Edit2:
SOPA/PIPA pulled from H.R. and S. for now.
Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill "until there is wider agreement on a solution."
Edit:
The massive protests on the internet made a difference.
FightForTheFuture wrote: Approaching Monday's crucial Senate vote there are now 35 Senators publicly opposing PIPA. Last week there were 5. And it just takes just 41 solid "no" votes to permanently stall PIPA (and SOPA) in the Senate. What seemed like miles away a few weeks ago is now within reach.
On October 26 of 2011, there was a proposed bill on the United States of America know as Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and it's objective is to give complete power to enforce the copyright laws not only for the U.S. government but also for the Copyrights Holders, meaning that they will cut off anything they consider under "copyright-infringement".
The bill discussion on the congress has being delayed by several months, but it is scheduled to be started in February. In the senate, there's a similar bill known as Protect IP Act (PIPA). The senate version is scheduled to be voted on January 24th. Several big companies have embraced this proposal, waiting the moment it goes law, to start enforcing it. That would bring some serious consequences, but let's start for something small:
This video would become illegal after SOPA becomes law, because you ripped off a movie to add whatever you wanted and that's enough to take actions against it. You may think, they can do whatever they want after all, I'm not living in U.S.A. what I should care? Even if you are not living in that country, if you use host anything that may be tagged as copyright infringement, the service provider will have no other choice rather than removing your stuff and even the Copyright Holders can request all your information from the provider and shall be given. Also if the U.S.A. implement this law, expect other countries in the world to follow.
This goes against the freedom of speech, Piracy is wrong but this is not the correct way to fight against it. Several sites, including Reddit and Wikipedia already set their negative stance about this matter and they call for a Blackout Day, stopping to bring their services for a whole day, to demonstrate how things could be if SOPA actually is approved.
For more about SOPA/PIPA, take a look at this video.
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Since when do communists complain about censorship?
Since when would an ideology based on the redistribution of resources have any opinion on censorship in the first place? Censorship is a tool of dictators or anyone else who wants to force their ideals onto others, regardless of what "-ism" they put on themselves. My own home country, Sweden, is traditionally socialist, and we're not the ones using beeping sounds, black boxes or pixelated fingers.
the Sopa don't make any sense it is impossible to applicate look I think they will be possible if internet will be in One country but internet is in the world even in ditactorist country then when we says is illegal that gonna encourage people to continue in a extreme context, exemple the probihition the mafia make a fourtune with the illegal alchool and before the alchool was legal. I think the Sopa will be a new prohibition.
the problem is, your IP, internet Provider, Will be forced to BLOCK those websites. even if its not a US website, the internet provider can still block it.
Crap, I accidentely hit the positive Karma button.....WHY MUST THE TWO BUTTONS BE SO CLOSE!!! :'(
Not communism, just dictatorship.
@violetblood wtf? btw, the sopa is the stupidiest thing i've ever seen... damn.. how many youtube videos will be lost!
whole youtube because its full of video's with music and covers and so on.
Not sure who came up with the idea for SOPA, but he/she shouldn't be allowed to give any other ideas. Also, what will be SOPA's view on MODs? I dare not think about it.
Mods should be fine because most companies encourage modding. They release modding tools to the community so that they can see what people will do with there game.
What about modding tools made by community? Many games does not have such tools and modders have to do them by themselves.
remember the Battlestar fiasco, imagine that but with any mod that even vaguley represented another IP even in the broadest of terms. most Sci-Fi games are loosley based on star trek/wars or another big sci-fi in some way or another
If SOPA becomes a law Youtube will be destroyed.All of the minecraft coms and gameplays lost.
good heavens no ! so many funny commentators and great gameplays :(
Anti Piracy Laws are always so gray! this is basically putting a shoot to kill order on anything that even gives Copyright holders a funny look...
They blocked the video! :O
well youtubes finished :(
Corporations have so much power in the US it's frightening considering the power the US has over all of us ...
How a country built on the notion of freedom could turn like this.
it starts with a vegetable pizza, and ends like this :D
First it's the authorization to censorship, soon they will be able to arrest people and have their own military. I agree with you, it's more frightening than an oppressive government.
I wonder how the goverment plans to monitor all this online data?
that would require a lot of processing and paperwork to every pirated copy on the internet.
Maybe they are using this Act to create more jobs?
I don't know, its pretty stupid if you ask me.
I understand that companies loose money due to piracy, but there is a lot of content out there that should be public domain instead.
what a pile of crap... and why should a stupid american law be a problem for us europeans etc. since when did i move to the US?
I agree, I live in Europe and I won't give a **** about it. But then I watched the video :D Doesn't matter where do you live, if the country is in US, and you are using it's property in any way, you can be punished :( But the punishments are ridiculous :D They will really break the internet.
There's a reason for "WWW" standing for "World Wide Web". It doesn't limit itself to a country or territory. What people change in a Swedish website you can view using your Mexican internet (that's an example).
Mexican Internet?!?! *Phew* I live 2 Miles away from the Spanisch Boarder. Now I will just have to risk my life by going into Tijuana just to check my Moddb Updates. Darn.
L O L
that is a real ****...... where is freedom????
Vote against it here: Static.googleusercontent.com
Have I ever trsut the US goverment not to meddle with other country affairs? not in my whole entire life.
whoever comes up with SOPA and PIPA needs their brains washed.
I WILL TELL YOU NOW THE SECOND THEY DO THIS THERE WILL BE MASSIVE RIOTS AND I WILL BE IN THEM!!!