American Censorship SOPA & PIPA

[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.

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by 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.

It gets the unions out of their face as well

[5./JG27.Farber]

Anyone noticed Google will be changing their Privacy Policy in the next few months? Have you seen what is on it?

Im pretty sure this is not coincidental.

So anyone recommend a new search engine?

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Anyone noticed Google will be changing their Privacy Policy in the next few months? Have you seen what is on it?

Im pretty sure this is not coincidental.

So anyone recommend a new search engine?

Fascinating, the moment I am reading your post, an e-mail arrives:

effective 1st March 2012
http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by 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.

Or in simple terms GREED!!

[nearmiss]

Google probably had it in the works to go along with the SOPA/PIPA thing they expected to pass. Google has been doing alot of things over the past few years and gotten away with it.

Youtube ads are a good example. Google uses your creative videos for their advertisers, they pay the creator of the video nothing. If that isn't the gravy train you tell me what it is. That is copyright enfringement, but they get around it with their waiver agreement you sign onto when you post your videos.

Google is no longer a benefactor or friend to internet users. It isn't about search either. It's about monopolizing marketing.

Also, I just heard that twitter is going to do censoring thing. I wonder if the Saudi Prince that invested 300,000,000 in twitter had anything to do with that. I think Saudi royal family is fearful they will be next in revolutions. Twitter and facebook were the communication mechanisms that facilitated the overthrow of Egypt. People were communicating with each other, which is critical to such actions.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

Youtube ads are a good example. Google uses your creative videos for their advertisers, they pay the creator of the video nothing. If that isn't the gravy train you tell me what it is. That is copyright enfringement, but they get around it with their waiver agreement you sign onto when you post your videos.

I use "AdBlocker Plus" plugin module for firefox mozilla, never seen an ad on youtube