SOPA/PIPA Indefinitely Shelved After Massive Protest

[Task Force]

Originally Posted by Dowly

http://news.yahoo.com/sopa-pipa-inde...184900719.html

Could this be a proof of intelligent life in the US Congress?

Are you suggesting that the Government of the US, much less the world, have intelligence? Its impossible!!!

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Task Force

Are you suggesting that the Government of the US, much less the world, have intelligence? Its impossible!!!

To paraphrase the immortal words of Adam Savage:

It's not impossible... just highly improbable.

"intelligent" "for the People" "US Congress"
One of these things is not like the others.
Can you guess which one?

[vienna]

An interesting take:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/01...i-piracy-bills

[mapuc]

A friend of mine posted this on his wall

"What PIPA & SOPA mean- any copyrighted material on the internet will be blocked in the US and anyone providing copyrighted material on the internet will be arrested for 5 yrs minimun. (so wikipedia-gone, youtube- gone or changed until unrecognizable, same for google. any fansites? gone. tv shows on internet? gone. use a screenshot or a pic of a character on an account anywhere? account gone & IP address blocked)

ACTA is international cooperation to end online piracy. Of course the US is involved, but no one not-government in the country really knows much about it because 'The negotiations were classified as secret in the US on the grounds of "damage to the national security".' (see Wikipedia article) , so NONE of us knew until someone leaked a draft of it.

Ya know megaupload.com? Yeah, they shut it down arrested the owners in New Zealand and they're being extradited here to the US. Why? Because they had a small amount of stuff on a server in Virginia."

So if there wasn't a "spy" no one of us would have the knowledge about SOPA and PIPA.

It is no difference between our politician. Therefore I can say , that these two laws (Sopa & PIPA),will, once everything has cooled down, be put into the U.S. law, quietly and calmly.

Markus

[Platapus]

Why would Wikipedia be taken down? They have a pretty good system to ensure that copyrighted material is properly cited or a fair use statement is published.

[vienna]

Why would Wikipedia be taken down? They have a pretty good system to ensure that copyrighted material is properly cited or a fair use statement is published.

When you have a situation in which due process is ignored and the the accused is forced to prove their innocence rather than the accuser(s) prove their guilt, there will always be dangers. Imagine a situation where some individual with clout, say a media mogul, or some government agency takes umbrage at something posted on Wikipedeia, even if the posting is a true statement of facts. The person or agency could fish about on Wikipedia for some copyrighted bitthey 'own' posted on Wiki and, under SOPA/PIPA file a complaint. The wheels would be set in motion to implement all of the sanctions allowed under the laws and the website would be shut down and, possibly, the Wiki principals (and, perhaps, those individuals who contributed to the offense). Punitive actions would take place before there is even a trial or proof of legal guilt. If there is a trial, the onus would fall on the accused to prove their innocence rather than the state prove guilt (somewhat in the fashion of federal tax matters). A trial and the processes entailed could drag on for years, particulary if the one making the accusation is a private entity with an army of lawyers. If the accused is found not to have breached the law, the damage is already done, financially and in terms of reputation, etc. It all becomes, for the accuser, just a case of "Oops, my bad"...

[Dowly]

Just to clarify as it doesn't seem to be clear to everyone: SOPA doesn't allow
for easier take down of websites. SOPA is designed to get around the problem
of US not being able to do anything to offending websites that doesn't fall under
the US laws by means of blocking said site for US based users.

[antikristuseke]

Thoughthe means of blocking would not work and would put a large strain on the entiere internet infrastructure while creating more security problems for the end user.