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I hate to be THAT guy... but if SOPA passed, it could be more than just devices we're entrusting our lives to. I could engineer something like bit-torrent (whi
by swalsh 15y ago
I hate to be THAT guy... but if SOPA passed, it could be more than just devices we're entrusting our lives to. I could engineer something like bit-torrent (which has legit uses), and be accused of helping people pirate. That could end in jail.
Just reinforces the point, that we have to work hard to keep our freedom.
- teraflop 15y agoI think you must be thinking of a different law or bill, because SOPA doesn't say anything of the sort.
- onemoreact 15y agoIs that your opinion as a judge or lawyer who has studied the law in depth, someone with a reasonable law background that's actually read it, someone that just read it, or someone that's read a summery of it from a unbiased source? Or just your guess based on hearsay? PS: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261: SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO SENTENCING GUIDELINES. (H) ensure reasonable consistency with other relevant directives and Guidelines and Federal statutes; Note: You can't actually define what this means even if you read all relevant legal precedents, because it's allows monkey patching of the law by these guys http://www.ussc.gov/ http://www.ussc.gov/ an independent agency in the judicial branch of government.
- ericb 15y agoThis provides a good overview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqMoOk9NWc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqMoOk9NWc