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Originally Posted by Spinoza  I'm still curious on how you think our current laws should and do handle this situation. |
I'm not sure. Typically most times a cease and desist letter from an attorney is enough for simple copyright infringements (not usually enough for torrent site owners). With that said, most torrent sites do not charge for content either, so it's not considered commercial copyright infringement (see image below)
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Originally Posted by Spinoza I totally agree this law is not meant for situations located here in the US. The point of the law is to give the Attorney General some ability to enforce copyright infringement against torrent sites located outside of the US that are facilitating copyright infringement. There is currently NOTHING the Attorney General can do about this, hence the need for a new law. Also it is not forcing any foreign country to do anything. The best example is the Pirate Bay. If this law passes the MPAA will go to the Attorney General and the Attorney General will request that Google, Microsoft and the ISP companies block access to this site working through the courts before it does this. The site will be free to continue, the only difference is that people who access the internet through ISPs in this country will no longer be able to view the site. |
Should the attorney general have the power to enforce other countries to comply to our laws? Isn't this what gets us into trouble, messing around with other countries laws. We should not be policing the world, even if they are doing wrong (the line should be drawn at physical damage/violence, not intellectual property IMO). I'm not sad for Hollywood, they are still making HUGE, HUGE profits and are a greedy bunch. They weren't complaining when they got to sell the same content over and over. first 8 track, then records, then tapes, then cd's. Once they went digital the rules changed.
If we've learned anything, stopping people from committing copyright infringement is a very difficult task. Nearly every form of protection has been broken. The only one I know that hasn't is called
DigiCipher 2, or simply
DCII. This is a complex system of encryption developed by general instruments now owned by Motorola. Used in c-band satellite.
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Originally Posted by Spinoza I am not associated with the MPAA in anyway shape or form nor have I produced and copyrighted material although I do think I may produce some someday. So of course I need to ask you the same thing. Do you download and use copyrighted material from torrent sites. Do you have a stake in the outcome? |
LOL, TOUCHE.
No, I do not use torrent sites. I might produce copyrighted material some day as well, so I can see both sides of the issue too. In fact the issue has come up about 8-10 years ago when flash websites were the rage. People would blatantly steal the site and put their name on it, but it's not quite the same issue. But I think this image clears up some confusion...
