Ombre Vivante Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the u.s. dept. of justice - at the behest of their corporate overlords - have shut down MegaUpload and FileSonic. Some repiglican congressman was also pushing for the passing of the SOPA and PIPA, while our dear leader signed the NDAA in the middle of the night to take more of our civil rights away. Is anyone here in the U.S. concerned that corporate interests now want to control what sort of access you have to the Internet by having their lawmaker lackeys pass "laws" to grant them this kind of power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 ...in Europe everybody was quite concerned about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 As they should because rich people here in the u.s. can now use the dept. of justice to extradite people from Europe (or anywhere else) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 ...I mean, normal people, JuanCa, just like you and me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 We should also mention ACTA, another bill that's causing problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 This is something we Songfactors should definitely be concerned about. With the amount of copyrighted material we post from youtube for the tens and other things, the government could absolutely use these laws (if they pass) to shut us down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 And we're only talking about this now? ...in Europe everybody was quite concerned about it. and yet Europe didn't and doesn't seem to be too much concerned about ACTA (apart from Poland where there were significant protests) In fact I have to admit I only heard about ACTA first with the protests in Poland, after it was already signed by a large amount of countries. related: (click for larger image) EDIT: while on that, I can also link to The Oatmeal's take on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 I posted this thred in the wrong section, too. This was supposed to be in the News and Current Events subsection of the board. Now that MU is shut down, where am I going to download all those... educational videos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 It sucks that Megaupload is gone, I enjoyed using their service for many reasons. 99% of it perfectly legal and above board, but yeah. That said, Internet file hosting sites are like a hydra; you cut off one head, seven more grow back in its place. Just like getting rid of Napster didn't do squat about p2p file sharing programs, it only made about a dozen more spring up in its wake overnight. I can understand the MPAA and the RIAA wanting to combat piracy, it's rather admirable of them. However, people use file hosting sites for many reasons OTHER than downloading or uploading copyrighted material, so shutting them down strikes me a bit as throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Neil Young says "Piracy is the new radio" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 He's my hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Mr. Neil Young from Manitoba (my home) knows all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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