Clay+Shirky+Why+SOPA+is+a+bad+idea


 * __Video Notes__**

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1992 Audio Home Recording Act (US) 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act To ensure that electronic devices only enact their capabilities as general computing devices, the copy abilities on devices were disabled. The law ensured that it be illegal to try to reset the copy ability. Surgical - Computer/device was technically broken to prevent it from copying.
 * __PIPA and SOPA Round 1__**

__**PIPA and SOPA Round 2**__ Nuclear – Able to censor content globally. Search engine, online directories, user lists. People are getting policed. The real threat is our ability to share things with one another. Centuries old legal concept "Innocent until proven guilty." turned around. – "You can’t share unless you prove to us that you aren’t sharing something that you can’t share." It costs a dime to police one user, the act will destroy a service with a thousand users. E.g. Google, Yahoo, Facebook, etc.

Thieves Stealing away freedom to create, produce, share? Websites like Youtube, Twitter Police us.

Two things you can do to stop it. – Call your representative/senator, signed onto bill, what you see is that they have received millions of dollars U.S. citizen: Remind that you vote, that you not be treated like a thief and that the internet not be broken.

Hard- SOPA – revision of COIKA They don’t want legal distinctions, they want sharing to go away. - It's too much trouble to police for actual copyright violations.

Sharing websites should have an actual trial. Stakeholders: The People (Us), Congress, the Media companies/Artists/Creators of files, Sharing sites: Mega Upload, News/Broadcasting Companies

Non English sites – Pirate Bay, Baidu, Naver English sites – harder to search, share -laws -other countries not quite as developed politically

Law goes through, more will be shut down. Good for employment – SOPA police

Media companies lose money

devices: LP/Records

Artists lose money, lack of CD sales. People don’t have to buy CDs, if they want to share, they can share with friends via blank disc. iTunes is still feeding the system. $1.69 a song. Legal

Law passes. – More chaos. Group of hackers threatening to shut down the law by themselves.

What do websites like Twitter and Youtube think of the SOPA and PIPA laws?