SOPA Debate: Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales in Discussion with Copyright Alliance's Sandra Aistars

democracynow.org - Congressional support for a pair of anti-piracy bills is weakening after Wednesday's historic online protest in which thousands of websites went dark for 24 hours. Hollywood film studios, music publishers and major broadcasters support the anti-piracy legislation, saying it aims to stop the piracy of copyrighted material over the internet on websites based outside the United States. "We're talking about sites that are operated and dedicated to piracy and that are really preventing individual creators across the country from having an economic livelihood from their creative pursuits," says Sandra Aistars, Executive Director of the Copyright Alliance, whose members include the Motion Picture Association of America, NBC Universal, Time Warner, Viacom, ASCAP and BMI. But critics say the bills could profoundly change the internet by stifling innovation and investment, hallmarks of the free, open internet. "Wikipedia can be defined as a search engine under these [bills]," says Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. "That would mean it would be illegal for Wikipedia to link to a site, even if we are explaining to the public what is going on here. That would become illegal. This is outrageous. It's not acceptable under the First Amendment."

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[RelaxedTension1]

Sandra Aistars keeps saying "It's simply not true", and that "everyone needs to read the bill". We did, we see what it says, and it is true.

Thanks for helping try to chip away at a foundation stones of our society for a few bucks. You are a stellar human being.

[AMartins92]

Fuck you supporters. We can't afford to buy all your shit let's face it

[PrtuguesePride]

@ApathyPersonified inst that the same you morron??? they make good money from advertising because literaly they have millions of visits each day because they provide piracy content,they wouldnt make money from advertising without it... its like megaupload or rapidshare, they have suposly a "serious" and legit bisness, but its sustained by piracy mostly... so they are making money from a wrong process... its like a mob or mafia... and dont call me faggot! your an idiot not me

[ApathyPersonified]

@PrtuguesePride "PIRATEBAY is making money from warez" Stop lying you faggot. TPB make money from the advertising, not the torrents.

[ApathyPersonified]

@PrtuguesePride "sharing actually means that your are giving someone something that cost you or was dificult to you to reach" Sharing doesn't mean that. You're a bitch. Learn what words mean before you use them. The people you're crying about aren't hypocrites.

[ibanezjev]

This is all about greed - greedy people in hollywood and in the music industry. If the Pirate Bay was based in America and Hollywood was in, for example, Zimbabwe, I wonder if this would play out the same way?

[CoolaWaspen]

@Reborn8303 The reason the information can be incorrect is because anyone can write on there. Every one is aware of that and he doesn't claim it all to be correct.

[Reborn8303]

Jimmy Wales is an ass Wikipedia's adds are full of incorrect information ! Then he says o woo is me we need money please send us money ! fuck you Jimmy whales !

[Seidkhonis]

Sandra Aistars is representing for cash. She got alot of money to represent. Artists.. not really she is representing people and corporations that make way more money then most people. They are not poor even with piracy, so imagine without it.

[DarkAbyssAdept]

ademas de las constantes privatizaciones, cada vez hay menos...

Es un cachondeo.

[DarkAbyssAdept]

A ver si estamos...

Suben los precios.

No hay trabajo.

Destruyen las descargas de internet.

Y destruir encima la enciclopedia Libre?

Los responsables intentan provocar al mundo? a ver que pasa?

[DarkAbyssAdept]

A ver que va a pasar ya, dejarnos en paz de una vez, ahora encima la wikipedia? que pasa con vuestra puta cara?