[Advisors] Phenomenal Explanation Of SOPA

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:23:24 -0600

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http://bit.ly/zDdkJy

 "Just consume, don't produce, don't share."

 The content industries don't want a distinction between what's legal and i=
llegal, that bit them in the ass already, with the Home Recording Act of 19=
92, wherein it was declared legal to make your own mixtapes, even share the=
m. That horrified them. So they changed their game, they decided to go afte=
r the sharing itself.

 That's what SOPA and PIPA are all about.

 And the way they're going to achieve their goal is to put the burden of po=
licing upon Google and Yahoo and the other portals/search engines that prov=
ide links. If the cost of policing is high enough, they'll just outlaw the =
practice. Entirely.

 There's a great analogy at the beginning of this clip. A story about a bak=
ery in Brooklyn that allowed customers to bring in their kids' drawings so =
they could be imprinted upon cakes. Only one problem, kids like to draw car=
toon characters, the ones they see in movies and on television. And this is=
 copyright infringement. So what did the bakery do? Instead of having someo=
ne make a judgment as to the legality of each drawing, they outlawed the pr=
actice entirely. Now you can still get an image on your cake, but it has to=
 be one of the authorized ones the bakery provides.

 But maybe your kid drew a fish because he likes fish and he's never even s=
een "Finding Nemo". He can't get his fish on a cake because the bakery is a=
fraid of infringement, they're not even gonna make that judgment. Google is=
 gonna outlaw links to all sharing because it's just too damn expensive to =
figure out what's legal and what's illegal. So you'll just consume pre-appr=
oved content, manufactured by the usual suspect music and movie companies. =
You can't create your own because it might infringe and Google doesn't want=
 to make the wrong decision and it takes too much money to make a decision,=
 so you can create your music, but it won't be findable, the search engine =
can't take that risk.

 And if you think the above is blown out of proportion, you don't understan=
d how the content companies think.

 They want control. The Internet is their worst nightmare. It allows anybod=
y to create. And under the rubric of preventing you from mixing up your con=
tent with theirs, they want to outlaw sharing completely, they don't want y=
ou making music and movies, they just want you to buy theirs. This is the c=
oncept of scarcity that made them so much dough, this is the past they're t=
rying to jet us all back into by crippling the Internet. As Clay Shirky say=
s in this video, they want to "raise the cost of copyright compliance to th=
e point where people simply get out of the business of offering it as a cap=
ability to amateurs."

 They think we're dumb. They've got no idea the Internet is all about smart=
 They want us to believe in the nincompoops on "The Jersey Shore", not som=
e egghead with degrees who's actually thought about all this and isn't in i=
t for the short term money and fame.

 TED talks are a burgeoning resource. The brand stands for intelligent insi=
ght. Take the time out to watch this presentation, you'll get it, you'll be=
 horrified, you'll send it to all your friends.

 P.S. You might be unable to do this under SOPA. For fear that you might be=
 sharing copyrighted material, your ability to share at all could be crippl=
ed, because it would cost too much for the linking service to determine whe=
ther it's legal to share the content or not.

 P.P.S. Read this story: http://bit.ly/z7NLLZ This is what they want, guilt=
y until proven innocent.

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don't produce, don't share.&quot; The content industries don't want=
 a distinction between what's legal and illegal, that bit them in the ass a=
lready, with the Home Recording Act of 1992, wherein it was declared legal =
to make your own mixtapes, even share them. That horrified them. So they ch=
anged their game, they decided to go after the sharing itself. That=
's what SOPA and PIPA are all about. And the way they're going to a=
chieve their goal is to put the burden of policing upon Google and Yahoo an=
d the other portals/search engines that provide links. If the cost of polic=
ing is high enough, they'll just outlaw the practice. Entirely. The=
re's a great analogy at the beginning of this clip. A story about a bakery =
in Brooklyn that allowed customers to bring in their kids' drawings so they=
 could be imprinted upon cakes. Only one problem, kids like to draw cartoon=
 characters, the ones they see in movies and on television. And this is cop=
yright infringement. So what did the bakery do? Instead of having someone m=
ake a judgment as to the legality of each drawing, they outlawed the practi=
ce entirely. Now you can still get an image on your cake, but it has to be =
one of the authorized ones the bakery provides. But maybe your kid =
drew a fish because he likes fish and he's never even seen &quot;Finding Ne=
mo&quot;. He can't get his fish on a cake because the bakery is afraid of i=
nfringement, they're not even gonna make that judgment. Google is gonna out=
law links to all sharing because it's just too damn expensive to figure out=
 what's legal and what's illegal. So you'll just consume pre-approved conte=
nt, manufactured by the usual suspect music and movie companies. You can't =
create your own because it might infringe and Google doesn't want to make t=
he wrong decision and it takes too much money to make a decision, so you ca=
n create your music, but it won't be findable, the search engine can't take=
 that risk. And if you think the above is blown out of proportion, =
you don't understand how the content companies think. They want con=
trol. The Internet is their worst nightmare. It allows anybody to create. A=
nd under the rubric of preventing you from mixing up your content with thei=
rs, they want to outlaw sharing completely, they don't want you making musi=
c and movies, they just want you to buy theirs. This is the concept of scar=
city that made them so much dough, this is the past they're trying to jet u=
s all back into by crippling the Internet. As Clay Shirky says in this vide=
o, they want to &quot;raise the cost of copyright compliance to the point w=
here people simply get out of the business of offering it as a capability t=
o amateurs.&quot; They think we're dumb. They've got no idea the In=
ternet is all about smart. They want us to believe in the nincompoops on &q=
uot;The Jersey Shore&quot;, not some egghead with degrees who's actually th=
ought about all this and isn't in it for the short term money and fame. =
 TED talks are a burgeoning resource. The brand stands for intelligent =
insight. Take the time out to watch this presentation, you'll get it, you'l=
l be horrified, you'll send it to all your friends. P.S. You might =
be unable to do this under SOPA. For fear that you might be sharing copyrig=
hted material, your ability to share at all could be crippled, because it w=
ould cost too much for the linking service to determine whether it's legal =
to share the content or not. P.P.S. Read this story: http://bit.ly/=
z7NLLZ This is what they want, guilty until proven innocent. --=
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