Wikipedia supports piracy

I was kind if disappointed that Reg seemed to ignore the main point that most where trying to convey.

You only focused on the anti piracy aspect no matter how many times it was mentioned that the abuse of power in the bill is the reason why most people are against SOPA.

Bryce explained and linked to some insightful article's from the start. much of what was posted after that only confused and diluted the conversation.
 
Political position snapshots taken before and after the blackout.
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I am honestly not trying to troll anything, but I would very much like to hear the ops response to the rest of the bill, that goes beyond piracy. He has continuously argued piracy piracy piracy, but has remained completely silent as to the far reaching effects of the bill. Every argument has been answered with piracy. Forget the piracy for a minute and open your mind to the implications this bill has.

Again, not trying to start a flame war, just looking for insight. Cant hold a valid discussion without an open mind, and well, we have acknowledged the pirace aspect.... now its your turn to acknowledge our arguments. Continuuing to ignore them just makes your post a rant instead of a discussion.

Edit: then again, continued silence can send a much louder message.
 
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This thread is a joke. Its not about 'piracy' as such its about protecting the freedom of information. SOPA and PIPA would open a huge can of worms.
 
Isn't it funny that, at the behest of the US government, the US was able to shut down the foreign (Hong Kong, New Zealand) file storage site MegaUpload WITHOUT SOPA? See.. don't need it.
 
You know I hate to say it, but I feel like the record industry partly brought this on themselves. They were charging absurd amounts for albums for the longest time. Like another poster said, you'd blow $20 - $40 on an album...and there'd be one or two good songs there and the rest was filler. They got away with this because they knew they could. I think it made people a little mad.

You'll notice one of the primary ways people buy music now is single songs through itunes. They aren't interested in the crappy songs producers shoved into an album as filler; they never were.

Sometimes I wonder if things would be different if the record companies hadn't screwed people so hard in the beginning. It used to be they'd screw the artists (bad contracts) AND the general public (pricing), and now it's just screwing the artists. And now the general public is screwing the record companies back.

You've got people like Madonna leaking fake songs into Napster cussing people out (lame), and then you've got people like Trent Reznor giving away some albums and hiding USB sticks at concerts and making the digital way totally work for him. Guess which artist I think is smarter.
 
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Louis C.K. released his latest work and bypassed all the normal channels. He digitally distributed the video on his own website, free of DRM for only $5. He made over a million bucks from the sale of his special in just a few days.
 
Thought this was a rather interesting piece on the subject: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...who-arent-corrupt-enough-to-stay-bought.shtml

Hope the OP takes particular note of the last paragraph:

We suggest that in the meantime, if the MPAA is truly concerned about the jobs of truck drivers and others in the industry, then it can bring its overseas filming back to the U.S. and create more jobs. It could stop holding states hostage for millions of dollars in subsidies that strained state budgets can’t afford while pushing special-interest bills through state legislatures. While that happens, discussions could take place.
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Rick
 
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