Sal Khan explains SOPA / PIPA

Post by dhimes » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 1:32 AM UTC

turar wrote: post #27

dhimes wrote: post #19

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He is saying that there are a lot of sites that offer services which could enable or facilitate pirating, because the terms 'enable' and 'facilitate' are not particularly limited in scope. It seems clear to me.

That are "primarily designed or operated" for pirating, and have "only limited purpose or use other than" pirating? What are some examples of such sites?

Post by spicyj » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 1:42 AM UTC

swalsh wrote: post #12

kamens wrote: post #2

Sal showed up at our weekly company picnic/lunch today and said something like, "All these sites are down cuz of SOPA, but everything I read is still so hard to understand," so he dove in and made this this morning. Pretty cool.

I am convinced that Sal Khan's contribution to education is so significant his work will be used in classrooms generations from now... though perhaps in the form of some kind of technological derivative. So congrats! You just had lunch with the historical equivalent of Einstein.

Post by CamperBob » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 1:48 AM UTC

tzs wrote: post #24

stevelosh wrote: post #14

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I'm not a lawyer, but it certainly sounds like his examples fit. Here's the text: [A site is illegal if] the U.S.-directed site is primarily designed or operated for the purpose of, has only limited purpose or use other than, or is marketed by its operator or another acting in concert with that operator for use in, offering goods or services in a manner that engages in, enables, or facilitates [various illegal stuff]…

Your second left parenthesis belongs one line higher. A more clear way to read it is to write out four copies of it, and then in the first copy delete or clauses 2, 3, and 4. In the second copy delete or clauses 1, 3, and 4, and so on. That gives a separate complete sentence for each of the four ways you can run afoul of that section: A site is illegal if] the U.S.-directed site is primarily designed for use in offer…

Post by solipsist » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 1:53 AM UTC

Lewton wrote: post #5

Shows how effective khanacademy.org is when, after watching the entire video, I discovered I wasn't logged in and was disappointed I wouldn't get my points!

Post by samstave » Thu, Jan 19, 2012, 2:35 AM UTC

thebigshane wrote: post #33

samstave wrote: post #28

We need S.O.P.A: Stop Outrageous Political Assholes. Did anyone here see the letter from the CEO of the MPAA (who happens to also be a senator) chriss dodd today, which said that this SOPA blackouts are a gimmick and that we are corporate pawns for blacking out in protest? Is it enraging to anyone else that he is allowed to be the CEO of the MPAA AND a senator at the same time where he can both write and benefit from…

United States Senator from Connecticut In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011 On March 1, 2011, the Motion Picture Association of America announced that Dodd will head that organization He's not a senator anymore and was never senator and MPAA Chairman at the same time. I know wikipedia is "down" so it's harder to check facts. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dodd?banner=false ]