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12-18-2011, 09:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-01-2022, 01:01 AM by Fearless Community.
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"OMG RAID THE PRESIDENT!"
Kiddin' of course, but the issue itself is serious. If the bill passes, who's going to be the party responsible for enforcing it? The government? Hell no! It's going to be the big record companies and agents from Hollywood.
Basically, the bill with it's current wording makes things such as "Let's Play" and "Internet Reviews" subject to immediate takedown, even if they are protected by free use. Try telling that to the media moguls!
In other words, yes. The idea behind it is good, a REAL government doesn't troll it's citizens for no reason. The intentions of the bill are good, but unfortunately, the results of it can be related to dropping a 5 Megaton Payload to New York to eradicate organized crime in the area.
May have been a bad example, but there's way too much "collateral" damage if this Bill passes in it's current wording. I mean, the Internet we know is quite literally ONLY 20 years old! Hell, I'm AS OLD AS THE INTERNET.
In any case, that's my two cents on the issue. I really hope they will not give the tycoons a chance to take down actual fanworks and whatnot, if this passes.
Kiddin' of course, but the issue itself is serious. If the bill passes, who's going to be the party responsible for enforcing it? The government? Hell no! It's going to be the big record companies and agents from Hollywood.
Basically, the bill with it's current wording makes things such as "Let's Play" and "Internet Reviews" subject to immediate takedown, even if they are protected by free use. Try telling that to the media moguls!
In other words, yes. The idea behind it is good, a REAL government doesn't troll it's citizens for no reason. The intentions of the bill are good, but unfortunately, the results of it can be related to dropping a 5 Megaton Payload to New York to eradicate organized crime in the area.
May have been a bad example, but there's way too much "collateral" damage if this Bill passes in it's current wording. I mean, the Internet we know is quite literally ONLY 20 years old! Hell, I'm AS OLD AS THE INTERNET.
In any case, that's my two cents on the issue. I really hope they will not give the tycoons a chance to take down actual fanworks and whatnot, if this passes.