{"id":1744,"date":"2012-01-21T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2012-01-21T20:50:52","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T20:50:52","slug":"sopa-fallout-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=1744","title":{"rendered":"SOPA Fallout – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fallout from the postponed SOPA legislation has at times got\u00a0ugly, at times is has shown the bad and there has been a very little bit of good. There are\u00a0also other external factors that show current legislation has teeth, uncomfortable teeth I should add. Yahoo News Reporting that Megaupload has\u00a0been shutdown <\/a>is a little disturbing, although really it’s for the courts to decide exactly what they’re guilty of, a Dutch citizen being arrested in New Zealand and a\u00a0Hong Kong based website being shutdown suggest there’s not much need for SOPA. Those who had legitimate content on Megaupload are out of luck too, which is one of the problems when actions like these occur.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the very disturbing case of British student Richard O’Dwyer as reported by The Daily Mail<\/a>\u00a0, who is fighting extradition to the USA to face charges related to running a website that posted links to downloads of copyrighted content. The website was allegedly managed from the UK and hosted in The Netherlands, so quite why he’s fighting\u00a0extradition to the USA is baffling, if his activities are illegal or a case for the courts, any trial should be happening in the UK.<\/p>\n

These issues are happening now, without the need for SOPA or PIPA. Yet Hollywood wants more, the MPAA Twitter account <\/a>links to articles supporting their stance on SOPA, do they support the extradition of Richard O’Dwyer?<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Vice report that congressman Lamar Smith allegedly had copyright infringing materials on his website<\/a>. This is some sort of gotcha attempt, SOPA wouldn’t have addressed these allegations anyway, existing laws do.<\/p>\n

The good really comes in terms of people voicing their concerns and getting this legislation postponed, it’s extremely naive to think it’s going away and there’s a strong argument for it not going away. People get driven to despair by copyright violations, DMCA is a cumbersome process, I’ve spoken to Second Life content creators about these issues, some in tears of frustration that stolen content keeps coming back on to the market. There is a very real issue here and it is one that needs addressing, but I don’t believe SOPA or PIPA are the way to go, making the DMCA process less frustrating might help.<\/p>\n

Content theft is wrong, people can surely see this but the answers lie in sensible legislation and governments around the world working together. What we certainly don’t need are the ugly looking statements of\u00a0 Chris Dodd, head of the MPAA\u00a0as reported here over at Boing Boing<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Candidly, those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this industry is watching very carefully who’s going to stand up for them when their job is at stake,” Dodd told Fox News. “Don’t ask me to write a check for you when you think your job is at risk and then don’t pay any attention to me when my job is at stake.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Actually I wouldn’t mind Hollywood pulling money from politicians and putting it into creating\u00a0jobs. That might be better everyone all round. There really does need to be a healthy debate on copyright issues, but it can do without talk of donations, copyright infringement is a very real issue as I’ve said more than once, it’s not helped when murky issues come into the fray.<\/p>\n

Now can everyone take a deep breath, step back and come back with sensible ideas please. The Internet has changed the way companies do business, new challenges of course do arise, now it’s time to get into a serious debate about it all, a good starting point is David Meyer’s post over at ZDNET<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fallout from the postponed SOPA legislation has at times got\u00a0ugly, at times is has shown the bad and there has been a very little bit of good. There are\u00a0also other external factors that show current legislation has teeth, uncomfortable teeth I should add. Yahoo News Reporting that Megaupload has\u00a0been shutdown is a little disturbing, … <\/p>\n

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