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>We understand there are many differing opinions on the SOPA regulations. That's a funny thing to say, because so far I've seen nothing but unequivocal disagre
by slowpoke 15y ago
>We understand there are many differing opinions on the SOPA regulations.
That's a funny thing to say, because so far I've seen nothing but unequivocal disagreement with the bill from everyone who isn't a corporate shill.
Granted, this might be confirmation bias, and the reasons for disagreement are indeed quite widespread, but I've yet to see someone support this bill for any reason but "I'm involved with an industry or corporation that will profit from this bill" or "I am paid to support it".
tl;dr: Either you're against SOPA, or you're part of the group that profits from it, to the detriment of everyone else.
- fleitz 15y agoYou could be part of the group that is against it and still profit from it. I'm not personally for SOPA but lets imagine a hypothetical indie developer that is against SOPA, image their DRM-free game is on the same sites as Vivendi Universal, Vivendi takes down the site using SOPA and more people buy the game. They're against SOPA but have profited from it.
- pilif 15y agoUntil Vivendi releases their new AAA title which is similar to the Indie game. Then they will have the indie game developer site removed/blocked in order to ensure that people only buy their AAA title. Remember: you don't need courts, nor even proof to have an inconvenient site removed under SOPA. As a person living in Switzerland which recently came out in strong opposition of any Internet blocking, I don't care that much about SOPA - the only thing it will do is give Europe and other countries a huge competitive advantage because sites with user generated content will have to move here. I'm still holding my breath for you guys though and hope that this idiotic law doesn't pass.