{"id":1729,"date":"2012-01-16T20:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2012-01-16T20:01:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-16T20:01:44","slug":"sopa-is-dead-long-live-sopa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=1729","title":{"rendered":"SOPA Is Dead! Long Live SOPA!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guardian informs us that SOPA is to be shelved<\/a>. However, we don’t all live happily ever after here, I’m sure that just when we feel it’s safe to go back into the water we’ll see SOPA 2 – The Return Of The Bad Bill. There’s still the little matter of the\u00a0e-parasite act.<\/p>\n

SOPA falls squarely into the be careful what you wish for category. On the face of it a bill that aims to stop online piracy should be one that business and people get behind. When I go to YouTube<\/a> to listen to music or find a track I want to embed into a blog post, I’d rather it was one that ticks the right boxes, being on YouTube is no guarantee that it does of course, plenty of uploads get taken down or silenced.<\/p>\n

However SOPA simply goes too far, which is why there was widespread criticism of it. The bizarre exchange between Rupert Murdoch and Google shows how polarised opinions can get on the issue, but Google rebuff Rupert Murdoch’s claims in an article on CNET<\/a>. In that article Google point out that they removed five million infringing websites from their search results last year alone, it’s not in Google’s interests to be associated with pirated content.<\/p>\n

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It’s not in Linden Lab or Second Life’s interest either. However as we saw with the Battlestar Galactica roleplay in Second Life<\/a>, sensible compromise between users and those who hold intellectual property rights can be achieved. The Internet offers wider audiences than ever before for Telly, films and music, the studios are lagging a little behind in taking advantage of the medium but I’d imagine that one day global options will be available, which will be one way of fighting online piracy, however that will come at a cost to the media companies who won’t be able to sell to each other, a little like the way land sales in Second Life have collapsed, a lot of sales were land flippers selling to each other, that market is\u00a0on its knees right now.<\/p>\n

SOPA is taking a nap, let’s hope that when it returns, those pushing the legislation take a better approach and get a better clue of how the land lies. The implications of the bill in its current form are far too overbearing, sometimes you need to take a couple of steps back before moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Guardian informs us that SOPA is to be shelved. However, we don’t all live happily ever after here, I’m sure that just when we feel it’s safe to go back into the water we’ll see SOPA 2 – The Return Of The Bad Bill. There’s still the little matter of the\u00a0e-parasite act. SOPA falls … <\/p>\n

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