Great talk. I think the most important message in this now is that we should be 'ready' for more assaults on our internet freedoms. (ACTA is already on its last dying breaths) Its sad to see that greed and fear can so easily manipulate human minds. It is, however, empowering to see enlightened minds speaking out against injustices to the human race. We are poised on the edge of a knife right now, which way will you chose to sway. We the people, united, forever.
Excellent! Right on the nail! The small profit big media can reap from this draconian act is nothing compared to the censorship, control and surveillance ACTA will bring.
@shraka Richard O Dwyer.. Google him.. he's a UK citizen, extradited to the US and facing 10 years in jail for having a website that links to copyrighted material. Ie he had a link portal, which was 100% legal in his country(UK).. If you think that's not 'disappearing', then i don't know what is.
This is actually related to ACTA/DMCA and all that shit. They are using laws meant to be used for terrorism to get him extradited.and facing up to 10 years in Jail in the US. Shameful.
@ex0duzz At least he gets legal representation. Under the new laws passed by Obama they can indefninately detain US citizens and not even tell anyone they have them, let alone charge them with anything. That's what I mean by disappearing.
I agree that PIPA/SOPA are horrible and we should fight them harder - just pointing out that there are actually worse laws out there that should be fought even harder than that!
@shraka Well, we've had the Patriot Act for a long time now(10 years?), and i'm not a US citizen, so the NDAA(which i'm guessing you're referring to) would affect US citizens more than it would affect me. They can and already do extraordinary rendition, torture, assassination, illegal unlawful detention without habeus corpus etc etc.
Obama didn't need to do anything really except keep the status quo, but yeah.. he took it up even more. And democrats don't say anything about it. Bullshit
@ex0duzz Exactly, it's bullshit. I don't know how anyone can call a nation that tortures people (no matter WHAT they've done) a civilized country. The US is a for profit, for sale, unaccountable bully nation with a distinct lack of morality.
@shraka Also, i find the position of caring only because it affects US citizens to be morally repugnant. I've been fighting this fight for over 10 years, i've had people call me nuts for even mentioning oligarchs, legalizing all drugs(but mainly weed + decrim of the rest), etc etc. It's like them saying that US lives are the ones that only matter, and we should only be concerned when it's possible that it can now happen to us, but not when it was for foreigners? That attitude can F.Off
@ex0duzz I'm actually an Australian Citizen. But you wont be able to get the US to agree that indefinite detention for EVERYONE is BS until you get them to agree it's not on for US citizens. My point was more that it goes to show how little the US government cares about the people it's supposed to be protecting.
Everyone should favourite, like, and SHARE this video with everyone so that everyone knows how stupid copyright is, how broken the current patent system is as a result of software patents and greedy lobbyists, and why it's a blight on our freedoms and liberties. Artificial scarcity sucks. Like he said.. it's basically like a license to print money. Just like the Fed.. coincidence? I think not! It's a very profitable business model, and a few people get stupidly rich while the majority go down..
Now there is ACTA and international treaty--the real key is to email the entertainment, movie and music industry and tell them that we will NOT buy or participate to buying any of their products until SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA disappear.
how is it purposed that an individual who is so corrupt that they put them selves into office,how do we as voting american citizens get them out when they buy there position? I vote & it does not do a damn bit of good.......how do you get a person who has bought their way in,out? how?................
The greed of the corporate world is sickening.Our elected officials are downright criminals.Bought out by the lobbists.They go to work with 10 lobbists on either side of the door stuffing money,dinners,vacations in the officials pockets,by the time they get to the door to go to work they forgot why they even came! VOTE THESE PEOPLE OUT OF OFFICE.-- AND IF YOU DONT VOTE DONT BITCH-YOU GOT WHAT YOU DESERVE
we the people. we have the power. we are the power.so lets take our power into our hands from theirs. lets unite for our freedom! Lets make those 2 calls to our reps and senator.
SOPA & PIPA are not the end to the fight against freedom on the interent.. an agreement called ACTA has been made, and could very soon be implemented. ACTA is GLOBAL and has been signed by many countries including US, UK, Canada, Australia, and most EU countries.
Please watch this video, thumbs up this comment so people can see, and paste it to other videos to spread awareness of ACTA. /watch?v=citzRjwk-sQ Thank you.
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I'm not sure that's what it means. I think 34 out of 34 + 9386 (=9420) - i.e. 0.3% - might be a correct representation of the share of people who might actually benefit from SOPA/PIPA. It's interesting to see how many politicians these 0.3% have representing them...
@ilsennodipoi I think it's much smaller than that, though it is speculative to be fair. Are we including anyone who owns stock in a media company, or just the execs? Or is there someone else I'm not factoring?
It is speculative indeed. I'm really guessing here (the number 0.3% came sort of out of the air put when I think about it I imagine that might be about right). I think there will be a few people who have portfolios biased towards the media industries who will benefit. This will make up the lion part of the 0.3%.
That doesn't sound right. Would you care to elaborate? Do you mean that SOPA/PIPA-adverse clips in general are censored from Stumble Upon. (Not that you said so, but I'm concerned that this might be the case.)
Sooo, how about Anonymous give these lawmakers and pushers a taste of their own medicine - and block, censor, remove, delete and prevent their sites, their technologies, their presentations, et al from ever seeing the light of day. Down their sites. Bounce them off searches. Hinder them from "sharing" their message and their push itself. Bury it.
What's really going to be a game changer are the 3D printers. I think we should all invest in the DIY versions and develop them. Make your own copies and own products...there will be big changes down the road.
fucking copyright greek languageand ask from usa , england , france , spain brazil , and many many more the money they steal of u by using ur language ... seriusly , all the mentioned countries are owned for good this way , in case u miss it french are 55% greek , german 45% spoanish 35% , english around 40% , they will not be able to speak without writen allowance ... words like internet , cinema , video games , cpus ,
IMHO, this is just a way to try to stamp out the indies as competition. I mean, if a little guy like me can use the web to get the word out, then by gum, I coud steal a bit of thunder. However, if they silence me and others like me, they're safe. Like me or think I suck, I just want the right to be here--and in the US of A--I should have that right..I am so glad folks like you are TRULY fighting for the artistic voice. I used to support them, now the MPAA and RIAA can bite my ass.
SOPA/PIPA are horrid, insidious bills, using artist like me to hoodwink non thinkers into believing they are trying to protect intellectual property. Well most artists I know of--almost 90 percent that I spoke to , are against them. Sure, I don't want my stuff stolen, however, I am all for fans SHARING my stuff, it HELPS me, and true fans don't mind supporting reasonably priced works. Just the gov'ts way of trying to manipulate away even more freedoms--Ron Paul ya'll 2012
And start over by creating fair bills WITH U.S. experts/professionals/consultants that know more about how to protect copyrights WITHOUT censoring/limiting our freedom to exchange information.
OBAMA THAT SHIT did it for fundraising for his campaign ... he's ACAHANDO ELECTION THAT GOES AWAY WITH THIS ATTITUDE, WITH STIRRING SHOULD NEVER WHO IS QUIET .... AND HE MOVED WITH MORE THAN 150 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE SPREAD HE WILL GIVE A BAD WITH IT ALL ... WHO WILL WIN THE ELECTION IS ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT AGAINST HIM, A COMPANY CAN NOT GUARANTEE SOME MORE VOTES THE PEOPLE indignant with him BECAUSE THIS CLOWN ...
If sopa, pipa, acta pass, we cant do anything about it. You wont accomplish anything with protests or "war". Sadly, we have to accept it. Then after a certain time, we wont talk about it anymore, because we have accepted it. It will be like this if one of them pass.
@Giodude That's a bit pessimistic viewpoint, don't you think? You may be right, but there is nothing wrong with hoping for the best. Sometimes, when you least expect it, you end up getting what you were hoping for.
@Lovebug8779 It's pessimistic, but also realistic. People may hope for the best, but they are fooling themselves. Maybe the only way to stop it is to take very drastic actions (murder). But that's me :-).
The people involved in the act don't understand the technology...and how sharing actually increases sales. Monty Pyhthon released all its content for free over the internet and it had a record increase in DVD sales...higher than ever. Also more iTUNES get sold because people watch it on YT or use emulators to play games and then buy the updated version for their smartphone or Consle through virtualconsle in Wii store or XBOX live. It's like FREE advertising on a massive scale. Adapt or die SOPA.
the most important reason to stop SOPA / PIPA is that it ACTUALLY INCREASES PIRACY! It decrease the abiltiy to share for non-profit purposes BUT in encourages other countries (Which couldn't give a rats arse about US copyright laws) to develop knock-off , copied and pirated stuff for profit. Thus pirated stuff sold 4 profit will increase in value and countires like XXXXX have ALREADY started to use it to its avantage. I Know...I've been and seen. SOPA = Less power to US more to rouge states.
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Gabe Newall himself made an excellent point about Piracy (Which is essentially a blanket term that can be swapped out with "Copyright Violation" these days), "Piracy is not a pricing issue, It's a service issue". I don't buy DVDs because i'm sick to the back teeth of having to watch 50 thousand titles telling me i'm a thief and a disgusting human being if i pirate content, Even though i've got the retail box for the DVD on my lap and i'm reading the promotional material.
my educational buisness idea teaching kids how to program video games was crushed when MEGAUPLOAD was taken offline. Sure I can still access the site via IP but I can't get access to source code that is stored on there (we have limited backups) it is within copyright because it's all content that our community created based on old style games to teach kids how to program computers. The kids loved it...SADLY no more THANKS to SOPA and PIPA. Way to go..damaging kids education for your wallets.
@ogicabp4u That sucks man, free education is one of the best things to come from the internet and I can't believe the government would allow things like this to happen. I hope you can work things out and I hope further advancement of sopa/pipa/acta will be stopped. It will be a difficult battle but one that is well worth the result
We, the young people of this world will decide what will happen to this world. You cannot stop us, the revolutions in of last year were unstoppable. This year it's a revolution against the fbi and all the governments that support acta, sopa and pipa. Screw you, you cannot win against us. we, the young, are the future and you will not decide what we will be able to do. This is a democracy, learn about these laws and don't let the government trick you with there anti-piracy guise for censoring.
Artificial scarcity. That's the key word. In the old days, if a street performer is good enough, people will pay them money. Then they are hired by a theatre which created a scarcity of information and only the people with money can watch him perform. Now comes the age where there are no walls to prevent information scarcity.
WHY even decide to think about SOPA or PIPA. it's IMPOSSIBLE to stop pirating, and such, no matter what there will be hackers, and they will provide to other people that request, and post links on a website or a small server they quickly set up. so STOP trying to do SOPA and PIPA it is the most pointless and immature thing ever thats come to congress. grow up U.S. government and grow a pair.
We cannot control the internet, its not ours, its everyones like around the world everyone. so what are you gonna do then? they will try to sue if you shut down or take if off a search engine.
well heres one thing, the "world" wide web is a world based thing, and the U.S. (sopa and pipa.....) CANNOT take down sites or tell a search engine to not show it in a list if it is not from the U.S.
At 9:30am EST federal agents raided a home in Malvern, PA. The suspect is accused of making Mickey Mouse (TM) shaped pancakes for his children. If convicted he faces 10 years in prison and up to $150,000 for each pancake consumed. Pancake mix provider Bisquick has made no statement at this time, but may be liable for damages in excess of $5 million dollars.
Have to hand it to him. His argument is cogent and specific to these bills. If we're lucky enough to survive them, can we remain vigilant for the fights ahead that must come. There's no reason in the world for media producers to stop trying to kill copying. They are going to come at it from every angle. I fear the subtle approach most. Every show, star, piece of music we enjoy is coming from people who have a stake in this. I expect they'll have them appeal to the people eventually. NAPSTER!!!!!
Can the protagonists of these bills be defeated by the "careful what you wish for, you may just get it" scenario?
Let the bills pass and for a short while they'll go mad slapping desist & turn off orders all over the place. They will screw up and place something on their website that they don't own, to which they will have theirs shut down. the combined personnel of their legal departments maybe a few hundred thousand, opposed the hundred million or so watching them.
They would be swallowed up by the amount website takedowns over those they dish out. They would not have an internet presence. The law of unintended consequence is not subject to repeal, unlike the bills they argued for, they would want scrapped. But how much influence would they lose before the law changes?
@NecessaryMindBleach What usually happens as soon as a law backfires on the concerned parties is that they simply find a way to exempt themselves from it..if they can't then they change it in an 'update' or 'revision' (i.e. amendment) of the bill to make themselves exempt from it either with the claim that it is 'for the good of all' something like 'to protect legimate rights to peoples' etc. (watch out for pharse like that in future amendments) or some other veiled lie.
All we have to do, no matter if we are US citizens, is to wake up, wake up the rest and realize what's going on on this world, it's not only the media and the internet. It's everything that moves around us.
@NoShit12 ...he was saying those things to make the audience laugh (and they're laughing at the stupidity of the big media companies)...humor is a tool to keep the audience engaged.
@NoShit12 ..."uncopyable material being compared to handing out water that isn't wet" isn't funny to you? the man is constantly poking fun at media companies and the way they think...its called snark.
...though I'm not going to take the opinion of someone who thinks he is above and beyond the audience's sense of humor, seriously.
the media industry doesn't want to adapt. Time, the internet, and the people are all against Them, and while they may have the power of money and the gov't, they are no match for the tidal wave that is the people. THEY. NEED. US. TO. SURVIVE. We say "no" by stopping our support of what they produce, and they can't do a damn thing about it. WE the people are in charge here. Never forget that. Bills like this always die kicking and screaming. But they WILL die if we fight hard enough.
@TheDragonCael we could all boycott them for a week as a warning and make it a blown up worldwide thing with millions of people not spending a dime on any media produced item
it would be hard to achieve but with all those internet users and groups like anonymous we can make it work and take them in a head lock and make them know we can snap their necks at any time
just a week of no TV not buying any movies and music show them we are not couch potatoes and we do not depend on THEM but they on US
okej americans please do your duty as fellowe good humanbeings and go tell your goverment and politician's to turn down this abbomination and blasphemy against our freedome! NO! is the only option here fellow poeple.// Sweden
The fascist hammer is falling, and we're all going to be smashed by it. Like Sinclair Lewis said:“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”
Obama signed ACTA into law saying it was a matter of national security. It makes ISP's responsible for anything their users do and gives them the right to censor their users. It also will block generic drugs and restrict people from growing food by making against the law to plant certain seeds..
We work shitty jobs with shit pay (compared to Canada and Europe), and we spend all our money on dead-end college degrees (the job market and small businesses are declining), and we spend the rest of our early adulthood paying-off debt.
Apparently, that's not enough for the rich bastards and their Federal cohorts.
They want to take-away our free animu, one of the few things that brings joy to our miserable lives. Even though we do buy the good shows; others don't get released outside of Japan.
The other thing we can do more of is create and share our own stuff, music, novels, movies, animation, series. people are making great films for a fraction of the blockbuster costs. perhaps this is our chance to really get started on creating and sharing home-brewed media; get out there and reclaim the building blocks of our culture.
guyz ...this guy basically sais that by controlling the internet, it will become much easier to control people, so this could mean a new era for humans, bcz if someone controls the internet, he can also control on what thoughts people share. so if media could find a solution to control people by blocking the internet, they could control much easier people, whcih could lead to probably 'monarchy'
Absurd. This reminds me of the church that used to be a dominant institution during the middle dark ages & exerted a potent influence upon law to cencor everything and hide information from the public to prevent people from learning the truth and criticizing their rules--- put a fence around people and you'll get sheep right..
What use is an amassed wisdom/knowledge for if not to be shared with others?
I gotta go download a shit ton of stuff before they shut us down! What are we gonna do ppl? We have to stop them! "You can`t share until you show us that you`re not sharing something that you don`t like!" Fucking fascists! They will charge us for the air we breathe eventually!
@VanielDonovan My God.... That's what I was noticing but my mind didn't suggest Tom Hanks and I was thinking he does look like someone I have seen but again SOPA was on my mind lol...
Lamar Smith is the Author of those BILLS…… research him and SPREAD THIS VIRAL. PLZ… this has much more to do with blackmail on the political spectrum, Lamar Smith is the CEO/Chairman of the board of Reps in the House of Congress. He keeps his moves silent and hurts many, he is BIG TIME invested and partnered with the private Prison industries nationwide and is connected Federally with the other top notch scumbags ripping off America and the world with the failed war on drugs.
He also keeps Marijuana aka Cannabis prohibited on the Federal level, hiding the facts backed by scienece by our gretaest universities. PLZ SPREAD VIRAL!! SPREAD OUT WORD!! WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED! WE ARE ANONYMOUS! WE ARE LEGION! WE DO NOT FORGIVE! WE DO NOT FORGET! EXPECT US!
Quite frankly, I don't CARE what the media industry wants. I think the consumers (aka the creators and share-ers) have made it absolutely clear that we are no longer content to sit on a couch and only consume. They are fighting the future of their business. They are fighting the future of everything. The internet is THE FUTURE. And if they stopped fighting it, the future would be here.
why cant the media realize that if they eliminate the copitision then they eliminate their customers
Joesup342 5 hours ago
i thought this was called the land of the free and the home of the brave sopa and pipa is just antie american
Joesup342 5 hours ago
Great talk. I think the most important message in this now is that we should be 'ready' for more assaults on our internet freedoms. (ACTA is already on its last dying breaths) Its sad to see that greed and fear can so easily manipulate human minds. It is, however, empowering to see enlightened minds speaking out against injustices to the human race. We are poised on the edge of a knife right now, which way will you chose to sway. We the people, united, forever.
DVJLabonte19 3 days ago
Excellent! Right on the nail! The small profit big media can reap from this draconian act is nothing compared to the censorship, control and surveillance ACTA will bring.
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uno0304 1 week ago
media should evolve to be more like construction kits
walter0bz 1 week ago
@shraka Richard O Dwyer.. Google him.. he's a UK citizen, extradited to the US and facing 10 years in jail for having a website that links to copyrighted material. Ie he had a link portal, which was 100% legal in his country(UK).. If you think that's not 'disappearing', then i don't know what is.
This is actually related to ACTA/DMCA and all that shit. They are using laws meant to be used for terrorism to get him extradited.and facing up to 10 years in Jail in the US. Shameful.
ex0duzz 2 weeks ago
@ex0duzz At least he gets legal representation. Under the new laws passed by Obama they can indefninately detain US citizens and not even tell anyone they have them, let alone charge them with anything. That's what I mean by disappearing.
I agree that PIPA/SOPA are horrible and we should fight them harder - just pointing out that there are actually worse laws out there that should be fought even harder than that!
shraka 1 week ago
@shraka Well, we've had the Patriot Act for a long time now(10 years?), and i'm not a US citizen, so the NDAA(which i'm guessing you're referring to) would affect US citizens more than it would affect me. They can and already do extraordinary rendition, torture, assassination, illegal unlawful detention without habeus corpus etc etc.
Obama didn't need to do anything really except keep the status quo, but yeah.. he took it up even more. And democrats don't say anything about it. Bullshit
ex0duzz 1 day ago
@ex0duzz Exactly, it's bullshit. I don't know how anyone can call a nation that tortures people (no matter WHAT they've done) a civilized country. The US is a for profit, for sale, unaccountable bully nation with a distinct lack of morality.
shraka 16 hours ago
@shraka Also, i find the position of caring only because it affects US citizens to be morally repugnant. I've been fighting this fight for over 10 years, i've had people call me nuts for even mentioning oligarchs, legalizing all drugs(but mainly weed + decrim of the rest), etc etc. It's like them saying that US lives are the ones that only matter, and we should only be concerned when it's possible that it can now happen to us, but not when it was for foreigners? That attitude can F.Off
ex0duzz 1 day ago
@ex0duzz I'm actually an Australian Citizen. But you wont be able to get the US to agree that indefinite detention for EVERYONE is BS until you get them to agree it's not on for US citizens. My point was more that it goes to show how little the US government cares about the people it's supposed to be protecting.
shraka 16 hours ago
Everyone should favourite, like, and SHARE this video with everyone so that everyone knows how stupid copyright is, how broken the current patent system is as a result of software patents and greedy lobbyists, and why it's a blight on our freedoms and liberties. Artificial scarcity sucks. Like he said.. it's basically like a license to print money. Just like the Fed.. coincidence? I think not! It's a very profitable business model, and a few people get stupidly rich while the majority go down..
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VolcanoBalls 2 weeks ago
RIP MEGAUPLOAD AND BTJUNKIE
sexyrene008 2 weeks ago 3
Probably one of the greatest informative speeches I've heard. Great stuff Clay, or Tom. I'm confused by which one to choose.
BroMENCE 2 weeks ago
I hope they change it so then maybe we will get mad enough and actually do something to change all the bullshit.
QuantumCraziness 2 weeks ago
Welcome. In Poland, we fight with ACTA. It's the same system as other manipulations of this type.
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fewfable 2 weeks ago
35 people down voting are working as law firm vultures that bully the fans, but doesn't forward their court winning to the artists.
pallenda 2 weeks ago
Great presentation. +1
gotinogaden 2 weeks ago
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OmegaSounds 2 weeks ago
Obama likes SOPA. Vote him out!
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ThePainShredder 2 weeks ago 2
Now there is ACTA and international treaty--the real key is to email the entertainment, movie and music industry and tell them that we will NOT buy or participate to buying any of their products until SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA disappear.
grow2b 2 weeks ago
who would dislike this? this is truth. fuck sopa and pipa.
michaelochsawesome 2 weeks ago 2
how is it purposed that an individual who is so corrupt that they put them selves into office,how do we as voting american citizens get them out when they buy there position? I vote & it does not do a damn bit of good.......how do you get a person who has bought their way in,out? how?................
houndog00 2 weeks ago
some countries dont even have video game stores, so they get pirated games from piratebay
jeffrey625625 2 weeks ago
Defend our freedom to share? Defend our freedom to share what?
edtrine 2 weeks ago
The greed of the corporate world is sickening.Our elected officials are downright criminals.Bought out by the lobbists.They go to work with 10 lobbists on either side of the door stuffing money,dinners,vacations in the officials pockets,by the time they get to the door to go to work they forgot why they even came! VOTE THESE PEOPLE OUT OF OFFICE.-- AND IF YOU DONT VOTE DONT BITCH-YOU GOT WHAT YOU DESERVE
codyscustoms 2 weeks ago
we the people. we have the power. we are the power.so lets take our power into our hands from theirs. lets unite for our freedom! Lets make those 2 calls to our reps and senator.
moshka007 3 weeks ago
not surprising this is an attempt from liberal Hollywood.
uzimodem 3 weeks ago
SOPA & PIPA are not the end to the fight against freedom on the interent.. an agreement called ACTA has been made, and could very soon be implemented. ACTA is GLOBAL and has been signed by many countries including US, UK, Canada, Australia, and most EU countries.
Please watch this video, thumbs up this comment so people can see, and paste it to other videos to spread awareness of ACTA. /watch?v=citzRjwk-sQ Thank you.
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I bet TED will DMCA anyone who copies and reuploads this video...
AVJRoutledge 3 weeks ago
35 people want the internet down. now to what i want to say, (comment taken down by sopa, we are not sorry)
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MultiSocoro 3 weeks ago
Lamar Smith is an asshole
STOP SOPA/PIPA!!!!! I want internet freedom.
Ahgwenas 3 weeks ago
34 people don't understand that the internet would likely be heavily compromised by SOPA/PIPA.
Jotto999 3 weeks ago 2
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I'm not sure that's what it means. I think 34 out of 34 + 9386 (=9420) - i.e. 0.3% - might be a correct representation of the share of people who might actually benefit from SOPA/PIPA. It's interesting to see how many politicians these 0.3% have representing them...
ilsennodipoi 3 weeks ago
@ilsennodipoi I think it's much smaller than that, though it is speculative to be fair. Are we including anyone who owns stock in a media company, or just the execs? Or is there someone else I'm not factoring?
Jotto999 3 weeks ago
@Jotto999
It is speculative indeed. I'm really guessing here (the number 0.3% came sort of out of the air put when I think about it I imagine that might be about right). I think there will be a few people who have portfolios biased towards the media industries who will benefit. This will make up the lion part of the 0.3%.
ilsennodipoi 3 weeks ago
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AbuseDaForce 3 weeks ago
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That doesn't sound right. Would you care to elaborate? Do you mean that SOPA/PIPA-adverse clips in general are censored from Stumble Upon. (Not that you said so, but I'm concerned that this might be the case.)
ilsennodipoi 3 weeks ago
@ilsennodipoi no, i thought that was the case, but turns out i just had to reload the page. still entirley accessable. excuse me for the false alarm
AbuseDaForce 2 weeks ago
more ppl need to see this.
xoxojonesy 3 weeks ago 2
this guy is sooooo like tom hanks
JAKphoenixify 3 weeks ago
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estebs116 3 weeks ago
With all due respect, but what about Dumbo's copyrights?
Sorry, just somebody has to say it..
ItsAmassiveJungle 3 weeks ago
but the US sign ACTA instead, the more extreme version of sopa and pipa
fiercekid84 3 weeks ago
Sooo, how about Anonymous give these lawmakers and pushers a taste of their own medicine - and block, censor, remove, delete and prevent their sites, their technologies, their presentations, et al from ever seeing the light of day. Down their sites. Bounce them off searches. Hinder them from "sharing" their message and their push itself. Bury it.
StaceyTaylorNet 3 weeks ago 2
What's really going to be a game changer are the 3D printers. I think we should all invest in the DIY versions and develop them. Make your own copies and own products...there will be big changes down the road.
StaceyTaylorNet 3 weeks ago
Go to avaaz.org to sign a petition to stop this guys. it seriously takes 30 seconds. im sure we can all take 30 seconds to save our freedom
Pau11Wa11 3 weeks ago
No SOPA Let everyone have the right of freedom.
3treU 3 weeks ago
Now there is OPEN, ACTA and TPP. This is just sick.
hannu1245 3 weeks ago
STOP ACTA
toao9 3 weeks ago
"Time Warner called and they want you back on the couch consuming not producing and sharing." WOW I just LOVE that!! That was BRILLIANT dude!!
simplyJT27 3 weeks ago
Vote for World Equality.
Avery7098 3 weeks ago
They're replacing SOPA/PIPA with OPEN now I heard... FUCK THAT SHIT TOO!
SoaringMuse 3 weeks ago
Copyright is an infringement to human nature. Without copying others and learning from it, we would not have this discussion.
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Poland woke up few days ago (Protesters take to the streets across Poland over ACTA)
- now it is time for you to wake up...
przemciuf 3 weeks ago
please go to avaaz.org and sign the petition to stop acta.
almost 800,000 signatures already
stp6114 4 weeks ago 2
fucking copyright greek languageand ask from usa , england , france , spain brazil , and many many more the money they steal of u by using ur language ... seriusly , all the mentioned countries are owned for good this way , in case u miss it french are 55% greek , german 45% spoanish 35% , english around 40% , they will not be able to speak without writen allowance ... words like internet , cinema , video games , cpus ,
gloup81 4 weeks ago
IMHO, this is just a way to try to stamp out the indies as competition. I mean, if a little guy like me can use the web to get the word out, then by gum, I coud steal a bit of thunder. However, if they silence me and others like me, they're safe. Like me or think I suck, I just want the right to be here--and in the US of A--I should have that right..I am so glad folks like you are TRULY fighting for the artistic voice. I used to support them, now the MPAA and RIAA can bite my ass.
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SOPA/PIPA are horrid, insidious bills, using artist like me to hoodwink non thinkers into believing they are trying to protect intellectual property. Well most artists I know of--almost 90 percent that I spoke to , are against them. Sure, I don't want my stuff stolen, however, I am all for fans SHARING my stuff, it HELPS me, and true fans don't mind supporting reasonably priced works. Just the gov'ts way of trying to manipulate away even more freedoms--Ron Paul ya'll 2012
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F'cking A!
leonidasx666 4 weeks ago
Bald Tom Hanks is right!
SierraPe 4 weeks ago 119
@SierraPe lolzzzzzz
mararies20 2 weeks ago
@SierraPe Yeeeaaappp
HetmanWielkiKoronny7 2 weeks ago
@SierraPe EARN THIS ....
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VTECZpirates 1 week ago
These did not pass.
They should be ripped up.
And start over by creating fair bills WITH U.S. experts/professionals/consultants that know more about how to protect copyrights WITHOUT censoring/limiting our freedom to exchange information.
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OBAMA THAT SHIT did it for fundraising for his campaign ... he's ACAHANDO ELECTION THAT GOES AWAY WITH THIS ATTITUDE, WITH STIRRING SHOULD NEVER WHO IS QUIET .... AND HE MOVED WITH MORE THAN 150 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE SPREAD HE WILL GIVE A BAD WITH IT ALL ... WHO WILL WIN THE ELECTION IS ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE AND NOT AGAINST HIM, A COMPANY CAN NOT GUARANTEE SOME MORE VOTES THE PEOPLE indignant with him BECAUSE THIS CLOWN ...
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voxdeus99 1 month ago
If sopa, pipa, acta pass, we cant do anything about it. You wont accomplish anything with protests or "war". Sadly, we have to accept it. Then after a certain time, we wont talk about it anymore, because we have accepted it. It will be like this if one of them pass.
Giodude 1 month ago
@Giodude That's a bit pessimistic viewpoint, don't you think? You may be right, but there is nothing wrong with hoping for the best. Sometimes, when you least expect it, you end up getting what you were hoping for.
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@Lovebug8779 It's pessimistic, but also realistic. People may hope for the best, but they are fooling themselves. Maybe the only way to stop it is to take very drastic actions (murder). But that's me :-).
Giodude 4 weeks ago
if this ever passes in any way or any form... there will be war
french4menotu 1 month ago
I call upon the ghost of Steve Jobs, I call upon Bill Gates and Oprah, use yo' money's to stop this!
ProAccidently 1 month ago
in my newest video i discuss why sopa is good for the US
RockBottomProdCo 1 month ago
The people involved in the act don't understand the technology...and how sharing actually increases sales. Monty Pyhthon released all its content for free over the internet and it had a record increase in DVD sales...higher than ever. Also more iTUNES get sold because people watch it on YT or use emulators to play games and then buy the updated version for their smartphone or Consle through virtualconsle in Wii store or XBOX live. It's like FREE advertising on a massive scale. Adapt or die SOPA.
ogicabp4u 1 month ago 28
the most important reason to stop SOPA / PIPA is that it ACTUALLY INCREASES PIRACY! It decrease the abiltiy to share for non-profit purposes BUT in encourages other countries (Which couldn't give a rats arse about US copyright laws) to develop knock-off , copied and pirated stuff for profit. Thus pirated stuff sold 4 profit will increase in value and countires like XXXXX have ALREADY started to use it to its avantage. I Know...I've been and seen. SOPA = Less power to US more to rouge states.
ogicabp4u 1 month ago
You can't reason with bought politicians...
tdiddytrinidaddy 1 month ago
@tdiddytrinidaddy ....oh you can...it's easy...just use money.
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lightandbeautiful 1 month ago
Thank you for sharing.
Kronus420 1 month ago
Looks like Tom Hanks o.o
DragonRory17 1 month ago
Gabe Newall himself made an excellent point about Piracy (Which is essentially a blanket term that can be swapped out with "Copyright Violation" these days), "Piracy is not a pricing issue, It's a service issue". I don't buy DVDs because i'm sick to the back teeth of having to watch 50 thousand titles telling me i'm a thief and a disgusting human being if i pirate content, Even though i've got the retail box for the DVD on my lap and i'm reading the promotional material.
HWGMowsey 1 month ago
Without being able to share media, all of us young 'uns would go into culture shock.
theacousticep 1 month ago
my educational buisness idea teaching kids how to program video games was crushed when MEGAUPLOAD was taken offline. Sure I can still access the site via IP but I can't get access to source code that is stored on there (we have limited backups) it is within copyright because it's all content that our community created based on old style games to teach kids how to program computers. The kids loved it...SADLY no more THANKS to SOPA and PIPA. Way to go..damaging kids education for your wallets.
ogicabp4u 1 month ago
@ogicabp4u That sucks man, free education is one of the best things to come from the internet and I can't believe the government would allow things like this to happen. I hope you can work things out and I hope further advancement of sopa/pipa/acta will be stopped. It will be a difficult battle but one that is well worth the result
DeathG4n 1 month ago
@DeathG4n yeah, it's a very similar example to the 'Mom&Pop' story the speaker uses...only this time directly related to SOPA.
ogicabp4u 1 month ago
Damn , this man could make me jump of a cliff.. :/
TheChieFxD1 1 month ago
Great one, thx
Popushagahill 1 month ago
imagine we have no internet OUR computer is FUCKING USELESS
danduli4 1 month ago 3
Lets VOTE OUT every single dinosaur that has their name on these bills. Hit like if you will join me.
SWECKHOFF 1 month ago 131
@SWECKHOFF If that doesn't go, we can go VICTORIAN on their asses and do it like they did on the history channel.
Guillotine like in the French revolution, to be precise.
MithranArkanere 3 weeks ago
@SWECKHOFF IM WITH U MAN
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SWECKHOFF 1 month ago
We, the young people of this world will decide what will happen to this world. You cannot stop us, the revolutions in of last year were unstoppable. This year it's a revolution against the fbi and all the governments that support acta, sopa and pipa. Screw you, you cannot win against us. we, the young, are the future and you will not decide what we will be able to do. This is a democracy, learn about these laws and don't let the government trick you with there anti-piracy guise for censoring.
DeathG4n 1 month ago
@DeathG4n read my comment...if you can without crying.
ogicabp4u 1 month ago
32 Capitalists
necktwister 1 month ago
Im 13 and im understanding this shit, and Im not liking it! fuck you SOPA
XxMaDxBoYxX 1 month ago 3
32 dislikes from corporate nazis
tripwire99 1 month ago
I would like the transcription of this poorly Xeroxed and on my desk by Monday!
3tiredofbeingalive3 1 month ago
LOOKS LIKE USA IS WORSE THAN CHINA lol Freedom of rights lol????? funny americans
jack99889988 1 month ago
great speech
fastkid235 1 month ago
I actually clapped at the end of the video. Remarkable and hopefully effective speech. Well done. A++
gmoduk93 1 month ago
You know what's funny? SOPA (σώπα) means "shut up" in Greek and PIPA (πίπα) can mean "blowjob". How appropriate...
B1gF1sh3r 1 month ago 2
Artificial scarcity. That's the key word. In the old days, if a street performer is good enough, people will pay them money. Then they are hired by a theatre which created a scarcity of information and only the people with money can watch him perform. Now comes the age where there are no walls to prevent information scarcity.
FD87 1 month ago
WHY even decide to think about SOPA or PIPA. it's IMPOSSIBLE to stop pirating, and such, no matter what there will be hackers, and they will provide to other people that request, and post links on a website or a small server they quickly set up. so STOP trying to do SOPA and PIPA it is the most pointless and immature thing ever thats come to congress. grow up U.S. government and grow a pair.
ionizdgrunt2 1 month ago
We cannot control the internet, its not ours, its everyones like around the world everyone. so what are you gonna do then? they will try to sue if you shut down or take if off a search engine.
ionizdgrunt2 1 month ago
well heres one thing, the "world" wide web is a world based thing, and the U.S. (sopa and pipa.....) CANNOT take down sites or tell a search engine to not show it in a list if it is not from the U.S.
ionizdgrunt2 1 month ago
BREAKING NEWS:
At 9:30am EST federal agents raided a home in Malvern, PA. The suspect is accused of making Mickey Mouse (TM) shaped pancakes for his children. If convicted he faces 10 years in prison and up to $150,000 for each pancake consumed. Pancake mix provider Bisquick has made no statement at this time, but may be liable for damages in excess of $5 million dollars.
NeroJoe83 1 month ago
@NeroJoe83 HAHAHA AWSOME shows how stupid this shit is
butwhytharum 1 month ago
a bald tom hanks
downtheshiter 1 month ago
Have to hand it to him. His argument is cogent and specific to these bills. If we're lucky enough to survive them, can we remain vigilant for the fights ahead that must come. There's no reason in the world for media producers to stop trying to kill copying. They are going to come at it from every angle. I fear the subtle approach most. Every show, star, piece of music we enjoy is coming from people who have a stake in this. I expect they'll have them appeal to the people eventually. NAPSTER!!!!!
gunslingrr6 1 month ago
Can the protagonists of these bills be defeated by the "careful what you wish for, you may just get it" scenario?
Let the bills pass and for a short while they'll go mad slapping desist & turn off orders all over the place. They will screw up and place something on their website that they don't own, to which they will have theirs shut down. the combined personnel of their legal departments maybe a few hundred thousand, opposed the hundred million or so watching them.
NecessaryMindBleach 1 month ago
They would be swallowed up by the amount website takedowns over those they dish out. They would not have an internet presence. The law of unintended consequence is not subject to repeal, unlike the bills they argued for, they would want scrapped. But how much influence would they lose before the law changes?
Discuss
NecessaryMindBleach 1 month ago
@NecessaryMindBleach What usually happens as soon as a law backfires on the concerned parties is that they simply find a way to exempt themselves from it..if they can't then they change it in an 'update' or 'revision' (i.e. amendment) of the bill to make themselves exempt from it either with the claim that it is 'for the good of all' something like 'to protect legimate rights to peoples' etc. (watch out for pharse like that in future amendments) or some other veiled lie.
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Arthorak 1 month ago
All we have to do, no matter if we are US citizens, is to wake up, wake up the rest and realize what's going on on this world, it's not only the media and the internet. It's everything that moves around us.
g0dLikeGR 1 month ago 2
dear TED
tell us how to stop SOPA/PIPA
warina5511 1 month ago 2
@warina5511 It's on 11.00
warina5511 1 month ago
Those stupid kids were laughing at serious situations, Americunts... -_-
NoShit12 1 month ago
@NoShit12 ...he was saying those things to make the audience laugh (and they're laughing at the stupidity of the big media companies)...humor is a tool to keep the audience engaged.
Zephyr16 1 month ago
@Zephyr16 i have a very strong sense of humor and my sense did not detect any humor in that...
NoShit12 1 month ago
@NoShit12 ..."uncopyable material being compared to handing out water that isn't wet" isn't funny to you? the man is constantly poking fun at media companies and the way they think...its called snark.
...though I'm not going to take the opinion of someone who thinks he is above and beyond the audience's sense of humor, seriously.
Zephyr16 1 month ago
32 people are the founders of SOPA...
JMg4ming 1 month ago
Yeah this guy s awesome :D and so right
MrJuicebee 1 month ago
I clapped in the end of the video.
WolfGuitar93 1 month ago
No idea Tom Hanks was so passionate about stopping SOPA
jelledekleineman 1 month ago 2
the media industry doesn't want to adapt. Time, the internet, and the people are all against Them, and while they may have the power of money and the gov't, they are no match for the tidal wave that is the people. THEY. NEED. US. TO. SURVIVE. We say "no" by stopping our support of what they produce, and they can't do a damn thing about it. WE the people are in charge here. Never forget that. Bills like this always die kicking and screaming. But they WILL die if we fight hard enough.
TheDragonCael 1 month ago 66
@TheDragonCael we could all boycott them for a week as a warning and make it a blown up worldwide thing with millions of people not spending a dime on any media produced item
it would be hard to achieve but with all those internet users and groups like anonymous we can make it work and take them in a head lock and make them know we can snap their necks at any time
just a week of no TV not buying any movies and music show them we are not couch potatoes and we do not depend on THEM but they on US
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markoXshot 1 month ago
Excellent talk! Thank you so much!
rubendiazguitar 1 month ago
okej americans please do your duty as fellowe good humanbeings and go tell your goverment and politician's to turn down this abbomination and blasphemy against our freedome! NO! is the only option here fellow poeple.// Sweden
achtung890 1 month ago
Down with SOPA and PIPA
ArkussSC2 1 month ago 2
Obama made ACTA law without congressional approval.
Look up ACTA.
abram730 1 month ago
The fascist hammer is falling, and we're all going to be smashed by it. Like Sinclair Lewis said:“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.”
And creating laws like SOPA and PIPA.
MrHomeChef 1 month ago 2
Obama signed ACTA into law saying it was a matter of national security. It makes ISP's responsible for anything their users do and gives them the right to censor their users. It also will block generic drugs and restrict people from growing food by making against the law to plant certain seeds..
abram730 1 month ago 4
We work shitty jobs with shit pay (compared to Canada and Europe), and we spend all our money on dead-end college degrees (the job market and small businesses are declining), and we spend the rest of our early adulthood paying-off debt.
Apparently, that's not enough for the rich bastards and their Federal cohorts.
They want to take-away our free animu, one of the few things that brings joy to our miserable lives. Even though we do buy the good shows; others don't get released outside of Japan.
GrievousCommander 1 month ago 17
The other thing we can do more of is create and share our own stuff, music, novels, movies, animation, series. people are making great films for a fraction of the blockbuster costs. perhaps this is our chance to really get started on creating and sharing home-brewed media; get out there and reclaim the building blocks of our culture.
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The day after the SOPA/PIPA protests, the Justice Department demonstrates the effectiveness of due process by taking down Megaupload.
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CaptainCatfish 1 month ago
guyz ...this guy basically sais that by controlling the internet, it will become much easier to control people, so this could mean a new era for humans, bcz if someone controls the internet, he can also control on what thoughts people share. so if media could find a solution to control people by blocking the internet, they could control much easier people, whcih could lead to probably 'monarchy'
earistides66 1 month ago
@earistides66 you mean dictatorship. monarchy requires a "royal blood line" how that's determined no one really knows
VitaILetum 1 month ago
Amazing talk, thanks for uploading.
w00tse 1 month ago
This talk is so spot on. Great work.
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Absurd. This reminds me of the church that used to be a dominant institution during the middle dark ages & exerted a potent influence upon law to cencor everything and hide information from the public to prevent people from learning the truth and criticizing their rules--- put a fence around people and you'll get sheep right..
What use is an amassed wisdom/knowledge for if not to be shared with others?
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AliceBunnyGurl 1 month ago
micheal moore, please make a documentary on this
rajifusama 1 month ago
I gotta go download a shit ton of stuff before they shut us down! What are we gonna do ppl? We have to stop them! "You can`t share until you show us that you`re not sharing something that you don`t like!" Fucking fascists! They will charge us for the air we breathe eventually!
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eahaddixscomments 1 month ago
Excellent talk!
beibin 1 month ago
@kizilbasi You mean the people not putting up with it, or that it's happening to begin with? 0_o
TurnAGundam 1 month ago
So maybe people will begin reading books and spending time with family and keeping in shape and then realize just how fucked up this world is.
InsanityComplex1 1 month ago
This is awesome and well done, and I love so much that I'm watching it ON YOUTUBE. It just highlights all his points.
He also looks remarkably like Tom Hanks. A++
VanielDonovan 1 month ago 68
@VanielDonovan My God.... That's what I was noticing but my mind didn't suggest Tom Hanks and I was thinking he does look like someone I have seen but again SOPA was on my mind lol...
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Lamar Smith is the Author of those BILLS…… research him and SPREAD THIS VIRAL. PLZ… this has much more to do with blackmail on the political spectrum, Lamar Smith is the CEO/Chairman of the board of Reps in the House of Congress. He keeps his moves silent and hurts many, he is BIG TIME invested and partnered with the private Prison industries nationwide and is connected Federally with the other top notch scumbags ripping off America and the world with the failed war on drugs.
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He also keeps Marijuana aka Cannabis prohibited on the Federal level, hiding the facts backed by scienece by our gretaest universities. PLZ SPREAD VIRAL!! SPREAD OUT WORD!! WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED! WE ARE ANONYMOUS! WE ARE LEGION! WE DO NOT FORGIVE! WE DO NOT FORGET! EXPECT US!
MiamiRSVP 1 month ago
innovate, don't litigate...
i'm starting to believe that the entire concept of intellectual copyright is holding us back
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ijustwanteda2 1 month ago
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LET'S START A NEW SAYING,
" I took SOPA to the knee "
THUMBS UP SO THE WORLD SEES!
iCJAMMERZ 1 month ago
Quite frankly, I don't CARE what the media industry wants. I think the consumers (aka the creators and share-ers) have made it absolutely clear that we are no longer content to sit on a couch and only consume. They are fighting the future of their business. They are fighting the future of everything. The internet is THE FUTURE. And if they stopped fighting it, the future would be here.
ckildegaard 1 month ago
he looks like the bald version of tom hanks
firup69 1 month ago
It was "The Technokiller" video who brought med here.
JaDiEiJuSo 1 month ago 2
Everyone start downloading as much stuff as you can fit on your computer! Let's begin the process of backing up the whole internet :)
strono 1 month ago
@strono HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA....LOLOL you got me rolling man
poppinate 1 month ago <