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U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

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Re: U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

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Post by 542458 »

I'm a bit confused as to how this even solves anything to do with piracy even if you take the RIAA's side. Youtube et al already have incredibly aggressive copyright filters. I can't actually think of a major media platform that is based in the US sphere of influence that lacks those filters. At best this sounds like reinventing what already exists, but with more bureaucracy.

I'm also confused as to how anybody expects to create an upload filter system that respects fair use, given how subjective the fair use criteria are. We have already have seen how this works out with sites like YouTube - it simply does not work.

I'm triply confused as to how this interacts with the DMCA safe harbor provisions. If this doesn't override them, as the bill authors say, how does it accomplish anything? Even The Pirate Bay nominally accepts DMCA takedown requests - so if sites can continue with their existing DMCA processes and be safe from being sued, why would anybody bother with implementing the technical measures?

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Post by sschueller »

Arubis wrote: post #4

Setting aside the arguments around infringement equaling/not equaling actual theft, is the actual incidence of piracy high enough that it's on beancounters' radar? I may be wrong, but my impression is that streaming made it a non-issue. This feels like a smokescreen.

Obviously, but no one wants to go after the crimes their donors have committed. From tax "avoiding" to outright fraud. The amount of money lost to the tax payer by these actual criminals makes the small amount lost to piracy look like traces of cocaine on a dollar bill.

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Post by uo21tp5hoyg »

bitwize wrote: post #10
uo21tp5hoyg wrote: post #5

I don't pirate music, I don't pirate games, I don't pirate software, I don't pirate anything but TV and movies and the reason is simple: piracy is a service problem for me. I know where to get music/games/software, I have no idea where to get the movies and TV I want to watch, they're spread over 20 different services, 90% of which are not available in my country and the ones that are don't have that specific content…

You are not entitled to any movies or television shows at any quality at all because it's not your IP. If someone wants to shoot a movie and then lock it in a vault, never to be seen by anyone, Prince-style, that is their right. If they want to change it to remove and permanently memory-hole offensive elements, that is their right. If they want to release it only in certain formats, up to and including theatrical-onl…

I don't like the idea of running my life within the confines of IP law of another country especially considering that IP law is wholly moulded by giant corporations like Disney and not based on anything that actually makes sense for the modern provider/consumer digital world.

And breaking a law I don't agree with definitely won't keep me up at night, in fact if they catch me and force me to pay for all the content I downloaded it will still end up being a more convenient experience as I am very willing to pay in the first place.

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Post by randomhodler84 »

bitwize wrote: post #10
uo21tp5hoyg wrote: post #5

I don't pirate music, I don't pirate games, I don't pirate software, I don't pirate anything but TV and movies and the reason is simple: piracy is a service problem for me. I know where to get music/games/software, I have no idea where to get the movies and TV I want to watch, they're spread over 20 different services, 90% of which are not available in my country and the ones that are don't have that specific content…

You are not entitled to any movies or television shows at any quality at all because it's not your IP. If someone wants to shoot a movie and then lock it in a vault, never to be seen by anyone, Prince-style, that is their right. If they want to change it to remove and permanently memory-hole offensive elements, that is their right. If they want to release it only in certain formats, up to and including theatrical-onl…

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Post by Cyclical »

insickness wrote: post #14

This article is far better written that most mainstream news articles on any topic. It provides detailed and balanced coverage of both sides of this issue. Wasn't expecting that from a site called TorrentFreak.

Torrentfreak has for many years been a very reliable, well-researched news source for issues related to internet copyright law. I've personally been reading it since before the SOPA/PIPA era, when their coverage was an important nexus of information on the legislation.

Re: U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

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Post by smegsicle »

542458 wrote: post #11

I'm a bit confused as to how this even solves anything to do with piracy even if you take the RIAA's side. Youtube et al already have incredibly aggressive copyright filters. I can't actually think of a major media platform that is based in the US sphere of influence that lacks those filters. At best this sounds like reinventing what already exists, but with more bureaucracy. I'm also confused as to how anybody expec…

> At best this sounds like reinventing what already exists, but with more bureaucracy.

in the absence of an effective predator to bureaucracy besides corruption and more bureaucracy, that's all you get- in other words, you can't stop progress!

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