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New Bill in the states censors the internet!?

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Bing:
One quick thing.  This isn't a socialist bill.  This is not socialism.  This bill is borderline dictatorship, with the amount of censorship that if contains.  Hell any rich stupid company could make any dumb accusation and bam, website down.  Kind of reminds me of a dictator shutting down anything that makes him/her look bad or spreads an idea they don't like.

And who really cares.  I know I backed Obama a bit in that last post but, honestly there is no politician alive or that will be born who will really care about the plight of the people.  It's about money and nothing else.

TrainerX:

--- Quote from: Bing on November 15, 2011, 08:00:37 AM ---One quick thing.  This isn't a socialist bill.  This is not socialism.  This bill is borderline dictatorship, with the amount of censorship that if contains.  Hell any rich stupid company could make any dumb accusation and bam, website down.  Kind of reminds me of a dictator shutting down anything that makes him/her look bad or spreads an idea they don't like.

And who really cares.  I know I backed Obama a bit in that last post but, honestly there is no politician alive or that will be born who will really care about the plight of the people.  It's about money and nothing else.

--- End quote ---
*checks his post

Oh, that was a mistake XD. I must have forgotten to change that when I changed the sentence.

But I agree, most politicians only care about the money. Greedy bastards.

Desbear:
Yes yes, I think we all agree on that.

Now on the bill, I don't think it will be passed because its a censorship bill.

Tickles:
Yeah, this thread is about that bill. Here is what everyone sees happening with it if it does get passed, (Haven't been up to date on it). Youtube is the pride of the intenet because anyone can post videos of anything, and youtube gets money for all the randomness because of the amount of Ads watched on it (Remember the golden times when it didn't, and had 5 start rating buttons?). Well, if this bill passes, everyone has to be sure video has nothing of copyright within it, or it will be taken down, not to mention a hefty fine (With copyright law, about $250,000). By not having anything show with a copyright, that means, no labels, no logos, use of owned company names, use of music not owned by you, pretty much anything with the C mark. Youtube would die due to this, because no one will post any videos because of all the restrictions they have to think about, and eventually, it will be just a bunch of company owned music videos, and products. It is no secret that any government cares about big business rather than people, they get a lot of money from those corporations (Took a few classes in government, even wrote a report on it that earned me an A+), but more peoples eyes will open because of this. Youtube will be like another deviantart, where you need to have talent in order to really be a success.

Now, enough about youtube, lets go to the other impact this will have if I predict is right. The reason why business's are so successful is because we buy their products. They spend a lot of money on advertising so we are enticed to get it. Now, their is a factor that is usually overlooked- Free advertising. A majority of people buy a product when they see it work for someone else. People post videos, columns, blogs, etc., showing or explaining the benefits of a product, without any pay from the business that designed or owns it. we as humans want ot be sure of something before we do anything, and when we see success through someone else, we go for it. That's why infomercials (The name does fit, since it's just a really long advertisement showing how a product works, hence info) are a successful way to get a product to a person. It is showcased on how it works, even in situation not intended for it's use, but we see it work, we want to get it. Without free advertising, an company would need to keep spending even more money on a cliche ad with a well known actor, as well as pay the guys doing infomercials more money to showcase the product. TV and internet will be flooded with more ads, which makes people just want to fast forward through it. we don't want to see something a celebrity can afford to do, we want to see something we can afford to do, so we skip the ad, go straight to our video, or TV show (Hulu, and DVR users). If no one is watching an ad, who is going to buy the product, and who would explain how it is used, without the large sums of cash needed for a professional to do it.

This would affect everyone, and little does anyone know, THE US IS THE BIGGEST AMOUNT OF PROFIT FOR ANY COMPANY OUTSIDE OF IT. We buy a lot of foreign products, we laugh at american made, we prefer Japan, China, Russia (not really Russia), Etc. We want products that not only look better, but are better. Japans biggest client is the US, only because of all the fun things we buy from them. But what's the point of buying something if you can't even show you have it to the world. The internet is a vast, interesting, and dangerous place, where companies strive from all the free advertisement. Thus bill will destroy a lot more than we realize.

Desbear:
It wasn't passed! The bill is no longer a threat.

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