SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and other assorted Internet censorship. : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:27 pm

There's a thingy set up so that radios and suchlike can play music without getting permission from every single artist (imagine the headache!); instead, they pay a single fee which then gets split between the relevant parties.

Well that explains that...

Is there a software equivalent?

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:21 am

I was just watching American Idol, yeah... go ahead flame away, and a thought crossed my mind.

How can contestants sing these songs without approval from their respective copyright holders?

Not exactly covered by SOPA and clones, but still somewhat topical.

probably the same way CDs can be sold using children instead of the original artists to sing the songs

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:51 pm

probably the same way CDs can be sold using children instead of the original artists to sing the songs

So thats what Steam is... :biggrin:

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:36 am

I'm wondering more about why American policy should effect people outside of America.

Because they are Team America, World Police.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:45 am

Doesnt work like that lol. Its funny that in a world where every person is just a click away from interacting with any other person in the world, some still hold the assumption that one countries policy ( especially one with such an impact on policy worldwide) will not effect them.

If this stuff is passed, it will be one step towards every person is no longer a click away from interacting with any other person.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:46 pm

Here's an interesting piece about certain statistics being botched. The long and short of it is that movie piracy definitely does not cost anyone US$250 billion per year and 750 000 jobs... it's closer to a ~~tenth~~ ~~hundredth~~ thousandth* of that.

*It really did take me three tries for my maths to catch up to the utter inaccuracy, though that's just for the USA. Worldwide would be around the hundredth mark.

EDIT: And an http://freegamer.blogspot.com/2012/01/silver-lining-of-megaupload-shutdown.html -- it reduces the exposure and creation of free (in the liberty sense) and independent works.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:12 pm

http://lifehacker.com/5878480/the-state-of-filesharing-websites

Mediafire is also apparently deleting files left and right....

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:08 am

http://lifehacker.com/5878480/the-state-of-filesharing-websites

Mediafire is also apparently deleting files left and right....

I like how some are just banning US access

Anon, making a file share site, piss off already they're like the clingy geek kids back in school who'd follow your group everywhere for attention. :confused:

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:28 am

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/imprisoned-megaupload-founder-loses-call-duty-crown-205144239.html

http://nzgamer.com/all/news/5671/kim-dotcom-is-world-s-best-call-of-duty-mw3-player.html

I had never even heard of this guy or megaupload until recently...sorry if it's old news to some.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:32 pm

http://lifehacker.com/5878480/the-state-of-filesharing-websites

Mediafire is also apparently deleting files left and right....

Wow, they're really going full on with this.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:19 pm

sopa is coming to canada bill (C-11) help stop this by telling more people about this act within canada and the USA

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:48 pm

It's going to get passed, we have a majority government lol. I've said it for a long time, Americans may have elected Bush twice, but we've elected Harper three times. I guarantee this will quietly pass too, he got so much support from the west coast, which is predominately, you guessed it, entertainment industry.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:58 am

The question is whether this a result from Canada being on the Special 301 priority watchlist. Case in point, http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/05/us-pressured-spain-online-piracy?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:22 pm

At least Canada doesn't have the power to force its will upon my country, let's hope it stays that way...

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:33 am

Does Canada even host any shady sites?
I don't see how in the short term this legislation will do anything at all, then again, that's probably the plan.

Methinks in five years the USA will say "Look, it worked in Canada"

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:40 am

PapaFern is coming to Australia possibly.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:15 am

PapaFern is coming to Australia possibly.

At least there's no laws on the table here... our government is just getting the entertainment industry* and the internet industry (ISP's and that) sitting down together to see if they can work things out between themselves.

*Though not artists, as far as I'm aware

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» Sun May 13, 2012 5:18 am

At least there's no laws on the table here... our government is just getting the entertainment industry* and the internet industry (ISP's and that) sitting down together to see if they can work things out between themselves.

*Though not artists, as far as I'm aware :tongue:

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I'm planning a holiday there, early days just now.

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:52 pm

PapaFern is coming to Australia possibly.

I'd reccomend Melbourne, you might melt in Queensland

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:08 am

I'd reccomend Melbourne, you might melt in Queensland :tongue:

Hey how did you know I, girls planned, was going to Queensland
I don't know any of the places, I just wanna swim in a coral reef :biggrin:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl (Mantra Sun City, 3400 Surfers Paradise Blvd, Surfers Paradise QLD, Australia).... That red water looks concerning :tongue:

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:10 pm

I'm glad I live in Germany.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:14 am

Hey how did you know I, girls planned, was going to Queensland
I don't know any of the places, I just wanna swim in a coral reef :biggrin:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl (Mantra Sun City, 3400 Surfers Paradise Blvd, Surfers Paradise QLD, Australia).... That red water looks concerning :tongue:

Surfer's Paradise? Cool, that's the perfect place to meet genuine tourists! :laugh:

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:06 pm

Surfer's Paradise? Cool, that's the perfect place to meet genuine tourists! :laugh:

Can't tell if is sarcastic or not (IsConfused)
I looks like a great place to relax, and the hotels just across the road from the beach

I want to find the easiest place to go climbing...

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:19 pm

Can't tell if is sarcastic or not (IsConfused)
I looks like a great place to relax, and the hotels just across the road from the beach :cool:

I want to find the easiest place to go climbing...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't surfers paradise where the three big sewage pipes are? Might be Bondi, I haven't been to a big beach for a while.

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:55 pm

If something like it passes in the US, now, I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SDrqa-eTXU#t=0m20s.