We are not gonna be able to stop piracy I think it would be more beneficial to allow it in America so that companies could do things here in America rather than pushing more jobs and encouraging more job creation else where where they are not conserned with are problems and why should they be they can take advantage of it I think ppl need to stop being selfish copyright is being selfish and it is NOT a human right you have the right to have an idea but not to own it
I really don't understand why these companies just don't allow their shows and movies on their own websites, then they make the money from advertisers and they can also sell merchandise. a show like Dexter on HBO only premium cable subscribers can see it at only specific times,Tivo should have been a revelation.Channels like HBO will get a much larger fanbase since more people have access.offer accessible entertainment people will come, you make them buy a bunch of extra crap much less so.
This last comment demonstrates you have never been a business owner, had experience with branding, copy-writing, worked in the art field or have knowledge of programming. Have you ever even used Steam? I have and it isn't hack proof just like Sony Playstation wasn't hack proof. There is no such thing as hack proof meaning that so long as someone has access to a few codes they can steal any digital content. You can't protect it like you can physical assets like Toys. Get your facts straight!
Do you see why no investor in the world would actually put their money into a movie? Do you think they would ever see any returns on their investment? Do we need Hollywood? Maybe not but what about movie theaters? Don't tell me you don't enjoy going there on weekends and that the experience just isn't the same as watching movies on a small screen at home because I am not buying it. Movie theaters will be the next to go out of business because once you take the money out of art what you get is
Just look at what is happening to Disney... For several years now it has been missing its' financial goals and their balance sheets are all over the place... They have been shutting down branches and laying off people like there is no tomorrow. Let me just ask you a simple question. If you can buy a movie for 50 bucks from Disney but you can get the same movie from Neflix for 10 which one are you going to go for? What if you could get the movie free of charge from company X online?
Well it won't kill art, but it will make it virtually impossible for any artist to profit from their artwork. Art will once again become a hobby and no longer will be a profitable industry. What that means is that all the people who invested in an art degree or in an art company might as well go bankrupt or change careers. You are downplaying the negative effect of not being able to protect copyright. It also has to be said that most people aren't artists so they could care less about this.
Here's an idea: Why not have a counter... for views of legitimate content on the provider's site. It's countdown indicates the number of viewers they expect for the release of an NEW never before seen episode, or special or bloopers etc... that could only be aired at the moment it reached the desired number (or estimated profits) or the actual legitimate series itself
I think it would encourage legal use of their content distribution.
@34lbs this isnt going to work, some people will download content in foreign websites. The problems is the industry should adapt to the internet, not otherwise. the distribution should be global.
@CROCEX Your point? i agree with you completely. im saying that it should be the industry that adapts. Good examples are steam and psn, they prevent piracy by only allowing people who have legitimately bought the product only to access the online aspects.
Steve Jobs killed the music, films and most other art industries because why would someone pay for something they can get for free? It just doesn't make sense right? The problem is there is no way of protecting art of this kind since it is distributable and duplicatable over the internet. SOPA is not the solution but someone needs to come up with one or Hollywood and art will become a thing of the past.
@khunarak I agree that there should be some solution (maybe international copyright laws) but you're kidding yourself if you think that the internet as it is will kill art. It might kill Hollywood but do we really need it? The internet is simply changing how we do business and we should actually let this happen.
@khunarak If you're good at what you do, I highly doubt you'd have a problem. Popular people I know on the internet make money through a loyal fanbase that buys their stuff or through donations. As long as you give fans a reason to stick with you, I think you'll thrive. In the case of SOPA and everything else, they need to follow STEAM's example.
I'm with him on the content restricted by where you live Especially Hulu can't get access to it in the UK and there is a finite number of good shows here.
""I would be happy to pay"" So you pay, please with your salery give them more and more.. Some people dont have the money for it to pay for all that beautiful stuff?
Is all a matter of consciousness... more than trying to making people pay for the content they want/need, is better to make a conscience... if i need something but i don´t have money, why don´t you give me the oportunity for free, as long as you say: Ok but when you can, remember there are lots of people that work for that to be here, so when you can contribute, buy it, make a donation...
Not allowing users of content to have access to it creates what they consider "piracy". But they freely allow for their content to be seen and consumed for free. So where does the line get drawn in their minds?
How perverse to allow certain regions to have access while other regions wanting the same content is ignored completely. People will naturally find a way around such barriers and the fools whom place restrictions will ultimately lose in the end. Failure to do so will cost them.
that guy looks like an evil bastard who knows NOTHING about the internet...more so its troubling that Bigthink would let fucking dicks like this on their OWN channel
Ok so SOPA was supposed to let them take action against foreign sites that they could not now.. Then explain how the FBI took down Megaupload, who was based in Hong Kong, China? They've had the power all along, they just want more.
the horror..........trying to control people like in 1984 novel... or the greed of a very few monolitical figures of ridicule, either way, the world may come up with alternatives, such as blackouts and so on...the irony is that it is not the governement but the owners of the country that act as mere puppets of the greedy monsters that "scape" germany during nazi regime...same that they condemn but endure.
So much of the reason for piracy is simply that it's more convenient than the paid alternatives. How does any industry hope to compete with a service that offers both a cheaper, easier and in some ways better user experience? Consider actually going to the store, or importing content from another country, maybe paying import taxes and waiting for weeks, dealing with DRM, regional locking, and so on. A download is just a few clicks away.
SOPA sucks balls. But America is alright, and the bill doesn't have anything to do with anything but domestic policy. Anti-American sentiment is goofy here.
China doesn't believe their laws should be worldwide policy, and they do the same shit SOPA intends to do times 10,000,000. It's a bad country because its policies hurt its citizens.
Again: SOPA sucks balls. Hating America for it is idiocy.
this is hypocrisy! republicans in Washington want to LIMIT how much you can sue your doctor for medical malpractice damage. they say frivolous lawsuits make it harder to practice medicine,and it makes medicine more expensive because doctors have to carry liability insurance. but its perfectly acceptable for the RIAA/MPAA to sue a 17 year old for 10 million dollars,or throw in jail someone for 5 years for sharing something they bought for free
would anyone would like to live in a world where we have to wear electronic collars around our necks with microphones that monitor our speech,and if we talk about a movie or a sporting event we have to deposit money into them to keep them from exploding just to compensate the entertainment industry? the trouble being what is defined as "just compensation" how much is enough for these greedy bastards in hollywood?
Thank you for this video! You said what I wished I could say. I love when a business idea meets customers. I long ago wanted to convert a sound file and tried to do it legit by finding a free program... To my great surprise as an internet veteran I found none. I ended up downloading a big sound program illegally.. I could have paid for the one file I needed to convert with a micro currency. I would have been happy, the programs creator would have gotten its cent. Many cents=big money.
This is exactly the point. In many cases the content just isn't available legally. Especially when you care to see the original version of a movie or documentary in a non-english speaking country like germany.
You think people are gonna wait half a year or more, to see a dubbed version they don't care about?
Most artisits receive a huge chunk on the front end and 90% sales is controlled by the record companies. They use these huge sums to pay the costs of developing an album and to them the rest is profit. You're more likely eroding from the record companies portion and they are no stranger to profit.
Why does everybody forget how the music industry evolved? Big corp paying peanuts (often to black artists, @ the time they were some of the poorest) pressing someone else's intellectual property, under a label, and raking down profits beyond the wildest imaginings of those artists.
Here's a little truth for you. If you can't PAY for entertainment, then go fuck yourself and find other ways of being entertained. YOU DO NOT OWN it, until YOU PAY FOR IT. Did you forget? You must have! Here's another little truth for you. If you can't build a business model WITHOUT piracy being involved, then maybe you don't need to be running a business. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF PIRACY. Count on it.
Your a greedy fucking pig if you cry about piracy in Reality if their is control and jailing in the future ;'; We all will remember your fucking crying bitching greedy fuck part of humanity that you are.. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYou can go to hell if you dont wanna be one and surpass evil part of humanity and fucking care exist as a sharing caring understanding being. for a better world / progress as a positive full of life to live here while we can person
@velox415 we'll have to see what happens. All I know is that Wednesday over 3,000,000 American citizens signed Goggle's against SOAP act thing. So if Obama does not veto it than he will most definitely not be re-elected. And congress will not force it through most the key voters have dropped out of the petition
@Pinkersoss Like that's possible! That's ridiculous. The cultural boundaries, social boundaries, and the language boundaries would prevent anything like that from happening. How would such a thing be governed?
they have been at this sense the cassette tape the right to share cuts into the entertainment industries bottom line. But who gives a shit they have the second largest industry in the world they make more money then your average country.
People need to understand there's nothing that can me done to stop SOPA...The whole internet is going crazy over it, but at the end of the day nothing has happened and nothing will. Protest wont work.
@tophersadvice He also said he wouldn't pass the NDAA 2012 but he did. Sorry but a veto doesn't mean much anyways. Either Congress can override it or, more likely, they will just keep trying to push it through.
These overseas websites are usually not breaking the laws of the countries theyre hosted in, so SOPA will make them invisible to US users. Thats basically them saying if we cant police the world, then we'll pretend its not there. Also, same as the phone company argument; we dont hold gun companies responsible for murders, SOPA is ridiculous, stupid, and I hope the idea doesnt spread to other countries
@VvMrMustanggvV We have already fought against the law "Lleras" in Colombia (Law number 241 of 2011), mainly the same thing, just not in english, and some little details that differs. Similar laws exists in France, Spain, New Zealand, Mexico, and I don't where else. Only SOPA and Lleras has been prevented so far. For Colombia it was pushed by USA as a requirement for a free market treaty, it was easier for Colombia to stop it as we are not part of ACTA.
As an artist I am very concerned about copyright, it protects me, but SOPA and PIPA are not constitutional and they go far beyound what the copyright should be. At the moment people who are loosing money due to copyright infringment on line can easilly turn the situation around by simply talking. These bills are not necessary for protecting copyrights, they are for closing down sites without due process.
they are saying its against crime/stealing/piracy but it will give em the power to turn usa into china.. its what the government want but is it what the voters want?
Before I say my piece, I'd like to mention you can download an expat application on your computer so that when you view content outside your country you can.
See Pirate Bay is just the tip of the iceberg, there are a lot of other sites that let you download and stream content, not the mention a lot of them don't run on ads. MIRC use to, I don't know if they still do now, share pirated material away for free. Fact is it's to late, government can't catch up to technology.
LONG LIVE THE PIRATE BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If SOPA and PIPA pass, time to start the revolution against corporations! If you get mad, can't take it and want to kill. Don't kill clerks, go to the top floor and kill the execs tyranny!
Here is a novel idea. The US worries about US problems and the rest of the world worries about their own. It should not be our responsibility to police foreign sites nor do we have the right to play global police. When an entire nation takes the entertainment industry seriously, that's just pathetic. The internet is a library, deal with it. SOPA makes as much as arresting someone for theft in a library just because they sat down to read and not fork over $20 for that book. Just saying.
The internet gets rid of the Subscription TV class vs the free to air TV class now the media industry wants to bring the divide between the working/welfare classes. It's not fair and you shouldn't tolerate it.
You know all these pricks keep raging on about SOPA why not just shut down youtube/google/big tech groups for 24 hours...and see how it will be like. That should get the attention of a lot of people. Seeing people go cold turkey is one fucking scary thing..
Fuck you, Asshole. We're not falling for your tricks. The internet is the last frontier for real freedom of expression, speech and trade, and the flow of information. Fuck you and your constant rationalizing. We're not falling for it. FUCK YOU
big BS this is ...this is WRONG ! entirely ! is about making the rich richer and the poor poorer, they won't take money from the poor maybe but they are denying them/us culture.
try this on for size, entertainment is an over rated distraction. Now that it is free, people will be more informed which will lead to us focusing on the important things, like the state of society.
this video was half likes and half dislikes when i first saw it,,, interesting how psychology works. yeah today SOPA has been "shelved" recently so i'm happy for that
SOPA: Let's make all information on the internet illegal to obtain so that we can get more money than the billions of dollars we already have AND distract the government from far more important matters. -.-
@skydome29 SOPA would block any websites that are off shore that the government doesn't want you to see. People getting movies and music through places like Pirate Bay for free the government would be able to block you from accessing these sites . It would open the door to all kinds of blocks ,Big Brother keeping you locked down to see only what they want you to see. Kinda like China is today!
@pampasg SOPA is not limited to block USA users to see websites outside USA, SOPA will allow to block USA sites (only with a claim and no need of a trial, which is a vilation of the right of presumption of innocence) from the view of USA user and also from the view of users from any other country, and that's because they have ICANN servers within borders, and ICANN will have to block sites, and that will be effective world wide where they don't have jurisdiction.
They should spend the money their gonna spend on that bull... to pay a dollar to every mdfk who complains. Information shouldn´t be regulated,that's dark age stuff! The inquisition is back in the 21th century or what?
"Piracy" is an incorrect term to begin with, only used for it's negative connotation. Since no one is being deprived of their property it is by no means an actual act of piracy. It is copying and spreading at best, however that would sound too mild to have the desired effect. Limiting the spread of any form of information in the information age is unacceptable. And while this is a bit oversimplifying the issue it is cetainly the goal that should be strived owards.
with an almost inexhaustible amount of money and influence, why can't the super-rich and corporations simply play a zero sum game with us all, until we are their slaves, LITERALLY. They don't have to stop with SOPA. They didn't stop with the Digital Millennium, they won't stop with the next law. All these acts restricting freedoms might converge, throughout the world. All safeguards for the less powerful will be disregarded, and we may reach a singularity of a particularly different flavor...
The internet made free sharing easy for everyone. Companies call this piracy, a misnomer if I've ever heard one, when they should be adapting. If it can be said that they are losing profit at all, it is by stubborn choice. This is the same debate that went on when records were invented, and radio, and tv, etc... Eventually they'll learn.
Let's be clear! Because some of you are brain dead idiots!
Piracy! Is you making 500 hd copies of a movie and then trying to sell them on the street!
Sharing! Is you buy the DVD with your own money then you make a file out of it and then give it free of charge to anyone who wants it
The "fair use" laws worked fine for many years until these greedy fuckers in hollywood thought? "hey let's see if we can squeeze the customer until blood come out of his ass"
@EverLearningMan Ok, but I have a question: When I am sharing, I am making others to consume sth. which costs some money for free. So e.g. 10 (or 100) people get to see what I shared, but the one who produced or created that thing only gets money from 1 person. I am not defending SOPA (hell NO!!!), but I would like to discuss about wether 'sharing' isn't ilegal too. On the other hand I do agree with this vid, the consume industry has to change into more modern feats. like Napster...
@bigfriki look at it this way. how many people have the same idea as you. and decided to rent / buy and then upload to share. if a truck pulls up in your street, and the driver yells ''hey who wants a free 60 inch tv, come and take it'' no one will ask if it's stolen or not. this movie ''avatar'' earned 2.7 billion world wide, and it still makes money. Hollywood is whining about the 20 million downloads that nobody paid for.
I don't agree with censorship, and for me the biggest issue is the monitoring of the internet by governments etc. But I do agree with not being able to download music. Downloading is killing the music industry, and it's not just big bands that are suffering. If you were in a small band, you need to pay for recording times, tours etc, it's not just money-grabbing, a band needs money to even make music. I hate people that steal music online, because that's what it is, stealing. You're no better
SOPA is bad news! If 'content producers' want to target offshore content pirates, then target those sites/individuals specifically. As written, SOPA allows far too much capacity for future internet censoring & abuse by parties who should not(!) be entrusted with such authority. An open, uncensored internet must be maintained. Access to information is far too important to grant governments or corporations the freedom to censor the internet at their whim.
The whole "you can't download movies" thing doesn't bother me much. What bothers me is the fact that they're setting up the infrastructure to sensor political websites, science websites, religious websites, and anything else that someone in power might disagree with. I don't want SWAT knocking down my door because I was curious about middle eastern scientific advances.
It's a balance between logic and emotions. Logic however is based on a choice that a person makes based what he/she feels comfortable with.
Without diving into the subject of deities to quickly, it is an example.
That said, his comment is misplaced because SOPA or PIPA does not cater to "wire-taps". That has been sorted years ago in the US, with fighting ALL terrorists. And this is seen as an supplement by @mchandler2112 . It isn't.
@matthew181 Actually it's not as ridiculous as you think. I'm guessing you aren't from the USA and even if you are it still wouldn't surprise me if you aren't aware of what I am going to mention. The NDAA. In short if the government doesn't like what you're doing and can find any excuse to associate it with you being a possible terrorist then they get to lock you up for life in special camps WITHOUT a trial. Obama JUST signed this on the 31st of December 2011.
@mchandler2112 Currently there is infrastructure in most countries somewhere along the lines of a War Act where dictatorial powers are given to the executive to maintain military junta control of the country. Yet in all of America's history this act has only been used three times (WW1, WW2, and the Civil War). Having infrastructure for action isn't a bad thing, just stop electing people you don't trust with it.
HAH they probably saw my comment and got rid of the renting stuff. thanks for giving it lots of thumbs up so they can see it! you guys made a difference! :)
The problem with society today is self-entitling pricks like most of you posting bullshit reasons to steal content. These services and products are "GOODS," meaning that they are completely optional. If you're going to steal or access something on the web illegally THEN DO IT AND JUST STFU! Don't try to justify it; no one is holding you at court, and you know if they were you're bullshit excuses wouldn't hold up for shit.
If you want something you can't have, there are 3 options:
Save up the money for it (earn it)
Wait untill it is available (have patience)
Or steal it...
Those are the main options, and unless someone is personally prosecuting you for stealing, you look stupid posting flawed logics with no practical substance.
@DripShadow I pay for A LOT of the shit I get on-line, but i also used to Pirate A LOT of shit and I STILL DO whenever its too difficult or seemingly inconvenient to obtain them legally. But I've NEVER given the bullshit excuses you guys are, I just said I stole it because I wanted to! Seriously...
I have another issue. It's not really illegal. Lets say you buy a CD. You get the CD and put the songs on iTunes. Now you have the songs in your iTunes library. Then you sell the CD for what you bought it for. You just got the songs for free by sharing the info with your computer from the CD.
The guy in the video kept mentioning things like "The US companies cannot go after the people in other countries that are hosting the content illegally." That's just it, outside of the US it's not illegal, the whole world is not under US law.
Pardon, but you mr American got the $ and you can pay these capitalistic companies, I on the other hand couldn't possibly pay for everything I watch and it seems plain stupid in my eyes.
@AboDi22lalala You're going to have to come up with a better excuse or reason than that. That's saying that because someone LIKES to watch 10 movies a week and doesn't have the funds for it, it's okay for him to access them illegally. Which is saying if some fat-ass likes to eat 20 pounds of steak every week and doesn't have the funds for it, he can just steal from a food market. That's so fucking retarded that you're better off just watching this video and shutting the fuck up.
This man is completely right. If these programs were more widely available on services like Netflix, internet users would be willing to pay. I have Netflix, and I wanted to watch the Simpsons, but only DVDs were available. So I signed up for them to be sent to my house. There's a waiting list, so they sent something else, so I looked for other providers. Hulu doesn't provide all seasons either. This is the companies' fault for not providing the services when there is clearly a demand.
The internet will be like a bar one day. There will be the fun, happy area; the drinking, making out area; and the drugs, whores and roulette area. The REAL joke is that they think SOPA will end piracy, the word of SOPA has made my friends pirate MORE. They're downloading as much as they can, basically stocking up before winter
Seriously! Do you trust the federal government to protect your freedoms!
Or would you like to wake up one morning and find Alec Baldwin. Anjolina Jole. Tim Robbins. Paris Hilton are in charge of what you see and hear on the Internet!
This is an election year! Make sure the politicians in office don't forget the fact that they need your vote. Whom ever stands for SOPA and PIPA tell them your going to vote for his / her's opposition candidate
Some not all may be in tight races for re election! And it just might bother them enough to change their stance if we can make their poll numbers dip a point or two
If you pro SOPA / PIPA dummies bothered to read a history book. The federal government in 1929 killed marketplace competition in the name of protecting American jobs. "the great depression"
No way in HELL should we ever destroy the Internet to protect jobs in hollywood!
Calling. Emailing or twittering your congressman or senator will do shit!
You have to find out where they are giving any kind of event or speech town hall meeting and then before the cameras say "senator? Congressman? Why are you for censoring the Internet"
Even if they "taze" you don't stop! Tell the crowd SOPA and PIPA will kill the Internet to protect the jobs in Hollywood = "protectionism"
Look! Let's be clear about this! piracy is trying to make a buck without giving due to the original owner. Sharing is giving what you have to others freely
For the knuckle dragging morons who are pro SOPA / PIPA!
There will always be sharing! No mattter if you ban all DVRs and recording devices!
Blank media,WHATEVER!
You either accept it or find another line of work!
I did my junior paper on SOPA. I got started because of this video. Thanks Mr. Burnham.
moviewatcher304 1 day ago in playlist Liked videos
proxys .. nuff said
gamer5122 2 days ago
Come on!! So how come that the companies that pushed for SOPA and ACTA had distributed the software for files sharing in the last 10 years.
Maybe 'couse they wanted a reason to control the internet and streap you of your freedom of speach...
ajbf44 5 days ago 2
So did he download it on megaupload or not?
sdguero28 5 days ago
I think he's saying priacy will mforce these companies to make products less expensive. which is all cool with me.
convoytim 1 week ago
We are not gonna be able to stop piracy I think it would be more beneficial to allow it in America so that companies could do things here in America rather than pushing more jobs and encouraging more job creation else where where they are not conserned with are problems and why should they be they can take advantage of it I think ppl need to stop being selfish copyright is being selfish and it is NOT a human right you have the right to have an idea but not to own it
thaiscare 1 week ago 3
Evolution baby, adapt or die!
hal970fx 1 week ago 5
I really don't understand why these companies just don't allow their shows and movies on their own websites, then they make the money from advertisers and they can also sell merchandise. a show like Dexter on HBO only premium cable subscribers can see it at only specific times,Tivo should have been a revelation.Channels like HBO will get a much larger fanbase since more people have access.offer accessible entertainment people will come, you make them buy a bunch of extra crap much less so.
Ellesig2021 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
There should be no policy to police the internet to begin with.
BYMYSYD 2 weeks ago
I'm happy not to live in the US :)
Hermoor 2 weeks ago
Not everyone can pay for expensive services just to enjoy some music or some movie.
Foxpoop 2 weeks ago 4
Wait.. Wait.. Wait, if the US can't take down foreign companies, how did they take down megaupload?
Zazilium 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from bigthink
@Zazilium Most of the hosting was in the US. And a bit of state department arm bending of New Zealand helps as well.
aidanjt 2 weeks ago
@Zazilium with cooperation of about 12 countries.
solhasse 2 weeks ago
This last comment demonstrates you have never been a business owner, had experience with branding, copy-writing, worked in the art field or have knowledge of programming. Have you ever even used Steam? I have and it isn't hack proof just like Sony Playstation wasn't hack proof. There is no such thing as hack proof meaning that so long as someone has access to a few codes they can steal any digital content. You can't protect it like you can physical assets like Toys. Get your facts straight!
khunarak 2 weeks ago
Do you see why no investor in the world would actually put their money into a movie? Do you think they would ever see any returns on their investment? Do we need Hollywood? Maybe not but what about movie theaters? Don't tell me you don't enjoy going there on weekends and that the experience just isn't the same as watching movies on a small screen at home because I am not buying it. Movie theaters will be the next to go out of business because once you take the money out of art what you get is
khunarak 2 weeks ago
@khunarak Sad but true... Many movie theaters are already gasping for air...
MrSaemisch 2 weeks ago
Just look at what is happening to Disney... For several years now it has been missing its' financial goals and their balance sheets are all over the place... They have been shutting down branches and laying off people like there is no tomorrow. Let me just ask you a simple question. If you can buy a movie for 50 bucks from Disney but you can get the same movie from Neflix for 10 which one are you going to go for? What if you could get the movie free of charge from company X online?
khunarak 2 weeks ago
Well it won't kill art, but it will make it virtually impossible for any artist to profit from their artwork. Art will once again become a hobby and no longer will be a profitable industry. What that means is that all the people who invested in an art degree or in an art company might as well go bankrupt or change careers. You are downplaying the negative effect of not being able to protect copyright. It also has to be said that most people aren't artists so they could care less about this.
khunarak 2 weeks ago
Here's an idea: Why not have a counter... for views of legitimate content on the provider's site. It's countdown indicates the number of viewers they expect for the release of an NEW never before seen episode, or special or bloopers etc... that could only be aired at the moment it reached the desired number (or estimated profits) or the actual legitimate series itself
I think it would encourage legal use of their content distribution.
FoxBatinaHat 3 weeks ago
ignorance is not a bliss. Look @ America. everyone here is becoming more stupid.
TaiLeeify 3 weeks ago
companies themselves should deal with distribution to prevent privacy, not the fucking government, That's all you need to say.
34lbs 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos 33
@34lbs could not agree more :D
eleal1893 2 weeks ago
@34lbs while i do support piracy, your statement shows a profound lack of knowledge on the subject
kainniak1 1 week ago
@kainniak1 How does my statement show a lack of knowledge? BTW i meant piracy not privacy.
34lbs 1 week ago
@34lbs this isnt going to work, some people will download content in foreign websites. The problems is the industry should adapt to the internet, not otherwise. the distribution should be global.
CROCEX 6 days ago 2
@CROCEX Your point? i agree with you completely. im saying that it should be the industry that adapts. Good examples are steam and psn, they prevent piracy by only allowing people who have legitimately bought the product only to access the online aspects.
34lbs 6 days ago
"we got pointed to this site... I think it was called uh mega, upload."
Mr. Internet Philosopher has never heard of megaupload?!?!
Interesting... -__-
densudixon 3 weeks ago
Steve Jobs killed the music, films and most other art industries because why would someone pay for something they can get for free? It just doesn't make sense right? The problem is there is no way of protecting art of this kind since it is distributable and duplicatable over the internet. SOPA is not the solution but someone needs to come up with one or Hollywood and art will become a thing of the past.
khunarak 3 weeks ago
@khunarak I agree that there should be some solution (maybe international copyright laws) but you're kidding yourself if you think that the internet as it is will kill art. It might kill Hollywood but do we really need it? The internet is simply changing how we do business and we should actually let this happen.
capefeather 3 weeks ago
@khunarak If you're good at what you do, I highly doubt you'd have a problem. Popular people I know on the internet make money through a loyal fanbase that buys their stuff or through donations. As long as you give fans a reason to stick with you, I think you'll thrive. In the case of SOPA and everything else, they need to follow STEAM's example.
IneedaYTaccount 2 weeks ago
I'm with him on the content restricted by where you live Especially Hulu can't get access to it in the UK and there is a finite number of good shows here.
jackflash341 3 weeks ago
""I would be happy to pay"" So you pay, please with your salery give them more and more.. Some people dont have the money for it to pay for all that beautiful stuff?
Raikiande 3 weeks ago
Is all a matter of consciousness... more than trying to making people pay for the content they want/need, is better to make a conscience... if i need something but i don´t have money, why don´t you give me the oportunity for free, as long as you say: Ok but when you can, remember there are lots of people that work for that to be here, so when you can contribute, buy it, make a donation...
Alextkirk 4 weeks ago
This needs millions of views. It is very logical and sober in its presentation
0a0x0e0 4 weeks ago 2
Downton Abbey is made by ITV, not the BBC.
Fangtorn 4 weeks ago
Not allowing users of content to have access to it creates what they consider "piracy". But they freely allow for their content to be seen and consumed for free. So where does the line get drawn in their minds?
How perverse to allow certain regions to have access while other regions wanting the same content is ignored completely. People will naturally find a way around such barriers and the fools whom place restrictions will ultimately lose in the end. Failure to do so will cost them.
WildBuck007 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
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ampeyro 1 month ago
he nailed it
xsilentxxnightx 1 month ago
make a video about ACTA
smaskeriff 1 month ago
that guy looks like an evil bastard who knows NOTHING about the internet...more so its troubling that Bigthink would let fucking dicks like this on their OWN channel
TotalGameMaster 1 month ago
Ok so SOPA was supposed to let them take action against foreign sites that they could not now.. Then explain how the FBI took down Megaupload, who was based in Hong Kong, China? They've had the power all along, they just want more.
DeathBringer769 1 month ago
from all what i see about sopa these is the smartest one
almozayaf 1 month ago
the horror..........trying to control people like in 1984 novel... or the greed of a very few monolitical figures of ridicule, either way, the world may come up with alternatives, such as blackouts and so on...the irony is that it is not the governement but the owners of the country that act as mere puppets of the greedy monsters that "scape" germany during nazi regime...same that they condemn but endure.
cocolonger 1 month ago
So much of the reason for piracy is simply that it's more convenient than the paid alternatives. How does any industry hope to compete with a service that offers both a cheaper, easier and in some ways better user experience? Consider actually going to the store, or importing content from another country, maybe paying import taxes and waiting for weeks, dealing with DRM, regional locking, and so on. A download is just a few clicks away.
phoenixdk 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Downton Abbey is an ITV show, not a BBC show
izwe 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos 2
Valve steam: piracy is almost always a service proble. Nuff said.
FD87 1 month ago 51
@FD87
Steam = pile of shit. Period. DRM free distributors are making tons of money over steam with its drm applied.
No one is passing around those drm free files either.
WildBuck007 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@FD87 Agreed. To those who've never played games - Steam is incredibly profitable.
MrSyzygyG 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
USA thinks they own the world. They have to put their face into everything.
GruntSplatterSpree 1 month ago
@GruntSplatterSpree
Erm. Especially their own policies?
SOPA sucks balls. But America is alright, and the bill doesn't have anything to do with anything but domestic policy. Anti-American sentiment is goofy here.
China doesn't believe their laws should be worldwide policy, and they do the same shit SOPA intends to do times 10,000,000. It's a bad country because its policies hurt its citizens.
Again: SOPA sucks balls. Hating America for it is idiocy.
frogboy7000 1 month ago
@frogboy7000 Yeah but america does think it's policy should be world wide. We still think we are the police of the world
darkdragonsoul99 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
So the USA thinks their laws should apply worldwide. Scary.
BagginsX 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
this is hypocrisy! republicans in Washington want to LIMIT how much you can sue your doctor for medical malpractice damage. they say frivolous lawsuits make it harder to practice medicine,and it makes medicine more expensive because doctors have to carry liability insurance. but its perfectly acceptable for the RIAA/MPAA to sue a 17 year old for 10 million dollars,or throw in jail someone for 5 years for sharing something they bought for free
ass backwards ethics
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
would anyone would like to live in a world where we have to wear electronic collars around our necks with microphones that monitor our speech,and if we talk about a movie or a sporting event we have to deposit money into them to keep them from exploding just to compensate the entertainment industry? the trouble being what is defined as "just compensation" how much is enough for these greedy bastards in hollywood?
ask yourself how much is enough?
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
Thank you for this video! You said what I wished I could say. I love when a business idea meets customers. I long ago wanted to convert a sound file and tried to do it legit by finding a free program... To my great surprise as an internet veteran I found none. I ended up downloading a big sound program illegally.. I could have paid for the one file I needed to convert with a micro currency. I would have been happy, the programs creator would have gotten its cent. Many cents=big money.
MissEldira 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
4:00
This is exactly the point. In many cases the content just isn't available legally. Especially when you care to see the original version of a movie or documentary in a non-english speaking country like germany.
You think people are gonna wait half a year or more, to see a dubbed version they don't care about?
primzahl13 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Most artisits receive a huge chunk on the front end and 90% sales is controlled by the record companies. They use these huge sums to pay the costs of developing an album and to them the rest is profit. You're more likely eroding from the record companies portion and they are no stranger to profit.
Nyquirk 1 month ago
Why does everybody forget how the music industry evolved? Big corp paying peanuts (often to black artists, @ the time they were some of the poorest) pressing someone else's intellectual property, under a label, and raking down profits beyond the wildest imaginings of those artists.
Nyquirk 1 month ago
Here's a little truth for you. If you can't PAY for entertainment, then go fuck yourself and find other ways of being entertained. YOU DO NOT OWN it, until YOU PAY FOR IT. Did you forget? You must have! Here's another little truth for you. If you can't build a business model WITHOUT piracy being involved, then maybe you don't need to be running a business. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF PIRACY. Count on it.
oscarcortina 1 month ago
I totally thought this was Johnny McEnroe when I saw the video preview.
MsHannahRoss 1 month ago
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Your a greedy fucking pig if you cry about piracy in Reality if their is control and jailing in the future ;'; We all will remember your fucking crying bitching greedy fuck part of humanity that you are.. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYou can go to hell if you dont wanna be one and surpass evil part of humanity and fucking care exist as a sharing caring understanding being. for a better world / progress as a positive full of life to live here while we can person
LZZslj 1 month ago
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FUCK U I HAVE the right to know hear see fill my mind with what i want' Thats how it should be and will for some
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its my life
You don't want it out their DON'T FUCKING CREATE IT DUMBASS
B thankful for what you get for ideas -----
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LZZslj 1 month ago
@velox415 we'll have to see what happens. All I know is that Wednesday over 3,000,000 American citizens signed Goggle's against SOAP act thing. So if Obama does not veto it than he will most definitely not be re-elected. And congress will not force it through most the key voters have dropped out of the petition
tophersadvice 1 month ago
You know what would help? Dissolving borders and eliminating "countries."
Pinkersoss 1 month ago in playlist More videos from bigthink
@Pinkersoss Like that's possible! That's ridiculous. The cultural boundaries, social boundaries, and the language boundaries would prevent anything like that from happening. How would such a thing be governed?
4x4manify 1 month ago
they have been at this sense the cassette tape the right to share cuts into the entertainment industries bottom line. But who gives a shit they have the second largest industry in the world they make more money then your average country.
darkdragonsoul99 1 month ago
So next time someone kills someone with a hammer, the Hammer company is responsible? This is ridiculous!
OddOpinion 1 month ago
People need to understand there's nothing that can me done to stop SOPA...The whole internet is going crazy over it, but at the end of the day nothing has happened and nothing will. Protest wont work.
06goldman06 1 month ago
Has anyone seen the movie Eagle Eye? I know it's not real, but I see the logic behind that computer thing's thinking.
epicpwner0 1 month ago
SOPA won't be passed Obama already said if it makes it's way to congress he will veto it.
tophersadvice 1 month ago
@tophersadvice What if they all vote to override the veto?
Oareoar 1 month ago
@tophersadvice He also said he wouldn't pass the NDAA 2012 but he did. Sorry but a veto doesn't mean much anyways. Either Congress can override it or, more likely, they will just keep trying to push it through.
Velox415 1 month ago
These overseas websites are usually not breaking the laws of the countries theyre hosted in, so SOPA will make them invisible to US users. Thats basically them saying if we cant police the world, then we'll pretend its not there. Also, same as the phone company argument; we dont hold gun companies responsible for murders, SOPA is ridiculous, stupid, and I hope the idea doesnt spread to other countries
VvMrMustanggvV 1 month ago
@VvMrMustanggvV We have already fought against the law "Lleras" in Colombia (Law number 241 of 2011), mainly the same thing, just not in english, and some little details that differs. Similar laws exists in France, Spain, New Zealand, Mexico, and I don't where else. Only SOPA and Lleras has been prevented so far. For Colombia it was pushed by USA as a requirement for a free market treaty, it was easier for Colombia to stop it as we are not part of ACTA.
Theraot 1 month ago
They just sue everyone and steal their money
MinecraftVideosFY 1 month ago
As an artist I am very concerned about copyright, it protects me, but SOPA and PIPA are not constitutional and they go far beyound what the copyright should be. At the moment people who are loosing money due to copyright infringment on line can easilly turn the situation around by simply talking. These bills are not necessary for protecting copyrights, they are for closing down sites without due process.
ArmadaVolya 1 month ago
they are saying its against crime/stealing/piracy but it will give em the power to turn usa into china.. its what the government want but is it what the voters want?
MyTilted 1 month ago 2
Is it just me, or does it seem like the people in charge are purposefully making the global environment worse and worse every day?
ScienceofWinning 1 month ago
This Bill has to be very specific in order for it not to be used in ways that it was NOT intended.
Since it is regarding the internet, something very broad that also affects a very broad list of things, a bad bill can be devastating to the system.
marquezbayside 1 month ago
Before I say my piece, I'd like to mention you can download an expat application on your computer so that when you view content outside your country you can.
See Pirate Bay is just the tip of the iceberg, there are a lot of other sites that let you download and stream content, not the mention a lot of them don't run on ads. MIRC use to, I don't know if they still do now, share pirated material away for free. Fact is it's to late, government can't catch up to technology.
Octoped08 1 month ago
LONG LIVE THE PIRATE BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If SOPA and PIPA pass, time to start the revolution against corporations! If you get mad, can't take it and want to kill. Don't kill clerks, go to the top floor and kill the execs tyranny!
flemishguy 1 month ago
Here is a novel idea. The US worries about US problems and the rest of the world worries about their own. It should not be our responsibility to police foreign sites nor do we have the right to play global police. When an entire nation takes the entertainment industry seriously, that's just pathetic. The internet is a library, deal with it. SOPA makes as much as arresting someone for theft in a library just because they sat down to read and not fork over $20 for that book. Just saying.
MooshiDash 1 month ago
So how much are you getting paid to bullshit so much?
songoten786 1 month ago
The internet gets rid of the Subscription TV class vs the free to air TV class now the media industry wants to bring the divide between the working/welfare classes. It's not fair and you shouldn't tolerate it.
QPWimblik 1 month ago
Why would one post a video like this without letting us know who this guy is. Makes me wanna CAPS LOCK OUT LOUD
WhiteWhaleAbduction 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
You know all these pricks keep raging on about SOPA why not just shut down youtube/google/big tech groups for 24 hours...and see how it will be like. That should get the attention of a lot of people. Seeing people go cold turkey is one fucking scary thing..
LIVETHUAN 1 month ago
Fuck SOPA. This dude is a corporate pawn.
Pianophile57 1 month ago
Fuck you, Asshole. We're not falling for your tricks. The internet is the last frontier for real freedom of expression, speech and trade, and the flow of information. Fuck you and your constant rationalizing. We're not falling for it. FUCK YOU
melbyRick 1 month ago
America is the reason why we can't have nice things.
aimthailaxu 1 month ago 75
@aimthailaxu what a retarded statement....
hayden50 1 month ago
@hayden50 like everything on youtube is.... If youtube wasn't bought by google, we would't have all these censored videos.
aimthailaxu 1 month ago
@hayden50 - don't make it a big deal. He's just being facetious but it sure made me laugh plus I'm sure there is a hint of truth there
vendetta89 1 month ago
@aimthailaxu cough cough ACTA cough cough ACTA cough cough misinformed generalization
360TheaterOfPWN 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@aimthailaxu ironically, it is also the reason we have nice things
kindle139 1 month ago
@kindle139
all my new nice things say "made in china" O.o
Dreamerx47 1 month ago
All the laws required to cover piracy ALREADY EXIST.
What they are trying to do is to get CARTE BLANCHE to remove ANY site they dislike, resent or wish to black out, unquestioned and immediately.
This also lays the land for OPPRESSIVE states to censor at will, and unchallenged.
They resent the due process currently required to monitor such violating acts.
Anytime they like, whoever they like is closed down, WORLDWIDE and without recourse to justice.
SAY NO!
BlackRoof 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
So will this effect a Canadian like me?
7183Ryan 1 month ago
@7183Ryan
If you use google, youtube, or anything that has user generated content or has a search engine on it whatsoever -- yes.
Elosization 1 month ago
sopaaaaaaaaaaaa
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run8jump 1 month ago
@ZombieNovaProject same. i think all of this is bullsh*t!
SuperEricksen 1 month ago
THIS IS AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT THE CONSTITUTION EVER SAID! If we are free we deserve TO GO ON THE INTERNET AND DO WHAT WE WANT!
ZombieNovaProject 1 month ago
big BS this is ...this is WRONG ! entirely ! is about making the rich richer and the poor poorer, they won't take money from the poor maybe but they are denying them/us culture.
xbuster17 1 month ago
try this on for size, entertainment is an over rated distraction. Now that it is free, people will be more informed which will lead to us focusing on the important things, like the state of society.
robuzy 1 month ago
The phone analogy was a pretty bad one, but a good video nonetheless.
Demonboi9 1 month ago
this video was half likes and half dislikes when i first saw it,,, interesting how psychology works. yeah today SOPA has been "shelved" recently so i'm happy for that
XianRaodon 1 month ago
SOPA: Let's make all information on the internet illegal to obtain so that we can get more money than the billions of dollars we already have AND distract the government from far more important matters. -.-
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eledun 1 month ago
SOPA is about 1 dinosaur industry asking the government to bash another industry for them simply because they are scared and incapable to adapt.
PktMma 1 month ago 2
to protect entertainment revenue, we have to give up some of our freedom, that sounds right....oh wait...
AaronDeng1128 1 month ago
RISE AGAINST SOPA!
ProfLichtenstei 1 month ago
One of Obamas biggest bundlers is DreamWorks SKG ,this is what they are paying him to do.I hate it and it sucks.
pampasg 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@pampasg excuse my ignorance, but what was it?
skydome29 1 month ago
@skydome29 SOPA would block any websites that are off shore that the government doesn't want you to see. People getting movies and music through places like Pirate Bay for free the government would be able to block you from accessing these sites . It would open the door to all kinds of blocks ,Big Brother keeping you locked down to see only what they want you to see. Kinda like China is today!
pampasg 1 month ago 25
@pampasg SOPA is not limited to block USA users to see websites outside USA, SOPA will allow to block USA sites (only with a claim and no need of a trial, which is a vilation of the right of presumption of innocence) from the view of USA user and also from the view of users from any other country, and that's because they have ICANN servers within borders, and ICANN will have to block sites, and that will be effective world wide where they don't have jurisdiction.
Theraot 1 month ago
Well i hope USA safe guard shit wont spread across the globe...
death153278 1 month ago
They should first come with a reasonable alternative, before fighting the piracy, and not the other way around
MaximumMight 1 month ago
They should spend the money their gonna spend on that bull... to pay a dollar to every mdfk who complains. Information shouldn´t be regulated,that's dark age stuff! The inquisition is back in the 21th century or what?
luiscarlosmp23 1 month ago
"Piracy" is an incorrect term to begin with, only used for it's negative connotation. Since no one is being deprived of their property it is by no means an actual act of piracy. It is copying and spreading at best, however that would sound too mild to have the desired effect. Limiting the spread of any form of information in the information age is unacceptable. And while this is a bit oversimplifying the issue it is cetainly the goal that should be strived owards.
Razomir 1 month ago
with an almost inexhaustible amount of money and influence, why can't the super-rich and corporations simply play a zero sum game with us all, until we are their slaves, LITERALLY. They don't have to stop with SOPA. They didn't stop with the Digital Millennium, they won't stop with the next law. All these acts restricting freedoms might converge, throughout the world. All safeguards for the less powerful will be disregarded, and we may reach a singularity of a particularly different flavor...
aachelabelaaron 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Don't take the piss out of people for obeying the law, then people might obey the law.
Numb3rkid 1 month ago
The internet made free sharing easy for everyone. Companies call this piracy, a misnomer if I've ever heard one, when they should be adapting. If it can be said that they are losing profit at all, it is by stubborn choice. This is the same debate that went on when records were invented, and radio, and tv, etc... Eventually they'll learn.
dookiecheez 1 month ago
AND! For those who say sharing mp3's on p2p are killing the record industry. BULLSHIT!
iTunes is the biggest mp3 store on earth! It rakes in billions!
If record companies are going out of business it's because who has $17.99 for a cd anymore! And for one or two songs you can get on iTunes!
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
Let's be clear! Because some of you are brain dead idiots!
Piracy! Is you making 500 hd copies of a movie and then trying to sell them on the street!
Sharing! Is you buy the DVD with your own money then you make a file out of it and then give it free of charge to anyone who wants it
The "fair use" laws worked fine for many years until these greedy fuckers in hollywood thought? "hey let's see if we can squeeze the customer until blood come out of his ass"
EverLearningMan 1 month ago 12
@EverLearningMan Ok, but I have a question: When I am sharing, I am making others to consume sth. which costs some money for free. So e.g. 10 (or 100) people get to see what I shared, but the one who produced or created that thing only gets money from 1 person. I am not defending SOPA (hell NO!!!), but I would like to discuss about wether 'sharing' isn't ilegal too. On the other hand I do agree with this vid, the consume industry has to change into more modern feats. like Napster...
bigfriki 1 month ago
@bigfriki look at it this way. how many people have the same idea as you. and decided to rent / buy and then upload to share. if a truck pulls up in your street, and the driver yells ''hey who wants a free 60 inch tv, come and take it'' no one will ask if it's stolen or not. this movie ''avatar'' earned 2.7 billion world wide, and it still makes money. Hollywood is whining about the 20 million downloads that nobody paid for.
does that sound right to you?
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
Nah. They won't. They don't want 'fans'. Creators want fans. Artists want fans.
Companies want slaves. Slaves working for them, slaves giving them money, slaves that do not complain.
MithranArkanere 1 month ago
then people who would walk into a shop and simply take something. Just because you want something, doesn't give you the right to steal it.
Ine7tia 1 month ago
I don't agree with censorship, and for me the biggest issue is the monitoring of the internet by governments etc. But I do agree with not being able to download music. Downloading is killing the music industry, and it's not just big bands that are suffering. If you were in a small band, you need to pay for recording times, tours etc, it's not just money-grabbing, a band needs money to even make music. I hate people that steal music online, because that's what it is, stealing. You're no better
Ine7tia 1 month ago
I downloaded this video and stored it on my computer just so that I could write this comment and get likes.
jimgrude 1 month ago
Fuck SOPA : )
insanewarlock666 1 month ago 3
SOPA is bad news! If 'content producers' want to target offshore content pirates, then target those sites/individuals specifically. As written, SOPA allows far too much capacity for future internet censoring & abuse by parties who should not(!) be entrusted with such authority. An open, uncensored internet must be maintained. Access to information is far too important to grant governments or corporations the freedom to censor the internet at their whim.
jssherrard 1 month ago 69
@jssherrard Well said.
porrsmurfen 1 month ago
The whole "you can't download movies" thing doesn't bother me much. What bothers me is the fact that they're setting up the infrastructure to sensor political websites, science websites, religious websites, and anything else that someone in power might disagree with. I don't want SWAT knocking down my door because I was curious about middle eastern scientific advances.
mchandler2112 1 month ago 138
@mchandler2112 that's a ridiculous slippery slope argument. its almost amusing that you're so scared of your government.
matthew181 1 month ago
@matthew181
Fear is a shitty coach.
But you can't ignore it.
It's a balance between logic and emotions. Logic however is based on a choice that a person makes based what he/she feels comfortable with.
Without diving into the subject of deities to quickly, it is an example.
That said, his comment is misplaced because SOPA or PIPA does not cater to "wire-taps". That has been sorted years ago in the US, with fighting ALL terrorists. And this is seen as an supplement by @mchandler2112 . It isn't.
dominice112 1 month ago
@matthew181 Actually it's not as ridiculous as you think. I'm guessing you aren't from the USA and even if you are it still wouldn't surprise me if you aren't aware of what I am going to mention. The NDAA. In short if the government doesn't like what you're doing and can find any excuse to associate it with you being a possible terrorist then they get to lock you up for life in special camps WITHOUT a trial. Obama JUST signed this on the 31st of December 2011.
DripShadow 1 month ago 3
@mchandler2112 Currently there is infrastructure in most countries somewhere along the lines of a War Act where dictatorial powers are given to the executive to maintain military junta control of the country. Yet in all of America's history this act has only been used three times (WW1, WW2, and the Civil War). Having infrastructure for action isn't a bad thing, just stop electing people you don't trust with it.
TheTroublmaker 1 month ago
HAH they probably saw my comment and got rid of the renting stuff. thanks for giving it lots of thumbs up so they can see it! you guys made a difference! :)
GeoAl09 1 month ago
a good explanation
JoeyMags7 1 month ago
link this to your congressperson. spam em
CrookedGeeNome 1 month ago
The problem with society today is self-entitling pricks like most of you posting bullshit reasons to steal content. These services and products are "GOODS," meaning that they are completely optional. If you're going to steal or access something on the web illegally THEN DO IT AND JUST STFU! Don't try to justify it; no one is holding you at court, and you know if they were you're bullshit excuses wouldn't hold up for shit.
DripShadow 1 month ago
@DripShadow
If you want something you can't have, there are 3 options:
Save up the money for it (earn it)
Wait untill it is available (have patience)
Or steal it...
Those are the main options, and unless someone is personally prosecuting you for stealing, you look stupid posting flawed logics with no practical substance.
DripShadow 1 month ago
@DripShadow I pay for A LOT of the shit I get on-line, but i also used to Pirate A LOT of shit and I STILL DO whenever its too difficult or seemingly inconvenient to obtain them legally. But I've NEVER given the bullshit excuses you guys are, I just said I stole it because I wanted to! Seriously...
DripShadow 1 month ago
DO WHAT YOU WANT CUZ A PIRATE IS FREE!
1piecemage 1 month ago
I have another issue. It's not really illegal. Lets say you buy a CD. You get the CD and put the songs on iTunes. Now you have the songs in your iTunes library. Then you sell the CD for what you bought it for. You just got the songs for free by sharing the info with your computer from the CD.
DeekyDicawdo 1 month ago
The guy in the video kept mentioning things like "The US companies cannot go after the people in other countries that are hosting the content illegally." That's just it, outside of the US it's not illegal, the whole world is not under US law.
DeekyDicawdo 1 month ago
so... does this mean no more free porn?
AKTIONxSKINS 1 month ago 2
Pardon, but you mr American got the $ and you can pay these capitalistic companies, I on the other hand couldn't possibly pay for everything I watch and it seems plain stupid in my eyes.
AboDi22lalala 1 month ago
@AboDi22lalala You're going to have to come up with a better excuse or reason than that. That's saying that because someone LIKES to watch 10 movies a week and doesn't have the funds for it, it's okay for him to access them illegally. Which is saying if some fat-ass likes to eat 20 pounds of steak every week and doesn't have the funds for it, he can just steal from a food market. That's so fucking retarded that you're better off just watching this video and shutting the fuck up.
DripShadow 1 month ago
@DripShadow calm down boy nothing to be mad about
AboDi22lalala 1 month ago
The internet is owned by no one, its free. The US government has no right to monitor our internet usage and tell us what we can and cannot do.
burtontoker 1 month ago in playlist More videos from bigthink
I really hope Google goes through with the 24hr blackout in protest. It would be the single most effective statement that anyone could make.
poopynonsense 1 month ago
This man is completely right. If these programs were more widely available on services like Netflix, internet users would be willing to pay. I have Netflix, and I wanted to watch the Simpsons, but only DVDs were available. So I signed up for them to be sent to my house. There's a waiting list, so they sent something else, so I looked for other providers. Hulu doesn't provide all seasons either. This is the companies' fault for not providing the services when there is clearly a demand.
polarbearanne 1 month ago
@polarbearanne You're an idiot, read my comments to find out why.
DripShadow 1 month ago
The internet will be like a bar one day. There will be the fun, happy area; the drinking, making out area; and the drugs, whores and roulette area. The REAL joke is that they think SOPA will end piracy, the word of SOPA has made my friends pirate MORE. They're downloading as much as they can, basically stocking up before winter
scientolofag 1 month ago
go to hell America, get off my lawn.
cotton1983 1 month ago
Ok! How about PORN!
The vast majority of us watch porn on our pc's not many of go out and rent "club latex" at the local blockbuster!
I don't think Jenna Jamison is going to complain about her films on the net, since she always has a hard throbbing cock in her mouth!
But what about the religious right! If they complain enough. We'll have to go back to hiding the Hustler Mag under our beds:-)
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
Seriously! Do you trust the federal government to protect your freedoms!
Or would you like to wake up one morning and find Alec Baldwin. Anjolina Jole. Tim Robbins. Paris Hilton are in charge of what you see and hear on the Internet!
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
This is an election year! Make sure the politicians in office don't forget the fact that they need your vote. Whom ever stands for SOPA and PIPA tell them your going to vote for his / her's opposition candidate
Some not all may be in tight races for re election! And it just might bother them enough to change their stance if we can make their poll numbers dip a point or two
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
If you pro SOPA / PIPA dummies bothered to read a history book. The federal government in 1929 killed marketplace competition in the name of protecting American jobs. "the great depression"
No way in HELL should we ever destroy the Internet to protect jobs in hollywood!
What the F is wrong with you people!
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
Calling. Emailing or twittering your congressman or senator will do shit!
You have to find out where they are giving any kind of event or speech town hall meeting and then before the cameras say "senator? Congressman? Why are you for censoring the Internet"
Even if they "taze" you don't stop! Tell the crowd SOPA and PIPA will kill the Internet to protect the jobs in Hollywood = "protectionism"
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
Look! Let's be clear about this! piracy is trying to make a buck without giving due to the original owner. Sharing is giving what you have to others freely
For the knuckle dragging morons who are pro SOPA / PIPA!
There will always be sharing! No mattter if you ban all DVRs and recording devices!
Blank media,WHATEVER!
You either accept it or find another line of work!
EverLearningMan 1 month ago
@EverLearningMan i'm assuming that the buck is a mammal
andreirocks1992 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
A.) Its either in violation of the 1st amendment or the UCC
B.) Well just pirate content some other way.
nuff said.
internetrush 1 month ago