Annoying guy with dead on SOPA message.

Laurence wrote on 1/19/2012, 3:09 PM

This one's pretty good as well:

amendegw wrote on 1/19/2012, 3:30 PM

Wow! Isn't it ironic that the first guy is saying CNET is the villian and Molly (of CNET) also doesn't like it.

...Jerry

NicolSD wrote on 1/19/2012, 4:10 PM

VERY ironic.

Laurence wrote on 1/19/2012, 4:12 PM

That's the whole point! That the industry is playing both sides of it. Kind of like a good cop bad cop routine where the guy who seems to be on your side is not really on your side at all and the whole routine is staged. The industry passes around the tools of piracy, encourages their use for years, then takes the whole mess to Congress saying "we're getting eaten alive by the pirates you've got to do something (and by the way here's your re-election money), meanwhile the whole thing is staged and the point all along was to get control of the Internet and the pathways to content distribution!

paul_w wrote on 1/19/2012, 4:22 PM

Common sense denotes something is terribly wrong with the whole thing. Taking 'children' to court for thousands of dollars for having "a link to a download site" on his own webpage - thats totally nuts. Some of these people dont even have any copied content, its just links to it. Thats really seriously crazy.
I dont buy into the whole thing. Its a scam and its a very large cooardinated one at that.
The entertainment industry is notorious for trying stunts like this, like stitching up artists with illegal contracts for years as an example. Only this time they seem to be getting away with it. What happened to defending the innocent people?

Paul.

Red Prince wrote on 1/19/2012, 4:24 PM

I think this filmmaker put it best:

VidMus wrote on 1/19/2012, 4:48 PM

This is a part of the same industry that forces you to pay for channels on Cable/satellite that you do not want in order to get the few you do want!

My antenna and antenna DVR (No subscription DVR) work just fine. The rest is the internet and Roku!

VidMus wrote on 1/19/2012, 4:55 PM

Reply to Red Prince,

If I had any idea of what the filmmaker said, it might have been said best. A couple of guys saying something but I cannot understand a word of it.

I wish there were some type of captioning.

Red Prince wrote on 1/19/2012, 5:22 PM

He said:

Hey guys, what’s up. I’m here in sunny L.A. with... (or something like that, the other guy’s name).

... and we got an amazing new conferation (or something like that)...

Then the video is interrupted due to PIPA.

It is not really relevant what they are saying. They are just illustrating what will happen if SOPA/PIPA passes.

johnmeyer wrote on 1/19/2012, 6:13 PM

On a parallel note, I received a letter in the mail yesterday, and then a call on the phone today, from a representative from my bank requesting (actually demanding) that I provide "government issued ID." It apparently is a requirement buried in the Patriot Act or one of these other borderline-Gestapo (IMHO) laws that got passed, and then later enhanced, over the past ten years. Also, I took an airplane flight a week ago for the first time in a long, long time. As an infrequent traveler (although I traveled a LOT back in the day) it is easy for me to discern changes that those who travel more frequently might miss. What I noticed is that the TSA people, who even after 9/11 were somewhat subservient and respectful now most definitely have an air of authority about them, much like a police officer on a traffic stop. I don't like it, and I don't like the g-men trying to regulate the Internet.

Of course I shouldn't say this publicly because the g-men are listening ...

Logan5 wrote on 1/19/2012, 7:13 PM

John you are correct. You missed the slow heating of the water with the frog...and got back in after it was heated up.

The TSA has that old east German boarder crossing vibe - the only thing missing is the thick German accent.

TheHappyFriar wrote on 1/19/2012, 9:08 PM

basically that the piracy tools were distributed by the same people who are trying to enact SOPA.

Kinda like how Sony pushes Vegas competition via one part of the company! ;)

What I noticed is that the TSA people, who even after 9/11 were somewhat subservient and respectful now most definitely have an air of authority about them, much like a police officer on a traffic stop.

I've always found the TSA people at airports very friendly. I haven't flown in two years but on my honeymoon one in Dallas started up a conversation about how he liked my video camera. :)

Last I remember, if you didn't have an id when you signed up for your account you didn't need one, just if you changed something. They're ~10 years to late on the requesting your id imho. If they ever require a valid id to vote my wife won't be able to!

Harold Brown wrote on 1/19/2012, 9:29 PM

SOPA is about being able to take control of the internet. This stuff always starts the same way. Just a little bit, for what appears to be a just cause. However, there is always the long term plan of shutting people up they don't want to hear from.

Steve Mann wrote on 1/19/2012, 9:45 PM

"the only thing missing is the thick German accent"

And the AK47's.

VidMus wrote on 1/20/2012, 12:08 PM

Thanks Red Prince

Red Prince wrote on 1/20/2012, 12:12 PM

You’re welcome.

And, apparently, Congress has decided to postpone SOPA indefinitely. In other words, they will not make it a law now. They will reword it and try again later.

craftech wrote on 1/20/2012, 1:10 PM

I posted this in another thread (Wedding Videographers Beware)

Best explanation I have seen to date in detail of exactly what is wrong with the SOPA bill:

A close look at the Stop Online Piracy Act bill

by Jonathan Zittrain (member of the boards of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Internet Society.)

From that same thread I addressed the real problem as it stood on January 6:

Regarding SOPA and the Senate version called PIPA.

There has been virtually no reporting on the primetime TV corporate press programs on these controversial bills despite the fury online.

If you take a look at the House Judiciary Committee website you will see that ABC, CBS, Time Warner (which owns CNN), Disney Publishing Worldwide (which is a subsidiary of Disney which owns ABC), Viacom (which owns CBS), Comcast/NBCUniversal (which owns MSNBC and NBC News), News Corporation (Fox News), ESPN and Hyperion publishing (both owned by Disney are all listed as supporters of the SOPA bill.

As I have stated many times before, it is the media in the US that inexplicably gets away with the myth that they are somehow "liberal" organizations rather than large corporate tools that work directly against the public interest via misinformation and selective reporting.

Here is a letter sent to Washington by people like the co-founders of Yahoo, Google, Netscape, Wikipedia, etc opposing SOPA and PIPA. The letter was also ignored by the cable and network TV news programs.

Is it their duty to report that which profoundly affects the public interest or is it their duty to protect their parent corporation's self interest and the interest of other large and wealthy corporations at the public expense?

John

craftech wrote on 1/20/2012, 1:35 PM

And, apparently, Congress has decided to postpone SOPA indefinitely. In other words, they will not make it a law now. They will reword it and try again later.
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What they will do is try to pass something similar in a shorter period of time correctly assuming the following:

1. That as usual they have nothing to fear in terms of widespread media disclosure in the US

2. That there is not enough time for grassroots opposition to form.

3. That there is not enough time for the more responsible worldwide news organizations like the BBC to catch wind of it and draw attention to it as they did with SOPA and PIPA.

They did that with the FCC ruling in 2007 regarding newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership. That ruling changed what had been in place for 30 years regarding media consolidation in terms of restrictions on the ability of the large networks to buy up newspapers across the country.

The first time it was proposed they gave a 3 month notice which allowed enough time for grassroots movements to circumvent the media blackout on the subject. The resulting phone calls from the public was just barely enough to stop it.

In 2007 they had learned their lesson and decided to give a ONE MONTH notice. That effectively circumvented the ability of grassroots opposition to have time to get past the US media blackout in order to build public opposition.

The result was a ruling so open ended that the networks can literally buy up every single newspaper in the US if they so choose thereby facilitating further consolidation of the messages (corporate brainwashing). It is rank with procedural irregularities and ambiguous provisions and loopholes while purporting to protect local communities from media monopolies and to increase diversity in the marketplace of ideas.

The watered-down rule allows media outlets to merge based on promises that the FCC cannot monitor or enforce. Under a 2010 review President Obama's FCC upheld the ruling.

Most people I know are still unaware of the ruling thanks to a US media that spends all of it's time talking about nonsense instead of talking in an honest way about that which affects the public interest. I believe the Congress and the administration will use a similar means to get legislation similar to SOPA / PIPA passed next time.

John