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**Kong** · 11-05-2009, 01:10 AM

It doesn't deal with websites. It is for P2P sharing. BitTorrents. Home users.

Websites like RU, YouTube and any other website are handled under [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA]Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] which works pretty well. If a copyright owner wants their files removed from a website they send an email to the web host and the files are removed. If they are not removed then they can sue the web host and web site. If you request files to be removed but do not own the copyright then the website can sue you. Simple, effective.

This new law is saying if your ISP (Comcast, AT&T, AOL, the company that gives you Internet access) thinks you are sharing copyrighted files then they legally have to cancel your account. If they do not then they can be sued.

People always find ways around these types of things. It is stupid and will accomplish nothing except further alienating of their customers and billions spent on lobbying and lawsuits.

Modern publishers (movies, books, music, games, news, tv) will eventually eventually die and be replaced with a new bread of publisher that works with the new system instead of trying to fight it. I do think the current publishers will die and be replaced and not learn and change.

Unfortunately the first generation of replacements will be funded by product placement and it will get very sneaky and insidious. And it will probably be around for the rest of my life. Anyone notice the product placement in Talladega Nights? Watch it again and look for all of the commercials inside the movie. That is what the future will look like.

11-05-2009, 01:10 AM	#2
Donor Administrator 12,332 posts View Stats	Kong Re: Trying to put the brakes on piracy It doesn't deal with websites. It is for P2P sharing. BitTorrents. Home users. Websites like RU, YouTube and any other website are handled under [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA]Digital Millennium Copyright Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] which works pretty well. If a copyright owner wants their files removed from a website they send an email to the web host and the files are removed. If they are not removed then they can sue the web host and web site. If you request files to be removed but do not own the copyright then the website can sue you. Simple, effective. This new law is saying if your ISP (Comcast, AT&T, AOL, the company that gives you Internet access) thinks you are sharing copyrighted files then they legally have to cancel your account. If they do not then they can be sued. People always find ways around these types of things. It is stupid and will accomplish nothing except further alienating of their customers and billions spent on lobbying and lawsuits. Modern publishers (movies, books, music, games, news, tv) will eventually eventually die and be replaced with a new bread of publisher that works with the new system instead of trying to fight it. I do think the current publishers will die and be replaced and not learn and change. Unfortunately the first generation of replacements will be funded by product placement and it will get very sneaky and insidious. And it will probably be around for the rest of my life. Anyone notice the product placement in Talladega Nights? Watch it again and look for all of the commercials inside the movie. That is what the future will look like.