Put Down the Pitchforks on SOPA
This is a follow up to yesterdays post regarding SOPA and PIPA. The article is worth reading in itself, for a balanced point of view and all that. Many of the comments were even more interesting.
Particularly this one which hit my concerns right on the bottom:
"James G, Milwaukee WI
I am perplexed by your article.
On the one hand you build a good case that the bills as proposed were deeply flawed. However, I believe you seriously underplay the dangerous precedents and opportunity for abuse that these shortcomings would introduce.
You admit that the movie companies have approached the digital age with almost slack-jawed idiocy and I think you agree that the construction of these bills reflects that idiocy. But then you seem to suggest the outrage that resulted from this idiocy is somehow overblown or unwarranted.
As good as the intentions of the movie companies may be, their approach in the case of these bills was dangerously ill-conceived. I think Cary Sherman's suggestion that they have been victimized by misinformation is simply a failure to take responsibility for their own irresponsibility.
The truth is they got what they deserved."
From the
On the one hand you build a good case that the bills as proposed were deeply flawed. However, I believe you seriously underplay the dangerous precedents and opportunity for abuse that these shortcomings would introduce.
You admit that the movie companies have approached the digital age with almost slack-jawed idiocy and I think you agree that the construction of these bills reflects that idiocy. But then you seem to suggest the outrage that resulted from this idiocy is somehow overblown or unwarranted.
As good as the intentions of the movie companies may be, their approach in the case of these bills was dangerously ill-conceived. I think Cary Sherman's suggestion that they have been victimized by misinformation is simply a failure to take responsibility for their own irresponsibility.
The truth is they got what they deserved."
From the
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Lets just give Pirates what they deserve and be done with this nonsense!
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