TheVerge.com did an excellent article on the battle between Universal Music Group and the file sharing site Megaupload.
For those who want a glimpse of what a SOPA Internet could look like, just read the story.
Taken from the article:
Universal had Monday's episode of Tech News Today pulled off of YouTube for simply reporting on the controversy. Host Tom Merritt and crew played two clips of the "Mega Song" video while discussing the issue and MegaUpload's pending lawsuit Monday afternoon, which was too much for Universal: it filed a copyright dispute and had the episode pulled from YouTube by Monday night. Never mind that news reporting and commentary are core elements of the traditional fair use analysis, of course — or that no audio from the video was even played during first clip.
Read the whole article here
Hi,
Exactly…
I do not see anything in this “SOPA” bill, that does ANYTHING At all to override the power that “ICE & HLS” is using under this law of 2008:
“The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (“PRO-IP Act of 2008″, H.R. 4279)[1], is a United States law that increases both civil and criminal penalties for trademark, patent and copyright infringement. The law also establishes a new executive branch office, the Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Representative (USIPER).[2]”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRO-IP_Act
So as long as the “IP CZAR” continues on with the very arguable fact that this law gives them all the domain and webiste seizure powers…not much this new bill is going to do to help anyone. As they can & will continue to seize domains & websites if they determine in anyway, your domain or websites are “linked” to a website consider in violation of any Copyright or Piracy laws.
IMO…Congress is still not correcting anything with this new bill. Only trying to “appease”…Outside Interest groups.
In my mind…The best “solution” is NO BILL AT ALL!
Plenty of protections & laws already on the books for ALL these folks:
LANHAM ACT
DMCA safe harbors
And more…
Best,
‘D’