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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU they should just stop straining their feeble minds and give up trying to understand SOPA. Just kill it and be done already.
 
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Understanding is a good thing in this case, then maybe they'll realize the next time this shit happens, they shouldn't pass it.
 
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They simply are outdated. They can't comprehend the internet, so how in the hell are they qualified to pass laws about it?

The funniest thing here is, that no matter what laws are passed. Hollywood isn't going to be getting much if any more sales/money/buisness than it does now. Why? Well, I'll tell you. Because of people like me, who wouldn't pay for the things they pirate even if they couldn't pirate them. Even if I had the money to piss away on that kind of stuff, I still would not.
 
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I had a big, long rant, but then my computer died and ate it, so the TL;DR of it is, pirating is bad, mm'kay, but a lot of people don't pirate something they hate, and they certainly don't pirate something they like without a good (to them) reason. There's no excuse, mind you, I'm not saying that; there's always, however, a reason, and that reason is what pubs/devs/what-have-yous need to pay attention to, instead of going "OMFG WE'RE LOSING MONEY LET'S CENSOR THE ENTIRE INTERNET".
 
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There are reasons for pirating, though they are often used as excuses:

One downloads a game they've heard highly of as a trial. If they try it and do not like it and uninstall it, it is not pirating. If they try it and enjoy it and purchase it, this is also not pirating. Still counted statistically.

Under the law, I believe it is legal to posses a cracked copy of a game you own. No one wants to carry around ALL THE CDS, and it's often the case that one loses the keys and such while still having the disc. Still counted.

Unavailability: There are games that can be downloaded that can no longer be purchased. What's the market in used NES games? Where can I purchase games for my dreamcast? While still technically illegal, I see no moral problems in downloading what's commonly known as abandonware: Things they no longer make for formats and consoles they no longer support. Probably still counted.

Up and coming artists, and sometimes even respected, established artists, will often offer tracks or records on download. I don't know if it's always the case, but recently Universal managed to get a song they did not own pulled off youtube on a copyright claim, so it is entirely possible these are also being counted.

Granted, there are people who are going to be dicks about it, dance around propriety, lie, and otherwise be generally unpleasant. But SOPA is stupid. And the people pushing it through are inflating their numbers on all counts: The downloads, the profit losses, everything.
 
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Hence why I said companies need to look at the reasons.

If the creators of a game don't put out a demo/trial for people to try their game, then yeah, I understand getting some sort of demo/trial yourself. I still don't like it, and I at least make an effort to bum a copy from a friend first before I do it, but I'm not going to begrudge anyone that does it.

I don't care about abandon-ware. Companies don't really care about abandon-ware. Any company that does is either a scam or dieing and desperate; either way, the company won't get jack nor shit.

If it's a promo song that's released to the public free of charge, it shouldn't be a problem. Granted, given what you said about Universal there, that's not always the case. However, I'll bet if someone can prove the song was released to the public for free, Universal's argument won't hold any water, let alone any weight at all. They shouldn't have to prove it, but that's the world we live in now.

And I'm going to stop myself here before I go on a rant :x
 
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I'll tell you why I don't care to pay for the things I pirate and it's simple. It's easy to steal from a giant faceless corporation that expects to make over 100% profit on an item. Not to mention most have simply detestable buisness-ethics.

It's alot harder to steal from a local small-buisness. Like say, Bob's hardware store, where you know the owner. He goes the extra mile for his customers, and will even take a hit in profits to get you what you need. But you know what? If it weren't a ficticious situation, I'd never buy hardware anywhere else. Even at half the cost.

They've made it too easy to be completely apathetic towards their wellfare. And now any attempts to garner sympathy just seem... tacky. Like the whole bullshit about "you wouldn't steal a car", yeah jackass, because I'm likely to get caught and imprisoned for it. Or the whole deal where you're stealing money from the "little guys" in the industry. Outrageous lies, they all make more money in a week than I do in a month. Not to mention the fact that the disgusting amount of money any big name actor makes could easily pay for the entire production of the film without said actor.
 
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So, is SOPA really that big of a concern? I mean, what I see happening is that is passes, becomes law, someone challenges the constitutionality, enforcement of it is blocked, and it spends five years working through the courts, by which time it has become irrelevant.
 
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SOPA is a big concern, not just for the ramifications, though.

Yeah, I assume it would get thrown out on the basis that it's unconstitutional if it even does pass through Congress, but the thing is, they need to understand that we, the American people, aren't totally asleep at the wheel, and we WILL call them out on vaguely/improperly worded bullshit.
 
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And not everyone in the US is a old fart that sits with other old farts, figuring out how to spend the taxpayer's money on odd jobs and only knows the internet as some form of magic that makes words go from one side of the continent to the other.
 
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Hell, I could swear one or two of them assumed there was more than one 'internet' when I was watching the live stream they had up a little while back.
 
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Hell, I could swear one or two of them assumed there was more than one 'internet' when I was watching the live stream they had up a little while back.
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Not beeg surprise /heavy

Sadly the entire system is kinda borked, however any form of fixing it could really make it worse then it already is, at least until the internet generation can get into office and tell the older generation of political farts when to get off (in theory at least...)
 
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: o

Definitely showing this to the rents tomorrow at the very least, sounds like it's tossing all over the web and stuff even.
 
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HAHAHAHA. I like these guys, not only are they the ONLY ones that realised this pseudo bond-villan plot and attempting to expose it. BUT that's not enough, they want to DESTROY the perpetrators. They deserve a nobel prize for this.
 
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The protests against SOPA have really been heating up recently and more and more people are speaking out. That's good to hear.
 
Megaupload Charged with Piracy, No One Surprised

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has been killed by the feds, for now. Just a reminder that SOPA/PIPA are not needed to kill a website, just make it more streamlined. Ugh.
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has been killed by the feds, for now. Just a reminder that SOPA/PIPA are not needed to kill a website, just make it more streamlined. Ugh.
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This was news before it was news, ya Slowpoke.
 
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