SOPA-Supporting News Outlets Aren't Covering SOPA
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SOPA-Supporting News Outlets Aren't Covering SOPA
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#2Ben Bagdikian called. He wants his truth back. http://www.amazon.com/New-Media-Monopoly-Completely-Chapters...
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#3Freedom of the press... to do whatever the fuck they want.
I propose they lose that freedom and instead we burden them with the "Responsibility of the press".
That should grant them the same privileges and protection, but also makes them accountable when they pull crap like this.
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#4I wonder if they will continue to remain silent if this happens: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3429145
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#5It seems as if our representative government only represents money. Yet again, the profit motive prevails.
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#6This is why we're left with a 'Vocal Minority' as Lamar Smith stated when pressed about the opposition. What he should have called us was the 'conscious' and 'educated'. With a near media blank out, he thought this was going to be a walk in the park.
More people would be outraged if they only knew about the bill, or once they were told about it believed in the power that it wields.
I tried to educate my family over the X-mas holiday about the recent poison legislation being put through our government, but it was met with blank stares, followed by, "our government would never do that". In a way I don't blame them, because this all sounds so crack pot. A simple personal can't fathom why the media would be in cahoots with government and not cover something that could change the foundation of the rights this nation was founded on.
The 'Vocal Minority' must begin to educate, the media will never do it for us. Sadly you can't just throw a book at someone, or a wall of text to do it either. Many on Reddit have had the right idea by creating memes and such, but the real power needs to come from the Google and those who oppose it. Put it front and center in the masses faces. They need to show them what a post-SOPA world looks like, and they need to do it before they get back into session to vote again.
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#7Freedom of the press... to do whatever the fuck they want. I propose they lose that freedom and instead we burden them with the "Responsibility of the press". That should grant them the same privileges and protection, but also makes them accountable when they pull crap like this.
>> "Responsibility of the press"
That would be good but hard to put in place. In Brazil, whenever there's talk about regulation they always make claims about censorship. These companies tend to confuse Freedom of press with Freedom of enterprise.
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#8I was talking to my father over the holidays about SOPA. He's an avid FOX news and CNN viewer. He had no idea what I was talking about. After our conversation he took it upon himself to search Google on the subject to educate himself on it. I'm from Canada so all I can do is keep an eye on this at the moment, but it goes to show you that everyone in the US need to spread the word.
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#9I've read the bill at least twice now and I still don't see the doomsday scenario described many times here on HN.
I get the slippery-slope argument, that SOPA is just one step closer to true censorship and control over the internet, but I don't think that is enough to get so upset about (its a very small step, with obvious workarounds)
Somebody please point out to me:
1) Where it says that Youtube, Facebook, Google are affected by this bill. -- It looks to me like it only affects sites on foreign domains or foreign servers. They explicitly say that these popular sites are not affected.
2) Where it says that ISP's, hosting companies, domain registrars or even sites focused on user-generated content are required to actively monitor their data and their customers' data for infringing content and are held liable if they fail to monitor. -- It appears to me that the bill specifically says they DON'T have to do this; that they only have to make reasonable attempts at prevention and then are required to take data down when given a take-down request.
3) How tor would be made illegal under this bill. -- It looks like only tools designed or marketed for the primary purpose of circumventing this bill are made illegal. That means DeSOPA and MAFIAAfire, but tor seems to be out of reach.
Back on topic of the article, perhaps there isn't a conspiracy here, perhaps media outlets genuinely don't see what the big deal is.
I agree that the bill is mostly useless and mostly supported by an aging industry, and I don't support it. But I don't see the big deal either. So, somebody please enlighten me because the sensational fog is obstructing my view.
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#10Freedom of the press... to do whatever the fuck they want. I propose they lose that freedom and instead we burden them with the "Responsibility of the press". That should grant them the same privileges and protection, but also makes them accountable when they pull crap like this.
I propose you should be downvoted for promoting the same type of authoritarianism that you claim to hate. Instead of trying to enforce some highly subjective rule, why not just start your own new disruptive news services?