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

Read and be afraid. Be very afraid. And be afraid if you are anywhere in the world and not just in the United States, for the strict self-censorship that websites will necessarily have to enforce so that they don't lose access to the American market will impact all of us



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thats bullshit.they are trying to regulate everything but it won't work in the end

 

main reason piracy is this: income inequalities

Rich class has most of the money of the country and they make films,songs,etc with it.the poor class that doesn't have money goes and pirates it

at first people will accept it not to pirate fearing the law but after a while the income inequalities will grow too big and the gap between the classes will widen and they will know that regulations are to suppress them and taking a toll on their lives

examples:occupy wall street,uprising's everywhere

 

what these protest and revolts will do it bring in a new government which will be fair.and if everybody would have money,they wouldn't pirate



Not going to happen.



I don't see this happening. There would just be a massive outrage over it.



padib said:
It's possible. Control is the way of the future (though I despise it) and those who resist will probably be the hippies of the future hosting their own sub-networks. That's my thought on the not too distant future

The sub-networks can be blocked. It all can. The only reason VPNs are a good way to get around the Chinese is because they're all so corrupt that they're willing to overlook the people with the money to pay for such things. Here, however, all outbound packets are to be inspected by your ISP, so unless you just invent your own outside internet altogether, you're not getting anything



Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.

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So long, and thanks for all the porn.



interesting. its good for companies and bad for the cheap bastards that steal.

well thats one side of it.



What's the internet?



Land of freedom indeed.



YouTube will become less relaxed as they start blocking videos and music from big companies, but apart from that what is the big deal?