SOPA Doesn't Censor Internet, Says Rep. Lamar Smith

[backbydemand]

Illegal piracy and counterfeiting cost the U.S. economy $100 billion

Assuming that figure is accurate, if piracy was 100% stopped tomorrow, there isn't $100 billion in spare cash for people to buy legitimately.

People pirate because the cost of paying for it is too much and if they can't illegally download it they will just not have it.

 

[jryan388]

Probably isn't even computer literate.

 

[yannigr]

Every time a politician wants to lie he/she talks about the people, the country and the bad guys who want to harm the people and the country. This is common in most politicians in all the countries.

 

[shat]

I'm against this but can understand why a lot companies are for this. a lot it has to with copyright and intellectual property. How would you like to spend millions of dollars and have a business just for Joe blow to steal it.

 

[svdb]

The Feds busted Megaupload, and they didn't need SOPA.
http://gizmodo.com/5877612/feds-kill-megaupload

 

[zulutech]

Lamar Smith. A name to put on my complete fucking retard list.

 

[svdb]

[citation][nom]shat[/nom]I'm against this but can understand why a lot companies are for this. a lot it has to with copyright and intellectual property. How would you like to spend millions of dollars and have a business just for Joe blow to steal it.[/citation]
Nope, this is about a handful of people trying to get the legal means to have any website that they don't like shut down.
Lets say I don't like your news site because you're accusing me of corruption, I could have an "agent" plant illegal content on your news website and have you then shut down.
See where this is going?

 

[nurgletheunclean]

[citation][nom]Koga73[/nom]it effectively creates an internet blacklist... how is that not censorship?people will just use outside DNS and Proxies to get around the blocks anyways so whats the point? Will I get thrown in jail for using a proxy to access a blacklisted site?![/citation]
The problem goes beyond simply blocking the DNS name, they could demand the actual IPs get blocked, by ISPs/Backbone providers. Using an international proxy would not only be very inconvenient but it would probably be extremely slow. For that matter those proxies could get blocked under the same laws.

 

[qhoa1385]

I want to put a big thorny dildo up this guy ass

 

[mavikt]

"SOPA doesn't censor internet" just like "Guns don't kill people".
If only there were a politician that could think one step ahead...

What a moron!

 

[shat]

guns don't kill people. people do. did stalin, mao, hitler, etc. shoot every single person with a gun.

 

[zulutech]

Guns enable people to kill others. Politics enable people to be greedy, you know, 'poly' is the root of many words, like politics. 'Poly' meaning many, and 'tics' meaning blood sucking parasites.

 

[livebriand]

Leave the damn internet alone, you morons! Pirates WILL find ways to get around this, and the thing is, plenty of people who pirate wouldn't have bought the content in the first place, in which case is it really a lost sale?

 

[invisik]

"piracy and counterfeiting cost the U.S. economy $100 billion". So what was the point going in the middle east and invading countries when our citizens back home are unemployed and lack medical insurance? If money is that important why not stop getting into every affair that goes on in this world. Piracy should be the last thing to fix. We have much bigger issues. All the scumbags want are fat checks from Hollywood simply put.

 

[poxenium]

"Illegal piracy and counterfeiting cost the U.S. economy $100 billion and thousands of jobs every year."
Now we know who's responsible for the struggling economy - PIRATES! And not US resident pirates, but just foreign ones.
I'm sure the USA has NEVER copied any foreign technology and NEVER made billions with it.

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]shat[/nom]guns don't kill people. people do. did stalin, mao, hitler, etc. shoot every single person with a gun.[/citation]
I think that was the point 😛 the law itself won't censor the internet, but the people who will use it will end up censoring the internet, just like a gun won't kill anyone but the person who uses it will.

 

[shin0bi272]

hey lamar! Suck it!

http://memebase.com/2012/01/18/internet-memes-the-world-is-a-sad-but-ironic-place/

 

[wardoc22]

Bullshit?

 

[FloKid]

SOPA is like burning down libraries and tearing pages out of books.

 

[cchambers]

Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is now on Anonymous' s_ _t list. Lamar doesn't understand that just by opening a door to the potential of censorship paves the way for it to become reality. Don't give the government ANY leverage! Say NO to SOPA and PIPA!