SOPA is being discussed

[VinnyTheGuy]

I'm pretty sure amendments protect this from happening and the 9th amendment only enforces that fact.

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[Regulith]

oh command prompt
how i love you so...

Oh wow, I forgot about tracert until you said that

Beautiful

[Fredulus]

By "good argument" I meant an argument good enough to sway the others from their opinion a bit?

exactly, there isnt one

[VinnyTheGuy]

exactly, there isnt one

There never is.

[otto-san]

exactly, there isnt one

Oh, right, this is the US legislature.

[bithead9]

According to some steam group, it was passed, anyone clarify?

[Fredulus]

Oh, right, this is the US legislature.

that and there's nothing wrong with the bill, i dont mind if tpb is shut down.

[HerpaDerp]

that and there's nothing wrong with the bill, i dont mind if tpb is shut down.

youtube will be shut down as there's lots of people posting videos about games, songs, etc. without asking for permission from the original owners.

[Fredulus]

[quote author=HerpaDerp link=topic=179143.msg4668822#msg4668822 date=1324002482
youtube will be shut down as there's lots of people posting videos about games, songs, etc. without asking for permission from the original owners.
[/quote]
nope

[Aces]

youtube will be shut down as there's lots of people posting videos about games, songs, etc. without asking for permission from the original owners.

Nah.

They can't even shut youtube down because of that. Now, If youtube continued as is then they would do something about it probably.

[TheChaosCarrier]

i wonder if anyone took the time to read the bill.
i read tidbits and i'm currently saving it in a .txt
done.

if anybody is at all interested, its attached. excuse the formatting.
this is actually interesting to read.

this helps because it seems some of you don't fully understand the impact of it.

[Aces]

REQUIRED ACTIONS. An Internet advertising service that contracts to provide advertising to or for the foreign infringing site that is subject to the order, or that knowingly serves advertising to or for such site, shall take technically feasible and commercially reasonable measures, as expeditiously as possible, designed to-
(I) prevent its service from providing advertisements to or relating to the foreign infringing site that is specified in the order;

Edit:
(b) FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED BY ORGANIZATIONS. Section 1831(b) of such title is amended by striking $10,000,000 and inserting "not more than the greater of $10,000,000 or 3 times the value of the stolen trade secret to the organization (including expenses for research and design or other costs of reproducing the trade secret that the organization has thereby avoided).
SEC. 204. DENYING U.S. CAPITAL TO NOTORIOUS FOREIGN INFRINGERS.

:O

[TheChaosCarrier]

TITLE ---ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS TO COMBAT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT
Sec. 201. Streaming of copyrighted works in violation of criminal law.

hm.

[Vegetarian Zombie]

That sounds to me that stuff like YouTube, Facebook, 4Chan, BLOCKLAND will face a lot of stuff.

[Kochieboy]

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