How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow?
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How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow?
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Re: How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow?
#2Did anyone ever think we'd see the day where we were using DMCA as an example of the preferrable alternative?
Re: How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow?
#3Did anyone ever think we'd see the day where we were using DMCA as an example of the preferrable alternative?
Yes, but I'm a pessimist. Do I win anything? :(
Big media has scary pull in D.C.
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#4Thanksgiving was the cutesy (but needed) Upgrade Your Parents' Browser Day.
$winter_holiday_of_choice should include a Explain SOPA To Your Parents Lunch or something - we need to get as many level-headed against SOPA as possible.
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#5I'm used to seeing a close button on these types of messages on Stack Overflow. Kind of a nuisance to have it stuck there even after I've signed the petition. Maybe if it were a different color, or I hadn't been trained to read all of the yellow status messages on each SO page, it would be less annoying..
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#6This is great but surely we need to be targeting a wider audience? SO is made up of tech enthusiasts, I imagine a large percentage of them have heard of SOPA and understand the issues. However they probably represent a tiny fraction of the population.
Really we need the eBay's, AOL's and Craiglist's of this world to be running campaigns like this, getting the message out to the more casual internet user.
Re: How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow?
#7Did anyone ever think we'd see the day where we were using DMCA as an example of the preferrable alternative?
Yes, it's strange isn't it? But since the big media copyright lads want to go further than the DMCA, that would imply it was OK. And the USA has the DMCA now, how has the last 10 years been for internet freedom? Not too bad, so it probably wasn't that bad.
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#8Did anyone ever think we'd see the day where we were using DMCA as an example of the preferrable alternative?
The DMCA was a whole bundle of legislation, and some of its effects were highly desirable -- in particular the safe harbor provisions. Without those[1] sites like youtube could never have existed.
You can read about the various portions of it on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Ac...
Title I includes the anti-circumvention measures, which is what everyone loves to hate, but the act as a whole deals with a lot of other stuff. (Title V deals with copyright and boat hull designs, for instance!)
[1]Or something stronger, tis not like it was perfect!
Re: How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow?
#9I'm used to seeing a close button on these types of messages on Stack Overflow. Kind of a nuisance to have it stuck there even after I've signed the petition. Maybe if it were a different color, or I hadn't been trained to read all of the yellow status messages on each SO page, it would be less annoying..
The system messages don't have a close button, they're usually used for important site status updates such as "There will be a short network wide outage starting on date at time for system maintenance".
The use of the tool for memorials to Steve Jobs or for political messages like this is extremely rare.
It's a good thing that you read the status messages. Normally, they're important.
Re: How does SOPA threaten Stack Overflow?
#10Did anyone ever think we'd see the day where we were using DMCA as an example of the preferrable alternative?
Although some aspects of DMCA aren't bad, I believe this is also the Overton Window[1] in action. I wonder if all this outrage of SOPA might actually allow the Senate's Protect IP Act (PIPA) to pass "as a compromise".