E-PARASITES Act, Even worse than PROTECT IP

[Xagzan]

Originally Posted by Mr. DJ

too many have become content and forget the government is supposed to work for the people

Thanks to Citizens United, it now does! Hooray!

[Lost Cause]

The funny thing is that the politician sponsoring the bill probably doesn't know a thing about the technology it's aimed at!
This is typical political BS being brought on by the media industry that claims it's losing money to piracy. And an attempt to squander more of our (taxpayers) money in a pork bill! I for one can still remember all the hoopla about VCRs when they came out and how John Q. could just sit and record a favorite show and watch it as much as he/she wanted without paying fir the rights, which is BS anyway!
It's all about money, and "somebody" thinking their getting screwed! Napalm would sure come in handy right about now!

[Vexx]

Originally Posted by Xagzan

Thanks to Citizens United, it now does! Hooray!

Since "people" in the US are now *corporations* (mere individuals mean nothing), why yes... it does work for the "people" (pardon whilst I go throw up now).

And yes, I'm at the position where I think you shouldn't be ALLOWED to run for office if you can't pass basic technology tests. Opinions and policy have NO VALUE if they aren't constructed on understanding of the topic. Too many federal decisions REQUIRE understanding on topics that the people we elect don't have.

I can be quite the curmudgeon at parties when an idiot mouths off on a topic they don't have the slightest clue about. I embarrassed a politician back in the 90s by asking specific questions resulting in "If you don't understand the subject, why are we letting you vote on it?"

[Ithekro]

Sort of like the News reporters that have no idea about what they are reporting on.

I recall a broadcast after a plane crash where they were taking about the pilot (student) was using hood goggles for IFR training. This is basically a blinder hood so you can't look around you and have to focus on your instruments only. The reporter put one on, in the studeo, to demostrate....and put them on backwards to look though the little size adjustment holes in the strap.

[Alchemist007]

Here's where we lie:

Corrupt shithole---------US-----------------------------------------------------------Democratically functional---------------------Communist Paradise

[Ithekro]

I'm fairly certain there is no such thing as a Communist Paradise, if only because the intended goal cannot fuction the way Marx would have liked it to fuction.

[Vexx]

He should probably replace "communist paradise" with "Utopia" (an imaginary impossible place where everything works beautifully and everyone contributes because they want to).

I recall a broadcast after a plane crash where they were taking about the pliot (student) was using hood goggles for IFR training. This is basically a blinder hood so you can't look around you and have to focus on your instruments only. The reporter put one on, in the studeo, to demostrate....and put them on backwards to look though the little size adjustment holes in the strap.

HAHAHAHAHA... I hate most reporters, as most of them are idiots. (supported by both personal experience and observation from afar) - they're never-ending sources of facepalming moments in my career.

[Alchemist007]

I chose communism because utopia I find just a bit more impossible (and too broadly definable).

[synaesthetic]

Originally Posted by Alchemist007

I chose communism because utopia I find just a bit more impossible (and too broadly definable).

One extreme is no better than another, and people are so quick to embrace any extreme.

My theory is that the RIAA/MPAA/et al. will continually lean on Congress to put these bills out under different names until one of them actually gets through. Of course, I don't see companies like Google or the big telcos and ISPs standing idly by while laws that directly impact their profits go into effect. This bill threatens their safe harbor status, which is very, very important to them, and it's why DMCA takedowns actually have teeth. Without the promise of immunity from lawsuits, I don't see ISPs and big search engines like Google and Bing complying with takedowns if it doesn't protect them from potential lawsuits.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?

[Ithekro]

Unless the enemy of my enemy is my enemy....

[synaesthetic]

Originally Posted by Ithekro

Unless the enemy of my enemy is my enemy....

Well, we've got plenty of those, surely.

[Ithekro]

I think that was a line from Dick Tracy, if my memory is serving me correctly.

[SaintessHeart]

Originally Posted by Alchemist007

I chose communism because utopia I find just a bit more impossible (and too broadly definable).

You might as well choose anarchy.

Tyranny wouldn't be a choice since it has been proven to be an offspring of unregulated democracy or stringent communism - they are all the same.

[TigerII]

Originally Posted by SaintessHeart

You might as well choose anarchy.

Tyranny wouldn't be a choice since it has been proven to be an offspring of unregulated democracy or stringent communism - they are all the same.

I'd be up for a dictatorship if I was the dictator. I'd be fair.

[HasuMasu]

Originally Posted by TigerII

I'd be up for a dictatorship if I was the dictator. I'd be fair.

I suppose all dictators might think that way, but power has a way with things.

[Oblivion]

Can someone explain exactly what this act is and what it does? Does it apply to countries outside of the U.S.?

[HasuMasu]

I suppose even if you're not in the US, the sites will still be blocked, at least from what I gather.

[Random32]

It censors sites by revoking domain names (ex: animesuki.com). It will probably affect you even if you aren't in the US, though it will presumably have trouble affecting sites that are registered to countries not friendly to the US (thus the mass movement of pirate sites to non-US controlled TLD's (not *.com or *.org).

[risingstar3110]

To take it to the extreme, so one day, a warning will pop up on animesuki, noticing 'the forum will faces 'death penalty' in 3 seconds, and every members here gonna face house arrest as soon as police notice arriving to your house mailbox'?
And 'anime' forums will have "current series" and"older series"sections next to "child porns"?


I rarely face nightmare, but maybe i am not as fully awake as i thought. I should go back to sleep now.

[Vexx]

Its also pushing moves to "non-aligned" DNS servers less susceptible to the whims of corporate puppets, I mean, government agencies.