Actually, someone has. The Entertainment Consumers Association has been trying to convince the games industry to disclose DRM on the packaging as well as standardize EULAs and TOSs and publish them where they are publicly accessible before the purchase of the game.
The bill's sponsors were actually negotiating with themselves as it opponents refused to provide even an iota of constructive input into how the bill's provisions could be amended to address their concerns.
You mean like the committee hearing in which every amendment proposed by Lofgren, Chaffetz and others who were listening to the public and technology sectors were shot down without even an inkling of consideration by Smith? Smith showed no desire to amend the bill in any way he disproved. I am really surprised he even let anyone who was against the bill to speak at all.
anti-SOPA activists had absolutely no interest in anything other than the wholesale destruction of the bill
Perhaps that is because the bill is not needed in the first place. There are plenty of remedies available to copyright holders right now. Just look at what is happening with Mega upload and that kid from England. The US government seems perfectly willing to bend current law to the whims of the MPAA and the RIAA. Why do we even need SOPA?
The rationale? "Well, it was in the original draft, so it will likely be re-inserted at some time in the future, and that is a big problem because eventually what is enacted into law will mirror the original bill."
Were there a number of people who were not keeping up with the changes in the bill? Yes. Was Techdirt one of those areas? No. Techdirt made serious strides to keep people current on what changes were being made and whether the changes were for the better or worse. In the end, the bill was still unnecessary, overly broad and would do more harm than good. Why would we want something like that?
It was FUD then, and this article is little more than a misleading and disingenuous continuation of that FUD.
Oh you mean like "Piracy is costing the US economy $75 trillion a year" Or "SOPA is needed to stop fire departments from buying faulty smoke detectors." or "SOPA is needed to stop people from buying fake drugs from Canada".
Or are you thinking more along the lines of FUD like the 301 report or the IFPI's piracy numbers?
I really wish these people would move along through the stages of grief. They have been stuck at Denial for so long and have only hinted at anger. We need to move on.
Come one people. It is only five steps: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Hollywood actors and politicians are able to go through 12 step programs on a consistent basis, why are these five steps so difficult?
The saying "Good enough for government work" is based on real life experience. I have never once heard anyone say "Good enough for private sector work" Have you?
The role of judges is to interpret the law. That is their role in our system of checks and balances. Their job is to look at the actions of an individual/entity and determine if those actions comply or are in violation of what the judge feels is the application of the law.
Not to mention that most people who are searching Google for copyrighted content are more likely to search for things like "Hurt Locker online" or "hurt Locker free" So killing the suggestion for a single file type is more than useless.
So instead of typing in "Ubuntu" and then arrowing down one or two suggestions to the "Ubuntu torrent" suggestion, I now have to fully type "Ubuntu torrent".
In the case of copyright infringement, instead of typing in "Hurt Locker" and arrowing down a few suggestions for "Hurt Locker torrent" I now have to type in "Hurt Locker torrent".
Ooooooh. Look how much arder it is to infringe copyright.
He is claiming that his copyright on the sculpture also covers photographs of the sculpture. It is an insane thought process and CAFC is stupid for siding with it. Of course CAFC is one of the worst courts in the history of the US.
Because I believe that TPP would still be happening even if Sen. McCain had won the election.
McCain is not interested in trade negotiations. He would much rather subdue those nations currently in the TPP negotiations using the might of our military. The guy is a warmonger. If you think Obama has been bad about war policies and use of the military, it would ahve been far worse the other way.
While I was on my trip to DC recently, I kept an eye out for the restrooms that had toilet paper with the Constitution printed on it. Unfortunately, none of the restrooms I visited had any such toilet paper. I guess that toilet paper is not available for the peasants' restrooms and is reserved for the private Congressional restrooms.
I like this toilet paper and would love to be able to use it in much the same way Congress and the White House uses the Constitution.
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No. The arguments were more like this:
"It will interfere and break the implementation of DNSSEC."
"Justin Beiber made his fame by infringing copyright. SOPA would threaten future Beibers with jailtime for doing what he did to become famous."
"SOPA will put unnecessary restrictions and burdens on Future Youtubes that would threaten to shut them down or they would be sued into bankruptcy."
When you simplify things, sure it sounds bad, but when you provide more context, the arguments start to make since.
Of course, my favorite FUD comes from the pro-SOPA side:
"Piracy is costing the US economy $75 trillion a year"
"SOPA is needed to stop fire departments from buying faulty smoke detectors."
"SOPA is needed to stop people from being killed by fake drugs from Canada"
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You mean like the committee hearing in which every amendment proposed by Lofgren, Chaffetz and others who were listening to the public and technology sectors were shot down without even an inkling of consideration by Smith? Smith showed no desire to amend the bill in any way he disproved. I am really surprised he even let anyone who was against the bill to speak at all.
anti-SOPA activists had absolutely no interest in anything other than the wholesale destruction of the bill
Perhaps that is because the bill is not needed in the first place. There are plenty of remedies available to copyright holders right now. Just look at what is happening with Mega upload and that kid from England. The US government seems perfectly willing to bend current law to the whims of the MPAA and the RIAA. Why do we even need SOPA?
The rationale? "Well, it was in the original draft, so it will likely be re-inserted at some time in the future, and that is a big problem because eventually what is enacted into law will mirror the original bill."
Were there a number of people who were not keeping up with the changes in the bill? Yes. Was Techdirt one of those areas? No. Techdirt made serious strides to keep people current on what changes were being made and whether the changes were for the better or worse. In the end, the bill was still unnecessary, overly broad and would do more harm than good. Why would we want something like that?
It was FUD then, and this article is little more than a misleading and disingenuous continuation of that FUD.
Oh you mean like "Piracy is costing the US economy $75 trillion a year" Or "SOPA is needed to stop fire departments from buying faulty smoke detectors." or "SOPA is needed to stop people from buying fake drugs from Canada".
Or are you thinking more along the lines of FUD like the 301 report or the IFPI's piracy numbers?
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Stages of Grief
Come one people. It is only five steps: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Hollywood actors and politicians are able to go through 12 step programs on a consistent basis, why are these five steps so difficult?
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In the case of copyright infringement, instead of typing in "Hurt Locker" and arrowing down a few suggestions for "Hurt Locker torrent" I now have to type in "Hurt Locker torrent".
Ooooooh. Look how much arder it is to infringe copyright.
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McCain is not interested in trade negotiations. He would much rather subdue those nations currently in the TPP negotiations using the might of our military. The guy is a warmonger. If you think Obama has been bad about war policies and use of the military, it would ahve been far worse the other way.
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I like this toilet paper and would love to be able to use it in much the same way Congress and the White House uses the Constitution.
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