to argue that drugs are good and all of them should be legalized, but its an example of how our government has used one law in circumstances that are totally unrelated to that law.

Granted, I don't think that using the Patriot Act for busting drug dealers is as bad as what SOPA could do for your online free speech. SOPA fails to specify what kind of websites would be subjected to being closed - it only says websites that contain copyrighted material. Even if it does specify what kind of website will be affected, SOPA does not afford the offending website a chance to defend itself in court. The copyright holders simply go to the government, say X-website is displaying their copyrighted material, they all go to a judge, judge shuts down the website. I saw in a video by g4.com that this might only take several hours.

I don't think I am over-reacting about SOPA given our government's tendency to over-step its bounds with laws the citizens don't even want.

It also enrages me to no end that corporations can buy what legislation they want. SOPA is a prime example of this.

Here are some websites related to SOPA and piracy.

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ewoksrule said:
Messing up the internet with no input from anyone is serious business.
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Fixed.

SOPA serves only special interest groups that I cant help but assume that most of America (its citizens, for whom the government was founded... you know - for the people by the people?) would disagree with if they knew it was going on. This bill can easily infringe on the freedoms we have grown accustomed to having because of the bill's vague language.

The main thing that miffs me over SOPA is how corporations can simply buy what they want. They already have the power to take companies to court over distributing copyrighted material (Have you seen Kazaa or Morpheus lately? Didnt think so. Also, there are countless Youtube videos that have been removed by SME in the US for copyright issues). They already have the power to save their intellectual property and thats without the option to infringe upon my freedoms. That's why I'm so upset over the bill.
 
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Reminds me of universal healthcare. Perhaps it is a good idea, but this particular piece of legislation won't solve problems as much as the government thinks.

Why can't they legislate something sane for once?
 
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