With SESTA/FOSTA, lawmakers failed to separate good intentions from bad law

Re:With SESTA/FOSTA, lawmakers failed to separate good inten... by pingec on Friday March 23, 2018 @05:35AM (#16656369)

Germany

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Re:With SESTA/FOSTA, lawmakers failed to separate good inten... by megous on Friday March 23, 2018 @06:54AM (#16656714)

Not really, no. You can't even torrent there without getting threatening letters in the mail. Also wifi/responsibility issues. Copyright nonsense is running strong in Germany. There are freeer countries than that WRT internet freedom in EU.

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Re:With SESTA/FOSTA, lawmakers failed to separate good inten... by mattnewton on Friday March 23, 2018 @10:20AM (#16658410)

I know people who have gotten those letters in the US; the companies that send them are contracted by major media corps and don’t care about where you live.

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Re:With SESTA/FOSTA, lawmakers failed to separate good inten... by snikeris on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:11AM (#16657661)

Will you get letters for torrenting legally, or only when you download copyrighted stuff?

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Re:With SESTA/FOSTA, lawmakers failed to separate good inten... by 0XAFFE on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:43AM (#16657985)

Only copyrighted stuff and sometimes its bogus, so the best turn is to have a lawyer friend, write a nice letter and never hear from them again.

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