"PIPA and SOPA are not oddities, they're not anomalies, they're not events...more is coming...until we convince Congress that the way to deal with copyright violation is [...] to have a trial with all the presentation of evidence and the hashing out of facts and the assessment of remedies that goes on in democratic societies..."
they won't get me back on the couch...
Posted by: Billy Jones | Jan 18, 2012 at 05:35 PM
That's right, Billy, the genie's out of the bottle. "We won't get fooled again!"
Good explanation in this video, though I'm still wondering how you serve that order to appear in court to a 16 year old in Kazakstan, then get him over here to present his evidence. In an age where the pirate sites are popping up globally and exponentially, can we really be wheeling Perry Mason in there each time to carefully weigh the evidence pro and con?
Posted by: Bill Yaner | Jan 18, 2012 at 06:37 PM
the opposite choice is just as damning, bill. this issue needs real study without crippling the internet, liberty, creativity and commerce in the meanwhile...
Posted by: sean | Jan 18, 2012 at 07:29 PM
James Kwak: clear, simple, congresscritter comprehendable
http://baselinescenario.com/2012/01/18/the-end-of-the-blog/#more-9687
Posted by: Bill B. | Jan 18, 2012 at 08:22 PM
BY, they don't go after the Kazakh, they go after US sites...read the Kwak post, linked just above.
Posted by: Ed Cone | Jan 18, 2012 at 08:49 PM
Exactly, Ed. How can they? The United States cannot police the world, all they can do is censor our access to it.
Posted by: Roch101 | Jan 18, 2012 at 09:38 PM
Okay, Ed. So what you're saying is that this legislation was never about getting a handle on international piracy, but control of the domestic highway in order to make sure the toll booths are catching all the traffic.
As one who grew up in NJ, I know all about toll booths.
It's about the money.
Posted by: Bill Yaner | Jan 18, 2012 at 10:29 PM
^ +1
Posted by: sean | Jan 18, 2012 at 11:10 PM