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Morans.

cpumaster930 wrote:

This can't be good.

Here's what could happen if the bill gets passed:
1. The government warns everyone to take down their YouTube videos and other media that contain copyrighted materials.
2. The majority of YouTubers protest and refuse to take down their vids.
3. The government interferes and sues YouTube unless it bans users with infringing content.
4. YouTube is forced to take action and 99.9% of its videos are removed.
5. As a result, YouTube loses 99.9% of its user traffic, starting a chain reaction of media removal from the internets.
6. Over time, more and more 'infringing' content is removed, effectively starting the decay of the internets, which will continue until the only content left on the internets is 'official.'  The number of videos is no longer over 9000; thus, nobody really cares about the internets.
7. Since the internets are boring, Chuck Norris gets bored with the world and roundhouse kicks himself.
8. The universe implodes.
9. ???
10. Profit!

MORAL: If this bill gets passed, the universe will cease to exist.

Any questions?

Just one.

cpumaster930 wrote:

This can't be good.

Here's what could happen if the bill gets passed:
1. The government warns everyone to take down their YouTube videos and other media that contain copyrighted materials.
2. The majority of YouTubers protest and refuse to take down their vids.
3. The government interferes and sues YouTube unless it bans users with infringing content.
4. YouTube is forced to take action and 99.9% of its videos are removed.
5. As a result, YouTube loses 99.9% of its user traffic, starting a chain reaction of media removal from the internets.
6. Over time, more and more 'infringing' content is removed, effectively starting the decay of the internets, which will continue until the only content left on the internets is 'official.'  The number of videos is no longer over 9000; thus, nobody really cares about the internets.
7. Since the internets are boring, Chuck Norris gets bored with the world and roundhouse kicks himself.
8. The universe implodes.
9. ???
10. Profit!

MORAL: If this bill gets passed, the universe will cease to exist.

Any questions?

They'd have to have some good justification to remove that much content from the internet. Also, what about foreign sites?

veggieman001 wrote:

I think this bill is just fine

My dad, but not me, unfortunately agrees with this bill!

Yeah, this is ridiculous. A felony? Almost everyone streams copyrighted content.

I'm pretty sure this only relates to streaming it for profit though.

Jackhammer and/or wrecking ball plz.

samurai768 wrote:

-.-

This is why I hate the government trying to make our lives "better."

Now, who's life would be better to pass a law like that? Nobody. Just the companies that make the songs. Stupid big businesses >

yea!
if u hear part of a song on youtube, and like it, youre likely to buy it!

Last edited by imnotbob (2011-07-10 13:39:25)

GLaDOS2 here, borrowing the account. I am unable to wait to become a Scratcher to say this:

I'm gonna get shut down! And the music that usually calms me isn't working.
(It's the music that plays when you look at your history in Spore.)

What am I going to do? I'm gonna get thrown to the scrap heap!!

Meanwhile, at congress.


And yet they're not gonna do anything about serious problems.

I think the bill says you will
Only be prosecuted if it affects and damages the sales by $1500 Which not many videos will do    Also, some games will automatically give permission for let's plays and things in their terms and conditions.

This is just awful. There's a line between protecting copyrights and trying to end internet freedom entirely.

I'm sure this goes against what the DMCA was made to do, right?

Let us petition and send our reasoning to the government, if that dosen't work then RIOT!!!!!

wulfmaster wrote:

No offense but.
Americans. 

.IT'S NOT MY FAULT I'M AMERICAN. IF I COULD I WOULD MOVE TO CANADA!