The next SOPA - Hackdot

Re:The next SOPA by chc on Friday January 20, 2012 @02:38PM (#3490876)

Yes, you are. You would probably also be downvoted for suggesting that we "Give peace a chance." As nice a sentiment as it might be, it's more platitude than practicality. You don't even mention why or to what end you're suggesting that people stop pirating, so no one is likely to change their stance or behavior based on your comment.

Moreover, the piracy numbers thrown out by the industry are almost entirely fabricated (it really doesn't seem like they have any good idea about how much piracy is going on), so even if everyone did what you would suggest, the industry would almost certainly blame piracy for their profits falling by 50% anyway.

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Re:The next SOPA by thebigshane on Friday January 20, 2012 @02:57PM (#3490962)

I agree and thanks for the clarification.

I didn't really think stopping pirating would do anything, just like I don't think we can practically convince people to stop giving MPAA money.

But if we could do the latter, perhaps we could do the former as well? Because if we were able to only do the latter, it would give MPAA and Congress even more reasons to push this kind of shit through.

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