Stop Online Piracy Act: The Abridged Version

Viani

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

Let me dumb this down for you all...you will appreciate it.

If you want to watch a show that belongs to a company online (streaming), you must pay for it with cash. If you watch it unauthorized for free, and are caught, you will face charges.

If you use, distribute, save or access copyrighted material (ripped mp3s, ripped mkvs, eBooks etc.) you will be breaking the law, and your ISP (person who hooks up internet for you) will be issued to suspend your license.

"I do not own The Series© and all rights belong to the Corporation of Origin©." will not be enough to justify fanworks (like fanvids, popular memes and the like) and those making derivatives from a company without direct consent can face charges against them for copyright infringement.

Any sites that allow access to said things will be forced to close, and any indexing services (google) will be issued to quit directing people to the following sites if need be.

In other words if you enjoy the internet beyond just looking up definitions for sex positions or uploading scrambled teenager porn to Facebook, you will not have fun.

Disclaimer
I agree and support the SOPA.

Tnu1138

I've said to before and i'll say it agan Fuck SOPA.

Ace Rimmer

Except fanvids and parody works are protected speech in my country.

Justice4243

Seems pretty hard to enforce.

I suppose you could attack the sites that are operating off US soil, easily enough, but it's pretty hard to monitor every avenue of getting these programs.

My Manager DID get a nice letter for downloading Entourage from his ISP, though. Apparently HBO was monitoring the hell out of that shit and contacted his ISP.

My manager responded by going to a coffee shop, and downloading what he wanted off their free wi-fi. 

Tnu1138

They are in the US too as far as I know.

Justice4243

Not sure about "fanvids" but parodies certainly are. 

Tnu1138

Parody and commentary specifically I think.