The government has no problem with showing us who is boss. The day after people protest SOPA the government overreaches its bounds and pull a move right out of the SOPA act itself.
Now MegaUpload is a pretty popular site for uploading lots of things. They also like any other upload site get pirated material but they always shut it down pretty abruptly. They should fall under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which has many provisions that provide safe harbor for companies.
What safe harbor essentially does is say "As long as you're doing your best to remove illegal material you are not liable for what your users do."
What SOPA would change is that very thing. It was to hold the sites liable for what users upload, which is obviously impossible when you look at larger sites which copyrighted material is posted all over such as wikipedia, facebook, and youtube. It seems they want to make it clear they do not need SOPA to do what they want.
Bashiok - Blizzard Representative - 08/01/2011 -"So how many skill combinations are there now? Well taking into account 6 active skills, all the rune combinations, and 3 passives we currently expect each class to have roughly 2,285,814,795,264 different build combinations."
"Hey, I thought you'd like the witty irony of grub-on-glowie violence!"
You have to hide peoples signatures by hitting the X on their signature. You can then unblock it in your profile later. I'll see about getting that fixed.
Now MegaUpload is a pretty popular site for uploading lots of things. They also like any other upload site get pirated material but they always shut it down pretty abruptly.
Megaupload is pretty well known for not complying with DMCA requests.
What SOPA would change is that very thing. It was to hold the sites liable for what users upload, which is obviously impossible when you look at larger sites which copyrighted material is posted all over such as wikipedia, facebook, and youtube. It seems they want to make it clear they do not need SOPA to do what they want.
No, SOPA has nothing to do with policing domestic sites. It ONLY covers foreign websites that are US-directed. SOPA would have nothing to do with sites like Megaupload, Wikipedia, Facebook and Youtube. All are under the DMCA as they have .com domains.
No, SOPA has nothing to do with policing domestic sites.
Right but it's what SOPA would do to other countries sites.
What SOPA would change is that very thing. It was to hold the sites liable for what users upload
I meant what SOPA wanted to do was the same as what they did. I also know what the DMCA says which is why I cited it. Who decides what is sufficient in "complying" with the DMCA? I know MegaUpload complies, I've seen links taken down, sometimes within hours. So the problem is when they can decide what is adequate.
Gotcha. Adding Facebook, Wikipedia and YouTube in there seemed odd.
I know of several small devs that have repeatedly asked them to remove content with no recourse. They'll comply for the most part when large companies point something out, but it seems rarely when the little guys do. But frankly, pirated material is rampant on the site.
I just mentioned those because they were the first to pop into my head. Obviously there are foreign based counterparts. I guess the thing I'm not comfortable with is who defines how much is too much and the fact that they can do that at all. I'm not a fan of laws that can easily be used for other more nefarious reasons.
The megaupload folks have been arrested for money laundering. Now, I absolutely despise all the implications of this instant shut down, however it is not random or unjustified if such is true.
They tried to say all those online poker sites were money laundering too. I don't know if I believe that sort of thing anymore. Seems like a nice label to slap on so the case makes it to trial with more ease.
The government has no problem with showing us who is boss. The day after people protest SOPA the government overreaches its bounds and pull a move right out of the SOPA act itself.
http://www.usatoday....down/52678528/1
Now MegaUpload is a pretty popular site for uploading lots of things. They also like any other upload site get pirated material but they always shut it down pretty abruptly. They should fall under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which has many provisions that provide safe harbor for companies.
What safe harbor essentially does is say "As long as you're doing your best to remove illegal material you are not liable for what your users do."
What SOPA would change is that very thing. It was to hold the sites liable for what users upload, which is obviously impossible when you look at larger sites which copyrighted material is posted all over such as wikipedia, facebook, and youtube. It seems they want to make it clear they do not need SOPA to do what they want.
Bashiok - Blizzard Representative - 08/01/2011 -"So how many skill combinations are there now? Well taking into account 6 active skills, all the rune combinations, and 3 passives we currently expect each class to have roughly 2,285,814,795,264 different build combinations."
"Hey, I thought you'd like the witty irony of grub-on-glowie violence!"
Megaupload is pretty well known for not complying with DMCA requests.
No, SOPA has nothing to do with policing domestic sites. It ONLY covers foreign websites that are US-directed. SOPA would have nothing to do with sites like Megaupload, Wikipedia, Facebook and Youtube. All are under the DMCA as they have .com domains.
One source for you if you don't want to read the actual bill
http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/22/2648219/stop-online-piracy-act-sopa-what-is-it
Right but it's what SOPA would do to other countries sites.
I meant what SOPA wanted to do was the same as what they did. I also know what the DMCA says which is why I cited it. Who decides what is sufficient in "complying" with the DMCA? I know MegaUpload complies, I've seen links taken down, sometimes within hours. So the problem is when they can decide what is adequate.
I know of several small devs that have repeatedly asked them to remove content with no recourse. They'll comply for the most part when large companies point something out, but it seems rarely when the little guys do. But frankly, pirated material is rampant on the site.