They just prefer body wash.

/doesn't dry the skin

Repeat SOPA hearings thread (new window)

The sad fact is most corporations, even the tech savy ones, are for this bill.

The wild west days of the internet is over, folks.

Darth_Lukecash: The sad fact is most corporations, even the tech savy ones, are for this bill.

The wild west days of the internet is over, folks.

so much for free speech and free market economies.

And this makes SOPA different from anything else... how?

Weaver95:

so much for free speech and free market economies.

This never was a free market. But we still have free speech. It's going to take a lot to get rid of that.

The problem is, I have no farking faith in the Supreme Court anymore.

While it's true that the whole SOPA/ProtectIP mess makes my asshole clench, I don't fear it as much as I ought to for this very reason. Legislature is slow, and government is inefficient. Technology and the people who know how to use it to its fullest potential are neither of these things. Any roadblocks they try to put up will be circumvented and rendered irrelevant before they're even put into place.

If it passes, I foresee the same thing happening with this as what happened with the piracy that inspired it in the first place: They'll make an example out of a few high-profile scofflaws, but it won't actually make a dent. It'll be one of those cases where the law is on the books, but it would require more than their total resources to actually enforce it.

Darth_Lukecash:

The problem is, I have no farking faith in the Supreme Court anymore.

the conservative wing of SCOTUS isn't exactly the more inspiring group of people to ever wear the robes.

Darth_Lukecash: The sad fact is most corporations, even the tech savy ones, are for this bill.

No, they aren't. Hell the only tech company that supported the bill was GoDaddy, and they backed off after people left them because of their support

Also somewhat interesting, while the MPAA is a listed supporter of the bill, the RIAA isn't

/Though some RIAA members are
//Linky (new window)

I was watching CSPAN when this was being discussed and every time someone mentioned SOPA, all the Congresscritters started clapping and lighting cheese on fire.

I just don't understand Politics sometimes.

Rich Cream: Beware: Turn down volume. Annoyingly loud and annoyingly presented but the implications are quite interesting.

All I needed was this warning to know I've already seen this video. He wears a kicky hat and sounds (and looks) a bit like Big Gay Al, but he speaks the truth.

Headline is two words too long

Rhinoceritis: I though the point of representative government was that those representatives were better suited to govern because they were, you know, more educated that the unwashed masses. Maybe that was true in the 1700's, but it isn't anymore. We need to amend the how the legislative branch works, but i'll admit I don't have a better idea at hand.

I'd start with instant-runoff voting to make it easier to clear away the dead wood.

Lanctwa: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Headline is two words too long

"Just" and "Congress"?

Not quite the two words I was thinking, but it does sort of work that way, too

Foundling: US Congress clueless, ignorant about SOPA

, shoelaces, can openers, welcome mats, flashlight batteries, sandwich bread...

This is sounding more and more like a list of things that arent allowed on airplanes.

Rich Cream: Step 1. Make profit selling entertainment.
Step 2. Make profit from torrent and DRM removal software.
Step 3. Make profit from suing people for using said software to get said entertainment.
/Profit. (new window)

Beware: Turn down volume. Annoyingly loud and annoyingly presented but the implications are quite interesting.

Very interesting!

It would take years to wade through all this though. The lawmakers don't have the time to do that, they have to go spend all the money being thrown at them by the supporters of the bill.