STOP ONLINE PIRACY!

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:53 am

Click here to read about a new legislative effort to close down pirate sites.

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:13 am

About damn time! I do hope this applies to digital music as well, although a lot of them don't charge anything so cutting them off from their payment processor may not accomplish anything. Still... this is a step in the right direction!

FMiguelez · Post by **FMiguelez** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:16 am

James Steele wrote:About damn time! I do hope this applies to digital music as well, although a lot of them don't charge anything so cutting them off from their payment processor may not accomplish anything. Still... this is a step in the right direction!

+10000000000000000

I am happy to see there are some people in a position to stop (or at least control or discourage) piracy.

Por fin!!

mhschmieder · Post by **mhschmieder** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:27 pm

It's a step in the right direction and doesn't seem to have any hidden agenda behind it that would hurt the little guy.

It looks like it protects US manufacturers against both domestic and foreign pirates, but doesn't protect foreign manufacturers against domestic pirates. probably that sort of thing has to be dealt with in international court, United Nations, etc.

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 12:49 pm

What will be interesting is whether or not it will be vigorously enforced. You can pass all the laws you want, but without enforcement they are meaningless. Still, what seems cool about this is that private parties that are infringed upon can actually enforce this themselves.

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:06 pm

mhschmieder wrote:It's a step in the right direction and doesn't seem to have any hidden agenda behind it that would hurt the little guy.

It looks like it protects US manufacturers against both domestic and foreign pirates, but doesn't protect foreign manufacturers against domestic pirates. probably that sort of thing has to be dealt with in international court, United Nations, etc.

Looks to me like it protects anyone as long as the pirate site uses a payment processor subject to US law, which would include most of the credit card companies, paypal, etc. Like Wikileaks being cut off around the world because they can't get credit card payments processed. Some parts of the world use other less centralized mobile payment systems, these will still be available.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:13 pm

I'll tell ya, this is a godsend for me. I've had 5 hours of film music being illegally sold in the UK for about a decade but the logistics and costs of bringing an action against Amazon UK (!) are crazy - so if the law passes, I'll be first in line!

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:22 pm

May as well send them a letter now, and let them get it dealt with before the onslaught. Who's going to oppose passage of this bill?

YouTube · Post by **James Steele** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:03 pm

bayswater wrote:May as well send them a letter now, and let them get it dealt with before the onslaught. Who's going to oppose passage of this bill?

Well when we start talking about legislation and who is or isn't opposed now we're getting into politics. That said, I see no obvious argument against passage of such a bill.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:05 pm

Well some of the folks who have been bounced from site as pirates might object. I think they're all Tories. LOL!

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:22 pm

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:Well some of the folks who have been bounced from site as pirates might object. I think they're all Tories. LOL!

You have Tories? I thought Canada was the only place left in the world with them.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:35 pm

We *had* Tories back in revolutionary times (Google 'em). That's why I thought it would be enough of a 'safe' zone.

they were American colonist who favored the British. Now we just call them 'theatre folks.'. LOL.

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:52 pm

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:We *had* Tories back in revolutionary times (Google 'em). That's why I thought it would be enough of a 'safe' zone. they were American colonist who favored the British. Now we just call them 'theatre folks.'. LOL.

Right. Those guys. They rebranded themselves United Empire Loyalists, and moved to Ontario.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:37 pm

Eh?

bayswater · Post by **bayswater** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:41 pm

It's true, eh? They couldn't stay there, could they?

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