On the plus side, both bills got shelved because of our show of opposition! The People ain't so retarded after all, eh?
Still, the problem hasn't disappeared. We've only won a battle, not the war. Those big companies are still circling and they still have DMCA. The link will take you to more information. It's a good article.
Piracy is crime, no doubt about that. Criminals do what they do. But guess what? Censorship isn't the right way to fight it. Let's look at this fact: A lot of people pirate music. Yeah, you know who
Naw, man. They go somewhere else. Hear this, record companies: It's easy to download music. Let me say that again. It's easy to download music. Oh, did you notice the word I left out? I didn't say "illegally". Betcha didn't notice that the first time, didja? But have you heard of iTunes? Do you know how much money iTunes pulls in? Oh, hey look at that. Millions of dollars that people didn't have to spend but did anyway. How do you explain that? People are WILLING to pay money for products they want. Revolutionary and shocking, I know. Don't tell me they didn't know how to download mp3s either, man. That's weak.
Change always threatens part of the Establishment. It's a fact of reality. Get with the digital times or you'll go the way of Kodak, you guys.
I had no idea what happened to Kodak. I had kind of missed them. Censorship isn't the answer no, and we did good to SOPA and PIPA shelved. I'd like to see an end to DCMA but I don't see it happening. It's an old issue that I rarely see people fighting over anymore. Except when it comes to iTunes and not being able to make personal copies of the music you buy and then having to buy them all again should something happen like having to wipe your hard drive due to majorly bad viruses, or having to buy a new computer because your old one broke. We should still remain vigilant as hell about SOPA/PIPA though. They will be back, you can count on it.
ReplyDeleteCopyright laws need tweaking. That's the basis of that problem.
DeleteThough they shouldn't be tweaked in the ways that the copyright people are trying to do.
DeleteCan I get a hell yes up in here? Love the finish, yes. Revolutionize how things get done! I still don't think that's the point of SOPA/PIPA, no matter what, most musicians will make their legit income off touring and merch, but unless people don't shoot that silly "music piracy" excuse down, people will find themselves siding with this mumbo jumbo. So preach it well!
ReplyDeleteIf this passes I will have to do new things on the internet because everything I currently do will be banned. :P
ReplyDeleteSurely not *everything*!
DeleteI never used Megaupload, and from what I've read the founder is a life long con artist, so I not mad that its gone. However, it just proves the system is already broken even without SOPA/PIPA, it just proves the feds go to work for the highest bidder instead of the society it is supposed to protect. They need to fight real crime instead of their BS wars on drugs, terror, and now pirates.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it isn't the law they protect anymore, it is the profits.
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