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by rmassie
5270 days ago
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The White House today responded to the two petitions related to SOPA and PIPA. https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/response/combating-o... "the Administration calls on all sides to work together to pass sound legislation this year that provides prosecutors and rights holders new legal tools to combat online piracy originating beyond U.S. borders" New legal tools aren't needed in the US. If you're going to stop international piracy, you need to encourage other countries to pass DMCA style laws, not anything more draconian like 3-strikes laws. The DMCA has allowed innovation in technology to happen while still providing a method for take-down that results in a judge seeing it if it is contested. I understand they're trying to find middle ground, but there really is no middle ground to be had. I also contest the idea that it's actually harming jobs. During the economic downturn the media industries have been doing just fine, much better than the rest of the economy. Combating piracy with SOPA and PIPA style laws will not result in an increase in revenue and will almost certainly result in a decrease. It shows a lack of understanding on the part of the White House. |
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You have elided the parts of the White House response where they say not to touch DNS, to use the law with foreign criminal activity rather than domestic activity already covered under US law, and to have strong due process for interventions with ad networks and payment processors.
With those restrictions we are talking about a very different kind of legislation and the issue becomes not the means of enforcement but some kind of principle that piracy should be allowed.