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Originally Posted by Tony1988
I dont see how policing the piracy of music,literature, film and trademarks, prevents the common people to not be censored.
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Too bad that the bills are not actually describing a means to apprehend and
prosecute Pirates, but do provide the force of law to the media industry so
that they can harm internet operations that they feel might threaten their
potential profits. They do not require any due process to establish that any
"piracy" has even occurred, their is no effective penalty for a "mistake" that
destroys the internet operations of a potential competitor.
Look at what the bills
DO not how the title is worded. Or the claims
of those promoting the bill.
Just as the digital product is easier to distribute, digital money transfers are
observable and can be traced and intercepted. The "Digital Pirates" are not
getting their money in bundles on the backs of returning migrant workers.
The bills that say they are after those kind of pirates, the paid kind, are not
really needed. The FBI already has all the tools it needs to go after that
kind of criminal enterprise, some (like me) would say perhaps too many such
tools. They are not being asked to actually do the work to catch the
pirates. They are encouraged to go after the internet as a criminal
infrastructure, a much easier task for them.
Luck;
Ken