SOPA Hearing Rigged to Attack Google, SOPA Opponents

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May I remember you the % that is paid each time you buy a blank CD/DVD? that matter has been talked and solved years ago by paying a fee just charge it in HD's too.

Chris Dodd and all those clowns should look for a real job or start working hard in what they already have, extortion doesn't count as a "job"

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From techdirt

Reinforcing the fact that Chris Dodd really does not get what's happening, and showing just how disgustingly corrupt the MPAA relationship is with politicians, Chris Dodd went on Fox News to explicitly threaten politicians who accept MPAA campaign donations that they'd better pass Hollywood's favorite legislation... or else:

   "Those who count on quote 'Hollywood' for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who's going to stand up for them when their job is at stake. Don't ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake,"

This certainly follows what many people assumed was happening, and fits with the anonymous comments from studio execs that they will stop contributing to Obama, but to be so blatant about this kind of corruption and money-for-laws politics in the face of an extremely angry public is a really, really, really tone deaf response from Dodd.

Full articlel

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120119/00332417466/hollywood-studio-execs-upset-that-president-obama-didnt-stay-bought-insist-they-wont-donate-more.shtml

http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/205491-consumer-group-accuses-hollywood-of-threatening-politicians

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Anyone who thinks that SOPA/PIPA/'Whatever Name'   is dead is only fooling themselves.

The determination to grab control is not diminished, only temporarily derailed.

It may be that in the future it will be introduced piece-meal but have no doubt that it WILL be reintroduced.

This time around, it will be ensured that it is the people who will be asking for it. Or at least, they will not mind, à la  NDAA.

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Did the MPAA knew they were hiring an employee of dubious reputation? whatever the answer they should stay clear from him, in fact Chris Dodd should be investigated

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2010/09/chris-dodd-and-his-three-residences-on.html

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The 'Stop Online Piracy Act' a piece of legislation being honed by the U.S. Government.
I referred to the fact that Hardware is available to copy Media. I alluded that the U.S. is worried about the amount of people doing so, and uploading, or selling that Media. Thus SOPA !
Russia, and China weren't mentioned by me at all as being concerned with such illegal wrongdoings..

Hollywood spent a Billion dollars a few, or five years ago to have a hacker crack the key on a XBox, by capturing the code on a DVD as it unlocked DRM. And they are still at it 
http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=1910dd6336ab5e4ffda186b5ee169ecc&f=9

You really think that the Doom9 site is a Hollywood sponsored site? I'd love to have some of what you're smoking!

I see my mistake in writing that statement, it is important, so I'll have another shot. 
1.)Hollywood spent a Billion dollars a few, or five years ago, To create a Digital rights management (DRM) software to protect their DVD's from being copied.
2.) A hacker cracked the DRM key on a XBox, by capturing the code on a DRM protected DVD, as it unlocked the DRM 'key' so it would Play.
3.) Thus, Hollywood wasted a Billion dollars, and a hacker proudly told the world how to overide DRM, on DVD's.
And they are still at it: 
http://forum.doom9.org/forumdisplay.php?s=1910dd6336ab5e4ffda186b5ee169ecc&f=9
To suggest that I take drugs, to make any point to any member here, even if it does seem funny to yourself, doesn't cut it buddy  
You offered a reply, I get that, thanks.

I am expressing some personal ideas, we do need to think outside of the box if the Internet is to evolve. I certainly won't be drawn into any discussions about small points written, but happily will delete, ammend if they are grossly untrue, or offensive.

I'm sorry if you were offended by the drug references, but you need to do a bit more homework when you reply. The proper and correct information is easily accessed. I was simply calling you out on the inaccuracies of your post, regarding the history/origins of the modern Internet and how the U.S. gov't works.

I never said that you mentioned anything about China or Russia. I simply pointed out that China, Russia ... and even Australia ... far outpace the U.S. in terms of copyright infringement. It doesn't matter whether their governments enforce copyright infringement laws or not. Those are the facts.

Thanks for clarifying your point about the posting on Doom9.

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By Christina DesMarais - PC World - 21 January 12

SOPA, PIPA Stalled: Meet the OPEN Act

An Internet uproar prompted Congress to reconsider its approach to fighting piracy; now a SOPA opponent is offering an alternative law.

SOPA and PIPA may have been put on hold -- thanks to possibly the most contentious uproar seen on Capitol Hill and in the tech world ever -- but other legislation was introduced this week to combat online piracy.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California) introduced H.R. 3782, the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, the same day as an Internet protest when a number of high-profile websites such as Wikipedia went dark. Issa says the new bill delivers stronger intellectual property rights for American artists and innovators while protecting the openness of the Internet. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) has introduced the OPEN Act in the U.S. Senate.

OPEN would give oversight to the International Trade Commission (ITC) instead of the Justice Department, focuses on foreign-based websites, includes an appeals process, and would apply only to websites that "willfully" promote copyright violation. SOPA and PIPA, in contrast, would enable content owners to take down an entire website, even if just one page on it carried infringing content, and imposed sanctions after accusations -- not requiring a conviction

According to Issa’s site  KeepTheWebOpen   , which elucidates the bill in its entirety and asks for people to comment on it, “If the ITC investigation finds that a foreign registered website is ‘primarily’ and ‘willfully’ infringing on the IP rights of a U.S. rights holder, the commission would issue a cease and desist order that would compel payment processors (like Visa and Paypal) and online advertising providers to cease doing business with the foreign site in question. This would cut off financial incentives for this illegal activity and deter these unfair imports from reaching the U.S. market.”

OPEN has received support from technology giants such as Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and others, but the Motion Picture Association of America complains in a statement PDF that the bill goes easy on Internet piracy.

Full article/links

The MPAA wants nothing less that full control over things.

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Did the MPAA knew they were hiring an employee of dubious reputation? whatever the answer they should stay clear from him, in fact Chris Dodd should be investigated

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2010/09/chris-dodd-and-his-three-residences-on.html

Chris Dodd, should be thrown in jail for the next 100 years along with the rest of the yahoo's at MPAA.............

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joechimp it seems there is a global offensive to put internet in control of the big companies, right wing governments just passed laws against public opinion in England an Spain, in Extremadura (Spain also) won the right wing and the first thing they did was to try to terminate the Linex distro which is installed in more than 200,000 computers, they even lied about the cost of the distro.

The publication that says you won't be able to install other OS with Windows in ARM systems is a hint of the things ahead and must be rejected.

I think that if the Republicans win the next elections in USA a SOPA 2.0 will be approved. I won't extend my comment since it will become political but I wanted to establish what I think will come.

Submitted by Gijs HILLENIUS on January 23, 2012 (JoinUp)

Extremadura to move all of its 40,000 desktops to open source

The administration of Spain’s autonomous region of Extremadura is moving to a complete open source desktop, replacing the current proprietary desktop platform, confirms the region's CIO, Teodomiro Cayetano López. The IT department started a project to install the Debian distribution on all 40,000 desktop PCs. "The project is really advanced and we hope to start the deployment the next spring, finishing it in December."

The project makes it Europe's second largest open source desktop migration, between the French Gendarmerie (90,000 desktops) and the German city of Munich (14,000 desktops).

The swift migration is possible, assures the director general, because Extremadura will move to the open source desktop system developed for and used by the region's public health services. This system is based on the Debian distribution and has been in use for five years.

Full article

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Those are great news Menotu, a turn of 180 degrees over previous statements where they said Linex was almost a fraud that didn't generated savings.

Good for the people who put up the fight in Spain.

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Those are great news Menotu, a turn of 180 degrees over previous statements where they said Linex was almost a fraud that didn't generated savings.

Good for the people who put up the fight in Spain.

Huge +1 to that Crow

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The Film Industry’s War against Consumer Media Technology Innovation [Infographic]

http://www.howtogeek.com/104417/the-film-industrys-war-against-consumer-media-technology-innovation-infographic/

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