Morbid Wrote:
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> Guimengo Wrote:
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> > I read the owner of the site made over $150
> > million dollars last year and that they pay
> > certain people to upload copyrighted material.
>
> Innocent until proven guilty. That is how the rule
> of law works. It is called due process.
>
> If PIPA and or SOPA go through, that will be put
> out of effect. Everyone can accuse you of piracy,
> and your site will be shut down, no questions
> asked, no courts orders, no cease and desist
> involved. Just some bureaucrat sitting at a desk
> pushing a button. With the current legislation,
> 40% of the sites that are shut down are not piracy
> sites at all, but small business competitors of
> those that report them. This is not small numbers,
> it is thousands and thousands of businesses and
> people that are unjustly sanctioned as it is now.
> Some of them wait up towards a year to get their
> sites reopened. With PIPA/SOPA this is going to be
> pure anarchy.
>
> So... if you are an american, send a letter to
> your congressman and your senator. Let them know
> that you don't want this garbage shoved down your
> throat! Don't delay. DO IT NOW!
Don't have to be a citizen, just at least a resident. I e-mailed mine about 10 days ago
.