Sopa/pipa

[zongtseng]

Originally Posted by Theorist

But I do have a feeling this won't be a people's choice eventually.

Exactly, and that's what I've been trying to say in this thread. Yes, SOPA sucks. But, unless people realize that there's a problem, and that at least *something* must be done, stuff like this will be passed eventually.

US law and government has always been about finding a compromise. No, no one wants to just give blanket authority, to anyone, to choose to black out every site that mentions the slightest thing that the MPAA or RIAA would object to. However, there are plenty of sites that exist solely for the purpose of trading copyrighted material. If an online store popped up, that sold stolen merchandise, how long do you think it would be before it was shut down, and all the operators arrested? You can claim its "just numbers", or that "information can't be stolen", but you know it is actual, real movies, songs, games, and other things that are being stolen.

All I am saying is that the two sides both need to acknowledge the other side's real, legitimate problem, and work together to fix it. That's the way civilized people deal with things.