Business Software Alliance Withdraws Support for SOPA

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It's funny how fast a group can do an about face on something they "fully supported" just last week. The BSA represents companies including Microsoft, IBM, Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

"Due process, free speech, and privacy are rights that cannot be compromised. And the security of networks and communications is indispensable to a thriving Internet economy. Some observers have raised reasonable questions about whether certain SOPA provisions might have unintended consequences in these areas," Holleyman wrote.
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rcf1987 said:
awesome glad to see some organizations have common sense
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Not really. Things like SOPA are things the public isn't suppose to be aware of. SOPA has become as bad of a word as communism or racism. When it reaches that status, they companies move away from it.

It's the holidays, so pay attention to some laws that'll creep up. A lot of bad laws are passed during Holidays, when the public is too busy celebrating. Christmas is notorious for allowing terrible laws to get passed.
 
I'll take an about face any day.

There should be no support for such a horrible bill.
 
[RIP]Zeus;1038053806 said:
I'll take an about face any day.

There should be no support for such a horrible bill.
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Having support/not having support affects if a bill gets passed!?! :confused:
 
Does this affect anyone outside the US?

I mean i dont think the US can block Canadians from going somewhwere the US does not like, right?
 
I think it is fine to change your mind on an issue.:)

It will affect people outside the US if you own a website that people in the US visit, and your site gets blocked.
 
Stop Online Piracy Act

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The bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who requests the court orders, the actions could include barring online advertising networks and payment facilitators such as PayPal from doing business with the infringing website; barring search engines from linking to such sites and requiring Internet service providers to block access to such sites. The bill would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content a felony. The bill also gives immunity to Internet services that voluntarily take action against websites dedicated to infringement, while making liable for damages any copyright holder who knowingly misrepresents that a website is dedicated to infringement.
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rcf1987 said:
awesome glad to see some organizations have common sense
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BSA isn't that bright of an organization, but they aren't that dumb. Even they know that without piracy they wouldn't have clients or they would be greatly diminished and that without piracy their clients probably wouldn't even have the type of brand footprints they have now.
 
My guess is they introduced a bill that's so shockingly bad so that the re-written version will sound like such a wonderful compromise and still screw society hard enough to be worth boasting about at the next lobby courting banquet.
 
The Riaa and Mpaa don't give a rats ass about the internet, they would love to have it shut down.Two groups who don't need the internet to survive. Before the net they had total control from the "ahem" creation of the music to the selling of it. They would like no better then to go back in time before the net.
 
They did an about face because we became aware of the bill. They would support it 100% if everyone remained ignorant. Typical face-saving PR stunt.
 
Wierdo said:
My guess is they introduced a bill that's so shockingly bad so that the re-written version will sound like such a wonderful compromise and still screw society hard enough to be worth boasting about at the next lobby courting banquet.
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This. It's the time-honored method of passing public screwing legislation like this: just keep trying over and over until it makes it through somehow.
 
Wierdo said:
My guess is they introduced a bill that's so shockingly bad so that the re-written version will sound like such a wonderful compromise and still screw society hard enough to be worth boasting about at the next lobby courting banquet.
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-Overton Window- there moving the window
 
Wierdo said:
My guess is they introduced a bill that's so shockingly bad so that the re-written version will sound like such a wonderful compromise and still screw society hard enough to be worth boasting about at the next lobby courting banquet.
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Then I wonder how the DMCA got passed. If you want to talk about shockingly bad, start there.
 
Methadras said:
Then I wonder how the DMCA got passed. If you want to talk about shockingly bad, start there.
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in all honesty, it was passed in 98, think back, the internet was certainly readily available and information exchange was happening, but overall awareness wasn't what it is now when it comes to things of a technological nature...in 98 most people were still enamored with chat rooms, still picture porn and animated hamsters being mutilated...

we still have that stuff today...but the sheer influx of online users does bring in more people who may not be uber savvy but will open their mouth at things like sopa.

I'd be willing to bet the DMCA if it was trying to pass now...would be met with the same assault as sopa.
 
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