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I wish they would put some effort into these bills instead of taking the archaic approach of making everything a pain in the ass for legitimate users while doin

I wish they would put some effort into these bills instead of taking the archaic approach of making everything a pain in the ass for legitimate users while doing almost nothing towards solving the actual problems it intends to solve. What's to stop the content from appearing on another site or outside of the US? The PirateBay is still going strong since 2003 despite all the raids and efforts to remove it. They should be allocating more resources towards collaborating with PornHub to stop these abuses, not by introducing legislation against it. Even more disappointing that this was introduced by Jeff Merkley - the senator I just voted for - typically known for doing actual research and not lazily introducing legislation.

boublepop 6y ago
As with all legislation like this the base premis for the people making the law is: “someone is making money doing something they should not be doing” and they are aiming at the “making money” element. It’s always the same, and this is why the Pirate Bay is still alive because they simply cannot even begin to conceptualize that maybe something is happening that is not 100% focused around profits. And even if that was so they really don’t care because no parent has ever made a campaign contribution “just because we are happy that our children didn’t get abused”. However you can be absolutely certain that pornhub is going to be making strategic donations now, just to avoid the hassle.