Comments on: How SOPA Can Kill Reddit and Many Other US Sites http://torrentfreak.com/how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:03:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: Yasir Salman /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-942808 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:51:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-942808 What happens is a bill that clearly goes too far for comfort, is
exposed as being extreme or counter-productive to its purpose, and the
Minister responsible for proposing the shit eventually stands up in
Parliament and declares that such fears are groundless because that’s
not the intention of the Bill.

But if the Bill is passed into law, it’s been well-established in UK
courts that what’s said in Parliament is UTTERLY and 100% IRRELEVANT
because what matters to the Court is what the legislation actually says
once it’s passed into law, and how that will affect the circumstances of
the parties in the case before the Court
voegwerken

]]> By: Yasir Salman /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-942343 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 06:31:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-942343 Furthermore, the law would also cover them from a PR
perspective. It’s much easier to tell customers, investors,
the public, etc that “SOPA made us do it” than “we decided
it would be best to cut off this customer’s service”. In
the former case, the anger is (partially) redirected at
Washington, while in the latter it’s squarely at the service
provider.gevelwerken

]]> By: Pianodreams33 /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-867215 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:10:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-867215 that reality is closer than you think. there might always be initial resistance to control…like when you pull a fish out the water it flops and flops and then it just gives up..for its own good. This bill will help in the long run. this chaos around us will be turned into perfection whether you like it or not. enjoy the ride and all the changes your going to see….and show some appreciation.

]]> By: SOPA Business Schedule | The Expand2Web Blog /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-865262 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:06:30 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-865262 [...] be almost impossible to limit the legislation to its intended purposes; in fact, our ability to speak freely and produce our own content could be severely hampered by [...]

]]> By: Zacharyclift2 /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-864802 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:45:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-864802 Did you eat a bowl of stupid for breakfast lol? This bill takes away most of the freedom, the internet has held up till now.

]]> By: Dog Bone /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-864306 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:01:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-864306 Really?
You trust the govt…
The American govt…….

to correctly implement and enforce SOPA/PIPA/OPEN/ETC.?

When enforcement can be initiated without any real proof or evidence or intent of copyright infringement?

When the biggest players in the most affected industries have already *proven* they will abuse the law in obscene ways?

Can you explain how you honestly expect less-than-rabid-censorship from these proposed laws?

]]> By: Hunteriv4 /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-864196 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:23:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-864196 @Mart Anthony Actually, none of those websites will exist because they are all copyright infringement enablers. So all artists will be forced to rely exclusively on big publishers if they want their music heard.

Which is exactly what this law is for. It has nothing to do with piracy, it is purely to create an institutionalized monopoly. Artists have almost nothing to lose from piracy; for them it’s free advertising. The only ones that suffer are, shockingly, the advertising agencies.

Duh.

]]> By: Daily Lounge » Blog Archive » The Internet Bands Together to Fight SOPA /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-864147 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:53:24 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-864147 [...] the bill agree that steps must be taken to curb online piracy. However, SOPA is not the way to go. They worry that SOPA will infringe on First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, or be used to arbitrarily shut down any website that might be implicated in piracy. Websites that [...]

]]> By: Lucb1e /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-864093 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:36:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-864093 Sup eh?

]]> By: Liam /how-sopa-can-kill-reddit-and-many-other-us-sites-120103/#comment-864080 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:42:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=44499#comment-864080 “Supporters of SOPA and PIPA, two bills that aim to deter piracy, claim that they will only affect foreign sites and businesses.”

Oh that’s alright then, U.S citizens can rest easy in bed that your government won’t interfere in websites you run. Forget about the rest of the world, it’s not like the internet should be free and open or anything like that. It amazes me that America can keep pushing out legislation like this, sent through by lobbying companies no doubt and always manage to get it signed into law. Usually based on technicalities, anyone who opposes is harassed and your public relations companies work their twisted magic.

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