• MPAA: SOPA 2 TOTALLY GOING TO HAPPEN
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[quote]Motion Picture Association of America Chairman Chris Dodd says the seemingly defunct Stop Online Privacy Act isn't actually as defunct as once thought. Before an apparent fatal blow was dealt it by a wave of protest from millions of Internet users, prompted and supported by Google and other Silicon Valley players, the controversial anti-piracy bill looked like a fait accompli in both the House and Senate, having support from pro-content groups like the MPAA and sponsors such as House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas). Now Dodd says the bill needs to be reworked by people who understand the connection between content and technology, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "There are not a huge number of people who understand that content and technology absolutely need each other," Dodd said. He said he's counting on the efforts of people like eBay founder and movie producer Jeff Skoll as well as others who are "smart and highly respected in both communities" to bring the two sides together before the 2012 presidential election. The president is among those working to bridge the content-technology gap and refocus legislative efforts to stop piracy, Dodd said. He added that President Obama has excellent relationships in both camps, and that he is "confident" that Obama is using them to pursue that goal. When asked if negotiations on a SOPA revival were taking place, Dodd answered that he was "confident that's the case." "But I'm not going to go into more detail because, obviously, if I do, it becomes counterproductive," he said.[/quote] [url]http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/220181-dodd-says-sopa-can-live-again[/url] Lets all panic and then bitch and yell when it comes back! yes it says possibly come back but seriously, it will come back
Oh boy MPAA loads the second bullet on an empty clip, lets see how THIS one ends.
now with 10% more crazy.
[QUOTE=J!NX;35445409]now with 10% more crazy.[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://facepunch.com/avatar/54583.png?garryis=awesome[/IMG]
For fucks sake, it's like they didn't learn the first time.
SOPA 2: SOPA harder.
SOPA 2: Electric Boogaloo
typical from hollywood. just take the same shit, change it up a bit, and release it as a sequel.
SOPA 2: Electric Boogaloo?
[QUOTE=Jocke;35445432][IMG]http://facepunch.com/avatar/54583.png?garryis=awesome[/IMG][/QUOTE] I'd suck on that face
You'd think they'd learn.
sopa 2: you cant spell democracy without lobbying
bring it fuckers
Well we beat the first one internet friends, lets hope we can do the same if this one is as stupid as the last.
this just in: 10% increase in suicides as the internet plunges into a second blackout protest
SOPA Episode 2: Attack of the MPAA
Oh it's on.
Seems like a solid strategy. Just keep pushing it until the topic has gotten so old nobody wants to hear it anymore. Then, eventually, it'll slip by under the radar. It's not like anyone could forbid rewording and retitling SOPA. These people got aaaaall the time in the world.
The second form of the boss is revealed after some of his cohorts attacked earlier. Really, the only thing we can do is convince MPAA to do something else before they tire the majority of us out.
Fuck off Dodd, if you are really going to have the bill examined by people who actually understand the technology they'll just tell you the same thing we all did last time.
[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;35445754]SOPA Episode 2: Attack of the MPAA[/QUOTE] Eventually we'll have SOPA Episode V: The MPAA Strikes Back.
Good idea MPAA, announcing that you're totally bringing it back instead of trying to be covert about it, it'll certainly pass this time, nobody will even be the wisest because you just told everyone. Honestly the only other way I can see this sort of shit end is if everyone just goes "Seriously do you not realize nobody wants this crap" and then ban these sort of bills forever. Unlikely, but a man can dream.
[QUOTE=Trainbike;35445931]Eventually we'll have SOPA Episode V: The MPAA Strikes Back.[/QUOTE] [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22706967/noooooooo.png[/img] (If it really went that far I .... Actually I think we'd be used to it by then....)
[QUOTE=Marik Bentusi;35445777]Seems like a solid strategy. Just keep pushing it until the topic has gotten so old nobody wants to hear it anymore. Then, eventually, it'll slip by under the radar. It's not like anyone could forbid rewording and retitling SOPA. These people got aaaaall the time in the world.[/QUOTE] Not really, eventually they are going to die (as we all will one day), and when they do maybe, just maybe, the Internet will be safe.
[QUOTE=Trainbike;35445931]Eventually we'll have SOPA Episode V: The MPAA Strikes Back.[/QUOTE] The Balad of Chris Dodd?
[quote]the bill needs to be reworked by people who understand the connection between content and technology[/quote] In other words you hire people who think they know how the internet works, yet they don't even know how to navigate 4chan and cost you $60/hour.
Yeah, guys, it's never going to stop. There is no legal limit to the amount of bullshit legislation a special interest group can buy votes for. And once they pass SOPA, the next year they'll be demanding that all media players refuse to play watermarked files, or all speakers come with a royalty in case other people overhear music for free, or all computer screens automatically shut off if copyrighted content is displayed. They will never, EVER, be happy, and that's why we can't give them a fucking inch.
[quote]pro-content groups like the MPAA[/quote] is this a joke
[quote]"But I'm not going to go into more detail because, obviously, if I do, it becomes counterproductive," he said.[/quote] Goddamn knows he has no public support and still tries to shove his bullshit down the throat of congress.
[quote]content and technology absolutely need each other[/quote] No, we don't. We really, really, don't.
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