If SOPA passes, are we going to lose our entire Internet publishing industry?

I mean, I can see Google, Facebook, Fark... pretty much every user-driven content site moving offshore.

Fabric_Man: If SOPA passes, are we going to lose our entire Internet publishing industry?

I mean, I can see Google, Facebook, Fark... pretty much every user-driven content site moving offshore.

Can you blame them? VPN subscriptions will skyrocket too.

The RIAA did nothing to stop 9/11.

Fabric_Man: If SOPA passes, are we going to lose our entire Internet publishing industry?

I mean, I can see Google, Facebook, Fark... pretty much every user-driven content site moving offshore.

If SOPA passes you're going to lose your entire TECH industry.

Can't we post the names of everyone who works for the RIAA so we can publically shame them?

The industry group complains that phrases such as "lady gaga mp3 download" are still suggested by the autocomplete feature of Google search

And one of my results is amazon.co.uk, which sells legal mp3 downloads by lady gaga.

scottydoesntknow: Fark you and your stupid marks RIAA. No one cares about your grades because the requirements are basically shutting down the internet.

I want Google to block access to all RIAA affiliated websites (even artists, this needs to hit hard). Let's see what kind of marks they get then.

Google, show them how the internet really works

That would be amazing. Strip all the RIAA affiliated videos off YouTube, block hits to all their webpages, profiles, blogs, and any news articles containing a mention of any of their artists.

Then if people complain, just say "this is what the RIAA wants your internet to look like"

robbiex0r: scottydoesntknow: Fark you and your stupid marks RIAA. No one cares about your grades because the requirements are basically shutting down the internet.

I want Google to block access to all RIAA affiliated websites (even artists, this needs to hit hard). Let's see what kind of marks they get then.

Google, show them how the internet really works

That would be amazing. Strip all the RIAA affiliated videos off YouTube, block hits to all their webpages, profiles, blogs, and any news articles containing a mention of any of their artists.

Then if people complain, just say "this is what the RIAA wants your internet to look like"

To be honest, it isn't the right time for google to let us know just how much power they have accumulated.

That time is coming, and it will be magnificent. We will bow before our new overloards and thank them for taking control.

/They just arnt quite ready

Wait, Nickelback's an actual band? All these years I thought it was just a derogatory term for a terrible band.

laserhan: /They just arnt quite ready

The establishment has already outgrown their fascination, need and pleasantness of/for/with the tech industry. Google may simply not have any time left *not* to do something drastic.

tomcatadam: laserhan: /They just arnt quite ready

The establishment has already outgrown their fascination, need and pleasantness of/for/with the tech industry. Google may simply not have any time left *not* to do something drastic.

Seriously? If google decided to block all their services in the US tomorrow morning for 24 hours to protest SOPA you don't think that would be devastating? Every android phone stops working, no one can access gmail, webpages fail to load because they cant access google adsense, no youtube, no maps, no anything. I think they would get their point across.

laserhan: tomcatadam: laserhan: /They just arnt quite ready

The establishment has already outgrown their fascination, need and pleasantness of/for/with the tech industry. Google may simply not have any time left *not* to do something drastic.

Seriously? If google decided to block all their services in the US tomorrow morning for 24 hours to protest SOPA you don't think that would be devastating? Every android phone stops working, no one can access gmail, webpages fail to load because they cant access google adsense, no youtube, no maps, no anything. I think they would get their point across.

Psh... maybe until the RIAA counter protest. Imagine what would happen if we had no... lawsuits... and other important RIAA products for 24 hours!

laserhan: Seriously? If google decided to block all their services in the US tomorrow morning for 24 hours to protest SOPA you don't think that would be devastating? Every android phone stops working, no one can access gmail, webpages fail to load because they cant access google adsense, no youtube, no maps, no anything. I think they would get their point across.

Uh, my point was that they need to act relatively fast before the US populous accepts draconian controls and crippled industry as set by PIP and SOPA as "the way things are". Or rather, that it's entirely possible that it's too late as the case has already been made to the Luddites legislators.

Sanduskyed In The Shower: Can't we post the names of everyone who works for the RIAA so we can publically shame them?


The guy on the left with the gap in his teeth and the shiat-eating grin is the CEO and Chairman Cary Sherman.



The pasty-faced jerk in the middle is the senior vice president Mitch Glazier.

0/10 subtard. Using Nickelback in an attempt to troll is old and busted, has been for years. You have no creativity.

Your Average Witty Fark User: 0/10 subtard. Using Nickelback in an attempt to troll is old and busted, has been for years. You have no creativity.

0/10 yourself. Pretending a non troll headline is a troll is meta, but obvious.

Hey, thanks RIAA for letting me know how to use Google to search for music!

Seriously, if I want to follow which file sharing service/method is the latest and greatest to use, all I have to do is read about the latest lawsuits. Chances are if someone is getting sued then they're the current big thing and all the RIAA is doing is shining a nice big spotlight on them for me.

Hmm. I'm sure this is supposed to give me a lesser opinion of Google. Seems to have had the opposite effect.

/doesn't pirate
//anymore

Google is vastly more important in todays world than the RIAA. If Google were somehow shut down tomorrow, the world would suffer and businesses would crash. If the RIAA were shut down tomorrow I honestly think no one would notice.

meteorite: Hey, thanks RIAA for letting me know how to use Google to search for music!

Seriously, if I want to follow which file sharing service/method is the latest and greatest to use, all I have to do is read about the latest lawsuits. Chances are if someone is getting sued then they're the current big thing and all the RIAA is doing is shining a nice big spotlight on them for me.

This means youre probably two or three steps behind where to ACTUALLY get stuff, cause that's where the RIAA is.

Your Average Witty Fark User: You have no creativity.

Just like Nickelback?

I've honestly wondered, for a while, what's with nickleback hate?

I can't claim they are super awesome, but they're not anything different than 90% of top 40s music anyway. Though they do remind me of pop versions of AC/dc or Led Zepplin or other souther rock stuff.

kroonermanblack: I've honestly wondered, for a while, what's with nickleback hate?

I can't claim they are super awesome, but they're not anything different than 90% of top 40s music anyway. Though they do remind me of pop versions of AC/dc or Led Zepplin or other souther rock stuff.

Personally I hate rock stars who sing songs about wishing they were rock stars. See "Rock star" by nickleback. See also "Beverly Hills" by weezer

kroonermanblack: I've honestly wondered, for a while, what's with nickleback hate?

I can't claim they are super awesome, but they're not anything different than 90% of top 40s music anyway. Though they do remind me of pop versions of AC/dc or Led Zepplin or other souther rock stuff.

AC/DC and Led Zeppelin are southern rock?

laserhan: Seriously? If google decided to block all their services in the US tomorrow morning for 24 hours to protest SOPA you don't think that would be devastating? Every android phone stops working, no one can access gmail, webpages fail to load because they cant access google adsense, no youtube, no maps, no anything. I think they would get their point across.

I'm completely OK with this.

Think about it...for a day, an internet free of vapid, intellect-draining, disposable, homogenized and completely tasteless garbage pushed by corporations and media as "entertainment". It would be a thing of beauty. The best thing is, it would be totally legal and that industry would have naught a legitimate complaint or legal recourse for it.

Google oughta do that with each and every one of SOPA's proponents as well.

So a search engine, that does nothing but aggregate websites, is supposed to control the content on every website in the world? Yeah, they will get right on that.

Ya gotta love the RIAA an organization that steals copyrights from artists. Then turns around
and complains that people are stealing from them. They are nothing but an organized crime
syndicate.

In a just world, every single employee of the RIAA and their member labels would be in jail for the rest of their lives for RICO violations.

Sadly, this is not a just world.

twat_waffle: In a just world, every single employee of the RIAA and their member labels would be in jail for the rest of their lives for RICO violations.

Sadly, this is not a just world.

I dont think the janitors did anything wrong...

RIAA "report card" gives Google low marks for anti-piracy efforts

Well, that's it! I'm never using a Google product again!

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHHHAHAAHAHAHAH

I'm never spending another dime at Google again.

/already turned in my loyalty card

laserhan: twat_waffle: In a just world, every single employee of the RIAA and their member labels would be in jail for the rest of their lives for RICO violations.

Sadly, this is not a just world.

I dont think the janitors did anything wrong...

They worked for the RIAA or their member labels.

I worked for various ISP Abuse departments years ago and people from RIAA were the most obnoxious, condescending, idiotic people to deal with.

Worse than script kiddies that didn't understand they are at the bottom of the technical food chain. Worse than spammers. Worse than Usenet kooks..and that's saying something.

laserhan: twat_waffle:
I dont think the janitors did anything wrong...

Hell they probably search the janitors iPods just to be pricks.

AliceBToklasLives: I'm never spending another dime at Google again.

/already turned in my loyalty card

Damn right. Until the Nexus Prime comes to the US, anyway. Or I need an app. Or some music. But until then, I'm not spending a damn cent with them!

Seriously, fark you RIAA. Google may not be perfect, but they're a damn sight less evil than you are. Of course, Satan is a tad less evil than you are.

kroonermanblack: I've honestly wondered, for a while, what's with nickleback hate?

I can't claim they are super awesome, but they're not anything different than 90% of top 40s music anyway. Though they do remind me of pop versions of AC/dc or Led Zepplin or other souther rock stuff.

Two. Different. Songs (new window).

I like the request that the RIAA made to remove the limit on how many take down requests can be made per day. Could you imagine the havoc that 4Chan and Anonymous could cause with just a few hours of unlimited flagging of sites and YouTube videos? It would be like the YouTube Porn day all over again!

Your Average Witty Fark User: 0/10 subtard. Using Nickelback in an attempt to troll is old and busted, has been for years. You have no creativity.

This.

Let's face it.. Nickelback is better than 99% of the other shiat out there.

taurusowner: Wait, Nickelback's an actual band? All these years I thought it was just a derogatory term for a terrible band.

Both are correct

Descartes: Let's face it.. Nickelback is better than 99% of the other shiat out there.

*snrk* Maybe if your definition of "the other shiat out there" is limited to drunken karaoke and people crapping out R&B covers on Youtube from their dorm rooms.

Cthulhu_is_my_homeboy: Descartes: Let's face it.. Nickelback is better than 99% of the other shiat out there.

*snrk* Maybe if your definition of "the other shiat out there" is limited to drunken karaoke and people crapping out R&B covers on Youtube from their dorm rooms.

My drunken karaoke is quite good, thank you.

meyerkev: kroonermanblack: I've honestly wondered, for a while, what's with nickleback hate?

I can't claim they are super awesome, but they're not anything different than 90% of top 40s music anyway. Though they do remind me of pop versions of AC/dc or Led Zepplin or other souther rock stuff.

Two. Different. Songs (new window).

Hey wow! Been looking for that for years. It was the subject of an essay on authority in a critical thinking course I took back in college. Funny stuff, and a very good reason why that band should be openly disrespected.

Jencaasi: AC/DC and Led Zeppelin are southern rock?

Most of Zeppelin's stuff was southern blues. In fact, written (largely, and sometimes without credit) by southern blues musicians.

Leishu: Funny stuff, and a very good reason why that band should be openly disrespected.

Because they reused a tune? O_o

/seriously doesn't get all the nickelback hate
//their vocalist is pretty damned amazing
///his cover of a Santana song is on my top 10

kroonermanblack: I've honestly wondered, for a while, what's with nickleback hate?

I can't claim they are super awesome, but they're not anything different than 90% of top 40s music anyway. Though they do remind me of pop versions of AC/dc or Led Zepplin or other souther rock stuff.

Every song they write sounds exactly the same, their lyrics are whiny, Clear Channel overplays them on all its stations, and they give off some weird "Christian Rock" vibe that gives me the heebie-jeebies. I don't know; whenever I hear them it reminds me of Creed. Other folks probably have other reasons, but that's why I don't like them.

Descartes: Your Average Witty Fark User: 0/10 subtard. Using Nickelback in an attempt to troll is old and busted, has been for years. You have no creativity.

This.

Let's face it.. Nickelback is better than 99% of the other shiat out there.

Nope. The most derivative and formulaic J-Pop act is still 10-times more original than Nickleback. I can't speak to US pop outside of electronica, but when Anime end credits are blowing your songs out of the technical water, you have some serious artistic problems. Hell, youtube is filled with cover bands way better than Nickleback; one of many reasons RIAA is pushing SOPA, I'd wager.

/seriously doesn't get all the nickelback hate
//their vocalist is pretty damned amazing
///his cover of a Santana song is on my top 10

liking santana covers is also why people would hate your choice in music.
no need for hate, but you have to understand that some viewpoints do not cohabitate. ever.

GriffXX: I worked for various ISP Abuse departments years ago and people from RIAA were the most obnoxious, condescending, idiotic people to deal with.

Worse than script kiddies that didn't understand they are at the bottom of the technical food chain. Worse than spammers. Worse than Usenet kooks..and that's saying something.

Worse than Usenet kooks? Aaaow. True, though, alas...

/and yeah, I remember some REAL crazies--more than a few of whom are dead now
//if the names "Bob Allisat", "Stephen Boursy", "Steve Winter", or "John Grubor" mean anything to you, you're probably an old hand either at alt.usenet.kooks or the news.admin.net-abuse.* hierarchy
///OFF MAH LAWN