American Censorship SOPA & PIPA

[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

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by BaronBonBaron

......“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.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple...lbreak-2011-6#

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Pavel

You know what, I could go on, anyone could, it's easy. Suffice it to say we're dealing with huge hypocracy and lies. Technically Sony are Japanese of course, but they are Global and make most of their money in the USA and Europe anyway.

[nearmiss]

I think it may be fair to say... Politicians aren't listening anywhere.

The last bastion of communication ( and the best) is the internet.

This above all must be preserved as is.

Anyone with the skill to build websites and share on the internet should consider carefully how they can be more involved. We need proactive people willing to do more to stop governments from reverting us to who knows what.

The people of the world must be united, not as special interest groups, but as the majority. The quiet ones of the majority must be enjoined to prevent governments from turning us all into worker ants.

[swiss]

sopa is dead




edit:

Smith also released the following statement on Friday:

“We need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products. The problem of online piracy is too big to ignore. American intellectual property industries provide 19 million high-paying jobs and account for more than 60% of U.S. exports. The theft of America’s intellectual property costs the U.S. economy more than $100 billion annually and results in the loss of thousands of American jobs. Congress cannot stand by and do nothing while American innovators and job creators are under attack.

19 million jobs?
$100.000.000.000 turnover.

In music and movies?! roflamo

[FFCW_Urizen]

Originally Posted by swiss

19 million jobs?
$100.000.000.000 turnover.

In music and movies?! roflamo

My guess is, that he is not just referring to Movies and Music, but also Games and Books. Just watch the end-titles-screen of any movie and look at the number of people involved. Then you might not lyao .

[NedLynch]

19 million jobs, 60% of US exports

Yeah, another thing I could go on and on about that is wrong with this country.
The short version is manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas where cheap labour can be found (cough...China...chough).
So what's left in the US?
Intellectual property (that'll help really to have some independance when it comes to physical goods), virtual money making (Wall Street...yeah great) and the service sector (would you like cheese with that?).
So our duty as Americans seems to be to buy cheap plastic toys made in China for our kids around the hollidays so the US economy can thrive?

It is my understanding that the general feeling amongst average people (me included) is nothing is being made in the US anymore.
Just look at where the parts in our computers are made to the largest extend.
One other word, solar panels...like I said I could go on and on.

[FFCW_Urizen]

For shipping manufacturing jobs overseas, there isn´t one country, or more accurately, one company who doesn´t do that. It´s not just that wages are cheaper, companies have to invest less in safety standards, as most of those don´t exist in those countries.
it´s all about maximising profits.

[Liz Lemon]

Originally Posted by NedLynch

19 million jobs, 60% of US exports

Yeah, another thing I could go on and on about that is wrong with this country.
The short version is manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas where cheap labour can be found (cough...China...chough).
So what's left in the US?
Intellectual property (that'll help really to have some independance when it comes to physical goods), virtual money making (Wall Street...yeah great) and the service sector (would you like cheese with that?).
So our duty as Americans seems to be to buy cheap plastic toys made in China for our kids around the hollidays so the US economy can thrive?

It is my understanding that the general feeling amongst average people (me included) is nothing is being made in the US anymore.
Just look at where the parts in our computers are made to the largest extend.
One other word, solar panels...like I said I could go on and on.

Yeah, you may think that, but its not really true.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy...#Manufacturing