A Response to Don Henley on the PROTECT IP Act
It almost sounds silly that someone could possibly salvage the PROTECT IP Act at this point in time. Still, that doesn’t stop some people from trying to pass off the PROTECT IP act as something that would actually do anything at all to stop piracy. We’d like to respond to this opinion with some counter-arguments of our own.There’s still debate around whether or not the PROTECT IP Act should be passed. While some have taken the viewpoint that it’s simply a violation of free speech, among other things, we’ve taken the arguments against the Act one step further and provided 8 ways to circumvent such a law in the US . To date, no one has stepped forward and provided an explanation why all 8 methods would not work against the Act. In my opinion, showing that the Act would never even accomplish any of the goals it sets out to accomplish is really the ultimate trump card for proponents of the act (as a bonus, it’s technically a neutral point of view).
Don Henley recently wrote an opinion piece trying to support the Act . We’ll say this right off the bat, Henley failed completely to show how the Act would stop piracy, only that the Act somehow magically provides the tools necessary to stop piracy. This pretty much amounts to wishful thinking at this stage, but it was amusing (and sad) to read about him trying to sell the Act as a great idea.
Here’s his opening remarks in his opinion piece.
If there is any question about the need for the United States to crack down on foreign websites engaged in criminal commerce, one need only enter keywords such as “MP3,” “DVDScreener,” or “Oxycontin” into popular search engines and scroll through the countless pages of site listings and sponsored ads.
You know you’ve lived to see it all when you see someone like me, someone who isn’t even a US citizen, finding himself explaining how copyright law works to a US copyright maximalist.
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Albany, NY - Gov. Expands Law Against Music Piracy -- VosIzNeias ...
The law already has older technologies like records, discs, tapes and cassettes.
The change takes effect Nov. 1.
Sponsors say the state has a serious problem with piracy from street vendors and retail locations openly selling fraudulent audio recordings and supplied by large underground manufacturing and distribution operations.
They say that deprives artists and record labels of earned profits, undercuts the business of legitimate retailers and costs New York jobs and taxes.
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