American Censorship SOPA & PIPA

[von Pilsner]

It is troubling (in the USA at least) that intellectual property has become so important that many times it is now (somehow) a criminal offense instead of a civil issue.

I hate to think that people in other countries need to be careful of breaking US law when they are in their own (supposedly) soverign nation....
This guy is likely getting extradited to the US for a link sharing site, the government where he lives does not think it's worth prosecuting, but they will ship him off to the USA for some good old fashioned justice...

Our IP laws seem to be getting quite broad in their interpetation and enforcement...
-Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works
-The Great Martin Luther King Copyright Conundrum ($10.00 to see I have a Dream historical speech)
and so on and so forth...

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by von Pilsner

It is troubling (in the USA at least) that intellectual property has become so important that many times it is now (somehow) a criminal offense instead of a civil issue.

I hate to think that people in other countries need to be careful of breaking US law when they are in their own (supposedly) soverign nation....
This guy is likely getting extradited to the US for a link sharing site, the government where he lives does not think it's worth prosecuting, but they will ship him off to the USA for some good old fashioned justice...
.

Its quite a big story here, as what he did is not even an offense in the UK...

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

Its quite a big story here, as what he did is not even an offense in the UK...

Thank Mr Blair for signing the most one sided treaty in history, not including those of a defeated country, although that's moot.....

[Ataros]

This means if a modder makes a Grumman aircraft model for CloD one day and it is used on a server located in the USA or published on a US website, he can be extradited to the USA for prosecution.

Does EU have the same agreement?

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by Ataros

Does EU have the same agreement?

No, only Britain, they weren't as far up George's arse as Tony was. To be fair, neither was George's underpants.

[GOZR]

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

No, only Britain, they weren't as far up George's arse as Tony was. To be fair, neither was George's underpants.

When you say George do you mean George Bush our special needs president?

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

When you say George do you mean George Bush our special needs president?

yep.

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

Thank Mr Blair for signing the most one sided treaty in history, not including those of a defeated country, although that's moot.....

I think most of the British foreign policy with Bush and Blair went like this (@ 1.38 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVreL6SFQ_k

embarrassing. The current dirtbags in Government said they'd remove this awful 'deal' if elected but have avoided it completely. It disgusts me.

[BaronBonBaron]

"Immediately following Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) decision to postpone a full vote on the “PROTECT IP Act” (PIPA), which was originally scheduled for Tuesday, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), chief sponsor of the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA), has announced that he will delay further consideration of the contentious anti-piracy bill in the House “until there is wider agreement on a solution.”"

SOPA/PIPA is stopped...

“I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy,” said Smith in a statement. “It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.”

...for now.

http://news.yahoo.com/sopa-stopped-c...182059946.html