SOPA is dead...for now

[Free Palestine]

There's music and film outside of what the mega-corporations put out.  If the music and film industries were to die, we would not have no music or film.  We would simply enter a new era of media.

I never said we'd have no music.  But anybody producing music and film in some sort of economic system makes up an "industry".  You don't need mega-corporations.  If you go to a local show and pay $5 to get in, that's still part of an industry.

When I say "music industry" I mean the mega-corps and such.

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SOPA could still be revived, and there's the equally bad PIPA to worry about. This is by no means over.

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I was never too concerned about it. Every session some draconian anti-piracy bill gets introduced that the internets freak out about, and they never get a real vote, much less passage.

The DMCA passed Congress unanimously. Now it was nowhere as bad as SOPA/PIPA, but it was still a horrid bill. So I really wouldn't count on Congress to do the right thing.

[Eraserhead]

I'm glad SOPA seems to be dead but I still e-mailed Schumer, Gillibrand and (Congressman) Gibson about it, as well as PIPA, tonight. I was actually convinced to by the girl I'm seeing, which I thought was interesting because she's not particularly political most of the time.

[Phony Moderate]

Most pirated film of all time: Avatar. Highest grossing film of all time: Avatar.

[minionofmidas]

Well yeah, that's correlation, not causation.

But if you think the existence of megacorporations in the field has a net positive effect on the amount of music and, especially, film produced (as in, different ones, not number of copies)... I'd like some of whatever you've been smoking.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Great.

NOW GIVE MY WIKIPEDIA BACK

[Is Totally Not Feeblepizza.]

One down, one to go...if PIPA passes, I will refrain from using this forum, as well as Facebook, for a full year.

[Joe Republic]

PIPA co-sponsors Marco Rubio, Roy Blunt, Ben Cardin, and even that staunchly anti-internet idiot Orrin Hatch have pulled their support.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

PIPA co-sponsors Marco Rubio, Roy Blunt, Ben Cardin, and even that staunchly anti-internet idiot Orrin Hatch have pulled their support.

4 down, 96 to go.

[Joe Republic]

Put it this way, if even Orrin Hatch is backing away from PIPA, then it's probably a bad bill.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

I never realized how dependent I was on Wikipedia until today... not good.

[minionofmidas]

Put it this way, if even Orrin Hatch is backing away from PIPA, then it's probably a dead bill.

Fixed.

[Free Palestine]

Most pirated film of all time: Avatar. Highest grossing film of all time: Avatar.

[Free Palestine]

What's funny is when people who use the internet as more than a business model support these bills.  How tarded can you get?

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

PIPA co-sponsors Marco Rubio, Roy Blunt, Ben Cardin, and even that staunchly anti-internet idiot Orrin Hatch have pulled their support.

4 down, 96 to go.

Actually, it's 36 down: Support for PIPA collapses in blackout aftermath.

[The Mikado]

There's music and film outside of what the mega-corporations put out.  If the music and film industries were to die, we would not have no music or film.  We would simply enter a new era of media.

Or rather an old one. I'd have to learn how to play the piano.

I'd have to start pirating sheet music.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

I like the graph here, so I'm posting this.

http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/sopa-opponents-supporters/

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Neat graph, but inaccurate. Opencongress.org is showing the whip count to be nearly 50 for the anti-PIPA forces.

[Silent Hunter]

Don't know if you've heard, but Lamarr Smith has suspended House Judiciary hearings on SOPA until wider agreement can be reached and Harry Reid has pulled PIPA from a Senate vote.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

So, do you think that they might revive this idea by sneeking it all into bills relating to child porn?

[Free Palestine]

Apparently that fat loser fck Chris Dodd is bitching about how his corporation didn't win.

[Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Bodies for Biden]

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/20/congressman-lamar-smith-kills-sopa-after-massive-internet-outrage/

We won!

[Marokai Backbeat]

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/20/congressman-lamar-smith-kills-sopa-after-massive-internet-outrage/

We won!

This battle, anyway.

[bgwah]

I'm just worried they'll bring it back after the elections...