Cue everyone saying "OH JUST EVIL CORPORATIONS CONTROLLING THE GOVERNMENT AS USUAL", right up until it inevitably dies.Cherokee_Jack
Well this is just too ridiculous to pass but that they even try it on the congress level says a lot of how powerful corporations have become (this are probably entertainment corporations imagine how oil corporations pull the strings for example) and I'm sure there are many other things where they achieve.
I understand that it's their copyright, but the content on youtube hardly affects their losses from piracy, in turn all it does is spread awarenees about a particular peice of media without their permission. Even if they block full streaming, they'd still lose billions in potential sales from bitorrent and conventional piracy. Stopping streaming wouldn't make a dent.
What if the offender is outside the U.S.?chrisrooR
this is why any internet based law is just plain idiotic. The internet isn't a country, but i guess old farts don't get that. Every human being has access to it, so laws based around it are tough to work with.
i love how these 50+ year old, fat, pasty bureaucrats who dont even know how to operate a computer think they should be the ones to control the internet.
I also "love" how our government is going to be acting even more on the behalf of giant conglomerate corporations at the people's expense.
[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Posted a topic on this today. In one day it has less posts than this does in 3 hours. Sad times. Also yeah it's dumb. You gotta time it right. ;)
[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="Ace6301"]Posted a topic on this today. In one day it has less posts than this does in 3 hours. Sad times. Also yeah it's dumb. You gotta time it right. ;) Ill just leave this here then http://shoryuken.com/2011/06/29/trolling-the-stream-by-ultradavid/
Google and Microsoft would lose a ton of revenue from this, so they're definitely going to be going up against this. Google + Microsoft teamup is just as potent as whatever telecom companies that pushed for this legislation.
I could of sworn this got shot down not too long ago. Besides, the administration officially supports net neutrality as far as I'm aware, so I doubt this will go far.
How is this urgent? This shouldn't even be urgent to Congress what with the debt ceiling vote they have to decide on.
Serraph105
It could make the street fighter livestreams I watch illegal :( Just when SFIII 3rd Strike is about to be released :( Thus, it's imperative the bill is halted
How is this urgent? This shouldn't even be urgent to Congress what with the debt ceiling vote they have to decide on.
Lockedge
It could make the street fighter livestreams I watch illegal :( Just when SFIII 3rd Strike is about to be released :( Thus, it's imperative the bill is halted I watch SC2, BB, SF4 and MvC3 streams. If this happens I will seriously have way less youtube videos to watch. Maybe all the pros will move to Canada and we can finally have a large fighting game scene.
How is this urgent? This shouldn't even be urgent to Congress what with the debt ceiling vote they have to decide on.
Ace6301
It could make the street fighter livestreams I watch illegal :( Just when SFIII 3rd Strike is about to be released :( Thus, it's imperative the bill is halted I watch SC2, BB, SF4 and MvC3 streams. If this happens I will seriously have way less youtube videos to watch. Maybe all the pros will move to Canada and we can finally have a large fighting game scene. Well, I suppose it would be more interesting. At least it could give my roommate more respect for being the #1 Dan player in Canada. :P But other than that, it would be sad times indeed :(
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