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CENSORSHIP of the internet and Global DMCA
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Well holy shit.....Read here:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11...e-strikes-and-
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03...right-tre.html
This is despicable....If this passes, there will be no "internet" (and world, to an extent) as we know it.
Internet would be a dull, rigorously censored place. Sites like youtube, flickr, newgrounds, myspace, facebook, 4chan and just about any other site which hosts piles of user uploaded material would be shut down. Anyone can accuse anyone of violating DMCA, thereby forcing that person's ISP to shut down his internet access. Yep, no evidence required. Want to send a friend a cool music video? Well, the system will know you distribute copyrighted material, and after 2 repeat offenses your internet would be permanently shut down. No right to trial.
This is horrifying and should be vigorously protested.
Well holy shit.....Read here:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/11...e-strikes-and-
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03...right-tre.html
This is despicable....If this passes, there will be no "internet" (and world, to an extent) as we know it.
Internet would be a dull, rigorously censored place. Sites like youtube, flickr, newgrounds, myspace, facebook, 4chan and just about any other site which hosts piles of user uploaded material would be shut down. Anyone can accuse anyone of violating DMCA, thereby forcing that person's ISP to shut down his internet access. Yep, no evidence required. Want to send a friend a cool music video? Well, the system will know you distribute copyrighted material, and after 2 repeat offenses your internet would be permanently shut down. No right to trial.
This is horrifying and should be vigorously protested.
Last edited by Odlov; Nov 5, 2009 at 12:25 AM.
WHAT? This is perhaps the most ridiculous and outrageous thing i've seen for many years. I *might* be able to understand it, if it was in a single country, and with the majority of the populations consent. But imposing this... Atrocity against humanity on the entire planet, without the consent of HUMANITY ITSELF, that's just fucking ridiculous. I don't know what they are expecting with this, but they should expect a MASSIVE public uproar across the entire planet, with dire consequences to boot. As Gubbin said, there's basically nothing to win with this. It's bordering to insanity, for fucks sake!
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Originally Posted by Mapleleaf
Sure, it sucks that sites like youtube'll go down
Youtube is already showing signs of suck, You cany upload anything over ten minutes, period anymore.
I like to think that the internet is something that cant be ruined so easily, but idk. This would suck if it happened, for sure.
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Originally Posted by Mapleleaf
So, this'll shut down media-sharing sites and ban people from the internet after three strikes?
Big deal, you people are acting like it'll destroy the world. I mean, come on, OH GAWD WE CAN'T TORRENT ANYMORE NOW HOW WILL I GET MY GAMES/MUSIC/MOVIES?!?!?! Buy them maybe? It's simply better to buy, it supports the developers AND it supports the people that work in the stores.
Sure, it sucks that sites like youtube'll go down, and I'm absolutely dead against it, but what can we do? Besides, from what I understood from those articles, -and I could be wrong- Europe has no intention to hop along, so I couldn't care less really.
I'm just wondering; internet radios, will they go down or not?
EDIT: Also, you're retarded if you couldn't see something like this coming from a mile away, they've been trying pretty hard to stop illegal downloading, but weren't succeeding, about time for a new, better, more effective approach.
And I know you people will go 'BUT IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE HARMING ANYBODY, LIKE WITH STEALING, BY DOWNLOADING' but that's simply bullshit, since it takes away potential wealth, which in the end comes down to the exact same thing.
EDIT2: inb4 chac going 'hypocrite'
Actually you are right,in what your saying but they can't impose it on the whole friggin world,also if actually everyone buys a game instead of getting it for free,games would be a lot cheaper.But,actually supporting developers with these outragous prices is quite harder.
Your messed up world enthrills me
