MPAA opposes SOPA blackouts

FFS!

Enough is ENOUGH!!!!!

I love 99.9% of American people, it's the .9% that are REALLY starting to get on my tits - big time.

It's obvious there are many Americans commenting on this particular story and are clearly sensible, level-headed people.

However, your political system is shit and has turned into an empirical-republic totally controlled by the assholes with money i.e. rich individuals and corporations.

Everybody is buying everybody else off and you still have beggars in the streets!

F*uck the lot of you rich assholes! You do nothing but line your own pockets and pay less taxes.

The utopia will soon turn into a dystopia and guess who's asses will be in the mower?

Better enjoy that Super Yacht a bit longer, gangsters.... I'll be waving at you as you go down into the pits of our earth.

"Every asshole has his day!"

The SOPA act has more reaching impact that just fighting piracy. Piracy is something bad, something that can be used to sneak legislations that give total control over Internet in the hands of few very powerful entities.

Internet currently is the only media that is, or can be really free. News papers, radio stations, TV - it is all being censored and serves different interests. Population in different countries has been systematically brainwashed by the media.

On the other hand Internet had become the only place where real freedom of speech and expression can flourish.

Pass the SOPA and powers of the day can take down any site they do not like, prosecute anybody that dears to speak - all in the name of fighting piracy....

I do support fight against piracy but not by "guilty until proven innocent" type of martial low.

Stop SOPA now!!!

@Morris D: you wrote:
"These foolish blackouts are a waste of tiem. They will be as ineffective as the "occupy" protests were. The world ain't going to allow piracy to go unpunished so the pirates might as well get in touch with reality. It's very simple: pirate and be punished."

except ofcourse that the actions do appear to be working, as both are lossing support in congress

and ofcourse that this law will do nothing to actualy stop piracy. every pirate worth his salt knows how to get around a DNS blockade.

what this law will do is give the MPAA and RIAA the right to shut down any website they (don't) like without do process, and the site owners then have to go and prove they aren't violating copyright.
so guilty until proven innocent.
say something bad about the RIAA or MPAA? bam, your sites gone, and you have to fight in court at great expense to get your site back.

or even just you, if you dont like this site, just post something copywrited in the comments here, and bam the site goes away.

what this will mean in the end of user generated content on the internet because nobody will be able to afford to allow user to post things anymore. the risks are to high, the legal costs to great.
this law is nothing short of a infringement on free speech.

it just simply is a extremely bad piece of legislation, that will do nothing to stop its intended target and will have huge collateral damage.

You might as well put MPAA and RIAA cops on our public highways to stop people and check their MP3 players. Then go and sue the State the vehicle was traveling in and get the Highway shut down too...perspective is a bitch huh?

With several countries looking to impose mandatory prison time for piracy it's only going to get worse for the pirates.

YOU are the power abuser.

This bill is nothing more than an exercise in futility by those who think it is their right to suppress other peoples freedoms. It is the responsibility of the content makers to police the web for their material if they are so concerned about copyright issues. (copyrighted works are such a small percentage of total web content anyway) I don't hear the MPAA screaming for the closure of theatres when a patron is caught filming a premiered movie to later upload. Stealing is wrong, but making websites responsible for what an enduser uploads is not the way to go about this.

The content makers haven't got the first clue how to market their products in the 21st century. They no longer understand their markets. Making money takes work, the content makers (Dodd included) are all too comfortable sitting on their rear ends expecting to drum up revenue without addressing business issues. Calling their lobbyists and their buddies in congress is a much less expensive solution than actually having to prove they know how to run a business and accepting responsibility when that business is run intot he ground. Anyway you look at it, this bill is just wrong.

These foolish blackouts are a waste of tiem. They will be as ineffective as the "occupy" protests were. The world ain't going to allow piracy to go unpunished so the pirates might as well get in touch with reality. It's very simple: pirate and be punished.

Next step to free our society from crooks will be abandoning MPAA music all together. I hear everyday more and more very good quality indi songs, and I lost any interest to celebrities' products. Best artists should find ways to customers without middleman-mpaa. It is probably good idea for google and others to exclude "copyright protected" content from site altogether, to make people forget about it sooner rather than later.

Dodd would rather have his gang of thieves (Congress) make decisions behind closed doors without involving the people they should represent, but instead suck dick of the companies that pay them off.
"It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today."

Dodd and the rest of Congress seam to be at war with Freedom these days"

Now I guess we all know who we have to boycott next.

http://bit.ly/dI3hcF

We know Pearce and Calum, that's why the article is interspersed with sarcastic remarks from the inq like
"Dodd said that this sort of thing, and presumably not things like web site shutdowns and controversial extradition decisions, is causing problems on the internet."

But it's nice to be reminded what weasels we deal with and that the struggle against censorship is far from over, they will continue to try to sneak it in, if not with direct bills than by tacking it onto other bills, citing patriotism or how the poor children need protecting in their title so the idiots in US congress/senate sign it without reading it (preferring to read their bank statements instead).

""A statement sent out by the MPAA on behalf of the CEO, former US Senator Chris Dodd, calls the protests "stunts" that punish users, set dangerous precedents, and cover up other agendas.""

Hypocritical statement by Dodd. SOPA also punishes users, sets dangerous precedents, and covers up other agendas....so why is he all in favour of it? It wouldn't surprise me if this A hole Dodd is a closet pirate just like Sarkozy either!

SOPA can just be a distraction that they are showing. They are trying to pass the bill in other way a back up plan. You know there is another bill (A bill I will not name) But it is easily passable and so, they are going to attach SOPA at the back so that it can be passed.

No MPAA Press Releases Act (pronounced Emperor). Stop having to read MPAA press releases that distort things.

These blackouts were widely announced well before the White House suggested SOPA had issues.

It appears that it is very difficult for him to make an argument. He doesn't actually say anything, just pointing fingers. In saying he believes there is a hidden agenda without actually suggesting what that agenda could be further proves he is just slandering the efforts of anyone opposing a bill he supports.

Of course MPAA opposes it. The people in MPAA wrote it. If you want to cut off sites or videos that have your copyright content, okay. Sites that have links to those sites - hell no. That would destroy thousands of jobs - possibly millions.

They've stood firm in their support of SOPA. I've always been a big movie fan and it saddens me that as the internet has begun to play a larger role in the advertisement and creation of movies that such a large group in the film industry is standing up for this act.

Wikipedia,Reddit and every other site who is participating in this blackout are helping to raise awareness on the web for how much damage SOPA will do to the online community should it be allowed to pass.