I'd like to make the claim that I'm not posting today to show solidarity with internet giants like Wikipedia, Reddit and XKCD, but there's a good chance I wouldn't have gotten a segment done today anyway. I will point out however that in a world with SOPA and PIPA as they are currently written, free casual blogging sites would not be possible because domain holders would be held legally and financially responsible for the content posted anywhere on their networks. That means any user-generated content has to make it through the legal department before it can be put online. So no more comments sections, no more online fora and no more blogs from U.S.-based websites.
All of the copyright infringement will still happen because there's obviously nothing our government can do about foreign web servers, but the hope is that by enacting tough legislation that gives devastating powers to the Justice Department and several large corporate copyright holders to shut down American websites, they can cut off some traffic and intimidate most of the rest. Support from Congress generally seem to split between those who are willing to cripple American online industry in favor of taking mediocre action to protect the intellectual property of a handful of major companies, and some old guys who just don't know how the internet works.
At the end of the day I don't have a lot of personal stake in this. I'll be fine either way, but it kind of seems like as a nation, online industries are about the only ones we're making money with right now so I would be hesitant to monkey with the way they work.
http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technical-examination-of-sopa-and.html
All of the copyright infringement will still happen because there's obviously nothing our government can do about foreign web servers, but the hope is that by enacting tough legislation that gives devastating powers to the Justice Department and several large corporate copyright holders to shut down American websites, they can cut off some traffic and intimidate most of the rest. Support from Congress generally seem to split between those who are willing to cripple American online industry in favor of taking mediocre action to protect the intellectual property of a handful of major companies, and some old guys who just don't know how the internet works.
At the end of the day I don't have a lot of personal stake in this. I'll be fine either way, but it kind of seems like as a nation, online industries are about the only ones we're making money with right now so I would be hesitant to monkey with the way they work.
http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technical-examination-of-sopa-and.html
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