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I thought wikipedia was off limits as a resource for school reports on account of the whole lack of credibility thing.
When I was in college it was, at least.
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« Reply #9642 on: January 19, 2012, 03:35:15 PM » |
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the problem is that these anon attacks are probably going to result in even more restrictive measures by the american gov.
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« Reply #9643 on: January 19, 2012, 03:55:38 PM » |
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I thought wikipedia was off limits as a resource for school reports on account of the whole lack of credibility thing.
When I was in college it was, at least.
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« Reply #9644 on: January 19, 2012, 08:42:31 PM » |
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« Reply #9645 on: January 19, 2012, 08:46:17 PM » |
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god dammit, now we have another thing to worry about. So are they just changing a few things in SOPA and giving it a new name now? WHEN WILL IT END. WHAT MUST WE DO. |
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« Reply #9646 on: January 19, 2012, 09:32:17 PM » |
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god dammit, now we have another thing to worry about. So are they just changing a few things in SOPA and giving it a new name now? WHEN WILL IT END. WHAT MUST WE DO. From the looks of it, ACTA is the Euro version of SOPA, soooooo... |
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« Reply #9647 on: January 19, 2012, 10:00:10 PM » |
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ACTA, I think, is what we were dealing with around the turn of the century.
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« Reply #9648 on: January 20, 2012, 01:46:02 AM » |
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« Reply #9649 on: January 20, 2012, 04:05:53 AM » |
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At what point do you folks think that a webhost should be made criminally responsible for piracy on their website?
Do we at least agree that sits like the pirate bay have already crossed that line, and really should be punished for openly engaging in IP theft?
The SOPA / PIPA / ACTA thing won't go away because even after the demonstrations and blackouts IP theft will continue. It's a legitimate concern that a new movie or game will come out, and many websites will then immediately offer free copies of it, often profiting from the exchange.
Some public support for anti-piracy in other means (such as major sites offering some concessions to help stop piracy, such as fast-track forms to report stolen IP or statements denouncing piracy to at least set the tone for their content) would dull the edge of the media push for this legislation because it presents an alternative, even if it might be a weak one.
Simply hammering the legislation as "bad" without offering any alternatives fuels the media's argument that the lion's share of the opposition just wants to keep the avenues for piracy open.
SOPA's bad, but it seems like the discussion ends there. How do you, or can you curb piracy?
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« Reply #9650 on: January 20, 2012, 07:18:37 AM » |
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At what point do you folks think that a webhost should be made criminally responsible for piracy on their website?
Do we at least agree that sits like the pirate bay have already crossed that line, and really should be punished for openly engaging in IP theft?
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How do you, or can you curb piracy?
1) I don't necessarily agree that The Pirate Bay should be punished, but that's ideological. I do agree that The Pirate Bay engages in something that, if you want to punish pirates, deserves punishment. The biggest issue here is that currently if a copyright holder contacts a website such as YouTube, YouTube is legally obligated to take down the infringing material. YouTube already does this under DMCA (ThePirateBay doesn't). What SOPA does (or did, they may have fixed it given everything that's happening) is give copyright holders the right to have all of YouTube shut down until further investigation. That's why everyone is freaking out. You might say "No judge in his right mind would shut down YouTube because of that!" Judges are old and often don't understand these things. A convincing argument from Viacom's lawyer could wreak havoc on the internet. 2) You can't. |
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« Reply #9651 on: January 20, 2012, 09:24:38 AM » |
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Idag är min födelsedag  (?) |
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« Reply #9653 on: January 20, 2012, 10:10:23 AM » |
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Is it too pretentious to call my rapid development quick games as opuses?
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« Reply #9654 on: January 20, 2012, 10:12:06 AM » |
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I thought 'opus' meant a complete composition
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« Reply #9655 on: January 20, 2012, 10:47:51 AM » |
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I thought 'opus' meant a complete composition
that's exactly why it would be pretentious |
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« Reply #9656 on: January 20, 2012, 11:50:25 AM » |
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So... apparently SOPA and PIPA got dropped?
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« Reply #9657 on: January 20, 2012, 12:00:53 PM » |
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Didn't they get put on 'indefinite hold' because of 'recent events'?  Hm, I wonder why... We made a difference, folks. |
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