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While it's clear SOPA isn't going anywhere, my concern is that the "next" SOPA won't be so extreme and hence, the outrage will be muted. All they need is a foot
by jcc80 15y ago
While it's clear SOPA isn't going anywhere, my concern is that the "next" SOPA won't be so extreme and hence, the outrage will be muted. All they need is a foothold to build off of. Luckily they were dumb this time and tried to go big.
- shawnc 15y agoWhat you said here, this is exactly what I thought. I've watched how gas prices rise. They go REALLY high, everyone has an outrage, they lower it and we all calm down. Then they rise slowly, and they get to that same price everyone was outraged about but now it's happened slowly, like the boiling frog. Plus, we outraged once, now we're just tired. It's going to happen the same way with this.
- jcc80 15y agoYes, the fatigue of everyday people (including my own) to these types of things is disappointing. Who can keep up with all the funny cat videos out there though...
- nextparadigms 15y agoBut now a lot of people are aware of what they are trying to do with bills like this one, so there might be a lot of people speaking out against the next one, too. I once read a comment regarding the content industry's push for more draconian laws regarding piracy, and that guy said, they will keep doing this until the camel's back breaks, and then all their chances to pull this off will be completely eliminated, and they might even be worse off in the end (banning of online copyright, etc).
- waqf 15y agoI would like to believe you are right, but I think Big Content has time for a few more tries before everyone of legislating age understands the situation.
- jtchang 15y agoWhat we really need to be campaigning for is a measure to "protect" us from SOPA.