3 ms·
Yeah, I agree the law's been misused and SOPA will almost certainly be misused to. My point is that this argument over the representative is kind of petty. This
by billpatrianakos 15y ago
Yeah, I agree the law's been misused and SOPA will almost certainly be misused to. My point is that this argument over the representative is kind of petty. This shouldn't be about who's doing what and who's got some double standard. Instead the discussion should just focus on the bill on its own and framing the discussion like has been done in the post makes our side (yeah, our side, for some reason people think I'm for SOPA) look petty or like we've run out of good arguments.
- DanBC 15y agoNo. Demonstrating that some people are willing to use weird law to enforce copyright protection, and that some of those people do not understand existing copyright law themselves, is a useful exercise. The point is to use their language to show how daft the law could be. That's maybe why it feels petty to you, because it is a stupid thing, but it's a stupid thing that they could well end up criminalizing. The politicians talk of "thieves" and "criminals" and "crooks". Using their language it is wrong for someone to have stolen content on their homepage.