Archief - SOPA, het einde van vrijheid op het Internet?

mythe zei:

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Wow. We just won.

From the Associated Press:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he was postponing a test vote set for Tuesday "in light of recent events."

So, in other words, because of all of us. Absolutely amazing.

Demand Progress has been fighting this legislation for more than a year -- having grown from nothing to over one million members during that period.

We rely on those members to fund our (2-person) operation -- are you able to help out?

Even the Motion Picture Association's Chris Dodd is awed by what just happened. Here's what he said yesterday:

“This is altogether a new effect,” Mr. Dodd said, comparing the online movement to the Arab Spring. He could not remember seeing “an effort that was moving with this degree of support change this dramatically” in the last four decades, he added.

Thanks so much for your work on this. Will you consider a donation to Demand Progress so we can keep up the fight the next time the Internet comes under attack?

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Nas zei:

"Oprichter verdiende illegaal 100 miljoen aan Megaupload" - Internet - De Morgen
Nu, ik ben tegen het neerhalen van megaupload, maar als je deze verhalen leest van de oprichter, is het ergens toch gerechtvaardigd?

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Nas zei:

Anonymous lanceerde grootste internetoorlog ooit - Internet - De Morgen
Hehe, Anonymous heeft ze goed te pakken. Normaal is het enkel grote woorden van Anonymous, maar nu doen ze ook iets.

"Oprichter verdiende illegaal 100 miljoen aan Megaupload" - Internet - De Morgen
Nu, ik ben tegen het neerhalen van megaupload, maar als je deze verhalen leest van de oprichter, is het ergens toch gerechtvaardigd?

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Nas zei:

Die kerel heeft geld witgewassen en andere illegale praktijken. Die gast oppakken lijkt me een rechtvaardige zet.

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Yo-Han zei:

Het feit dat ze massa's geld verdienden aan vele mensen hun illegale uploads is wel juist. Http downloads heeft van warez opeens big business gemaakt voor de file en storage providers terwijl de spirit van warez toch wel 'gratis' is.
Http warez downloads werden zo poepsimpel mettertijd, dat het mooie liedje eens zou moeten eindigen denk ik. Natuurlijk, onkruid zal nooit vergaan.

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Arne zei:

Sony is er voor, voor mijn part halen ze Playstation Network nog eens lange tijd offline, zal ze leren. Niet dat ik het leuk ga vinden, maar ik heb het er zeker wel voor over. Zolang die SOPA er maar niet komt.

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MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought
from the sickening dept
Reinforcing the fact that Chris Dodd really does not get what's happening, and showing just how disgustingly corrupt the MPAA relationship is with politicians, Chris Dodd went on Fox News to explicitly threaten politicians who accept MPAA campaign donations that they'd better pass Hollywood's favorite legislation... or else:
"Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake,"
This certainly follows what many people assumed was happening, and fits with the anonymous comments from studio execs that they will stop contributing to Obama, but to be so blatant about this kind of corruption and money-for-laws politics in the face of an extremely angry public is a really, really, really tone deaf response from Dodd.

It shows, yet again, that he just doesn't get it. People were protesting not just because of the content of these bills, but because of the corrupt process of big industries like Dodd's "buying" politicians and "buying" laws. To then come out and make that threat explicit isn't a way to fix things or win back the public. It's just going to get them more upset, and to recognize just how corrupt this process is. If Dodd, as he said in yesterday's NY Times, really wanted to turn things around and come to a more reasonable result, this is exactly how not to do it. It shows, yet again, a DC-insider's mindset. He used Fox News to try to "send a message" to politicians. But the internet already sent a much louder message... and, even worse for Dodd, he bizarrely sent his message in a way that everyone who's already fed up with this kind of corruption can see it too. It really makes you wonder what he's thinking and how someone so incompetent at this could keep his job.

The MPAA doesn't need a DC insider explicitly demanding the right to buy laws and buy politicians. The MPAA needs a reformer, one who helps guide Hollywood into the opportunities of a new market place. The MPAA needs someone who actually understands the internet, and helps lead the studios forward. That's apparently not Chris Dodd.

Public Knowledge issued a fantastic statement that not only highlights the ridiculousness of Dodd's threats, but also the hypocrisy of the Hollywood studios on this issue:
Public Knowledge welcomes constructive dialog with people from all affected sectors about issues surrounding copyright, the state of the movie industry and related concerns. Cybersecurity experts, Internet engineers, venture capitalists, artists, entrepreneurs, human rights advocates, law professors, consumers and public-interest organizations, among others should be included. They were shut out of the process for these bills.

We suggest that in the meantime, if the MPAA is truly concerned about the jobs of truck drivers and others in the industry, then it can bring its overseas filming back to the U.S. and create more jobs. It could stop holding states hostage for millions of dollars in subsidies that strained state budgets can’t afford while pushing special-interest bills through state legislatures. While that happens, discussions could take place.

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dragonflo zei:

Uploaden naar megaupload was gratis en je kon tegen bijna maximum snelheid downloaden als je geen account had. Je moest enkel een bepaalde tijd wachten. Megaupload was echt één van de beste.

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