BYC Is Against SOPA & PIPA

[wolftracks]

Isn't that sorta Blackmail?

No that's called, doing what I ask you too for my vote.

Problem is, people vote these politicians into office and then stand back and leave it to a handful of others to keep them doing their jobs. They are OUR employees and not the other way around, like they like to believe.

 

[RaZ]

Isn't that sorta Blackmail?

It's the same as your boss saying "do your job or get fired".

 

[Ducks and Banny hens]

Alright, it's Whitemail.
'If you don't do {such-and-such}, I'll see to it that you never get voted back into office'


Personally, I think this company means well, but it's method of policy is rather destructive....

 

[EweSheep]

No it's democracy. Representatives are elected by the people. They do their jobs for the people. We as the people have the right to withhold our support (votes) of them if they fail to do what is right for the people. It happens every single election.

Yep!

 

[EweSheep]

No that's called, doing what I ask you too for my vote.

Problem is, people vote these politicians into office and then stand back and leave it to a handful of others to keep them doing their jobs. They are OUR employees and not the other way around, like they like to believe.

AMEN!

 

[OldGuy43]

Alright, it's Whitemail.
'If you don't do {such-and-such}, I'll see to it that you never get voted back into office'


Personally, I think this company means well, but it's method of policy is rather destructive....

Huh?

 

[Lothiriel]

I got a response from one of my Senators, and not a form one either.

He wrote,

Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns about S. 968, or the PROTECT IP Act of 2011.

Over the last several weeks, I heard from many of my constituents who, like you, had severe concerns about the PROTECT IP legislation being considered in the Senate. I take those concerns very seriously, and I agree with you that we need to find a better way to address the very real problem of internet piracy — in a way that doesn’t do anything to damage our dynamic tech community or freedom of expression on the Internet.

Senator Reid’s decision to pull a vote on PIPA from the Senate calendar was the right one and will allow Congress to work with stakeholders to craft a better solution that protects the American jobs threatened by illegal online piracy, and at the same time encourages the growth of New York’s vibrant and growing technology and Internet communities.

Thank you for contacting me on this important issue. Please do not hesitate to contact me in the future if I can ever be of assistance to you on this, or any other matter.

 

[Ducks and Banny hens]

Huh?

Perhaps I should re-phrase that: This company (SOPA or PIPA) seems to have started with good intentions, but it's conditions (what they'll do if they get power) are going to destroy the internet as we know it.

 

[Lothiriel]

Huh?

Perhaps I should re-phrase that: This company (SOPA or PIPA) seems to have started with good intentions, but it's conditions (what they'll do if they get power) are going to destroy the internet as we know it.

SOPA and PIPA are not companies, they are bills. SOPA = Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA = PROTECT IP = Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act. Yes, they were started with good intentions: prevent online piracy/illegal downloading/stealing copyrighted work. But you're right. The conditions as phrased in the bills would give the government power to shut down any website they chose if it contained stolen copyrighted work. For example, if I were to take a photo off of FeatherSite and post it here (as I do a lot for the breed guessing game and breed ID), if the government decided I was stealing the photo, they could shut BYC down.

 

[OldGuy43]

Food for thought:

It's certainly a good thing that those who wrote the books of the Bible never heard of intellectual property or copyrighting, don't you think?