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Ravynmagi  Title: Moderator
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Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
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1/17/12 3:37pm
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Seems like a lot of damage to security, privacy, and our reputation, for something that won't really work anyway.
Like any government process, it'll take time to identify a pirate site, get a court order, and finally blocked on DNS and ISPs. Pirates could easily adapt by just rotating IP addresses regularly. They could do that far easier and faster than the government could block them.
This thing is so bad, I can't imagine how it could pass in any form. They need to just keep their hands off, anything they do will just do more harm than good.
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Seffrid  Title: Ancient One
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Registered: 2001-12-21 08:33:14
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Date Posted:
1/17/12 3:37pm
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"Sopa: US backers end support for anti-piracy bill - Eight US lawmakers have withdrawn their backing from anti-piracy laws, amid "blackout" protests on thousands of internet sites.
Two of the bill's co-sponsors, Marco Rubio from Florida and Roy Blunt from Missouri, are among those backing away".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16623831 |
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Date Posted:
1/17/12 3:37pm
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SOPA, website protests Wednesday, and the return of SOPA in February. |
Seffrid posted:
"Sopa: US backers end support for anti-piracy bill - Eight US lawmakers have withdrawn their backing from anti-piracy laws, amid "blackout" protests on thousands of internet sites.
Two of the bill's co-sponsors, Marco Rubio from Florida and Roy Blunt from Missouri, are among those backing away".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16623831
LOL looks like it might die atlest untill they rework it.
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Nakal  Title: Moderator
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Registered: 2002-7-9 11:50:38
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Date Posted:
1/17/12 3:37pm
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SOPA, website protests Wednesday, and the return of SOPA in February. |
Then of course you get headlines like this:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/
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Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works
By David Kravets Email Author January 18, 2012 | 1:56 pm | Categories: intellectual property, politics
Igor Stravinsky. Photo: Wikimedia/Library of Congress.
Congress may take books, musical compositions and other works out of the public domain, where they can be freely used and adapted, and grant them copyright status again, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
In a 6-2 ruling, the court said that, just because material enters the public domain, it is not “territory that works may never exit.†(.pdf)
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chouranyu Posts: 46
Registered: 2000-12-7 15:24:13
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Date Posted:
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Lonestar_1 Posts: 259
Registered: 2004-8-26 08:40:28
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Date Posted:
1/17/12 3:37pm
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/01/pipa-support-collapses-with-13-new-opponents-in-senate.ars
That seems to be deemed to fail in its current form as well.
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Registered: 2002-6-28 03:39:29
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Date Posted:
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They need to just draft it correctly so that the rest of us can get our VPNs setup. 
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Lonestar_1 Posts: 259
Registered: 2004-8-26 08:40:28
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Date Posted:
1/17/12 3:37pm
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/23/mpaa_bribery_petition_white_house/
This made me laugh.
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Date Posted:
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LOL idiot...
"Chris Dodd, ex–US senator and current CEO of the Motion Picture Ass. of America"
FUNNY "Ass"
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