I think the only way for this to get online piracy issue fucking settled is to have the internet create its own law and offer it to the government to consider. If lawmakers cant make a law, then maybe the collaboration of people consisting of the internet can.
Online piracy is a problem, so I came up with this solution. What do you think about these ideas?I came up with this idea of PSOPA. The People's Stop Online Piracy Act.Here is a rough outline of what it would look like:1) If there is a claim made against the person/group, they have a set amount of time (like 90-180 days) to remove that content if they agree with that claim.2) If they do not agree to the claim, they can counter-sue for an unreasonable claim. People should be protected from big corporations by having a small reward for the person if that larger company has made an unreasonable claim.3) Acceptable content would include anything that is not originally broadcasted as being copyrighted. Anything not altered to remove such copyrighted notices. Anything that is a recreation of a copyrighted work, provided it has been credited to the original author, and is distinguishably different. (for example, making a song based off of another copyrighted song. remixes.) and is not sold unless given permission from the original author, etc etc (theres laws for this to abide by).It would also be acceptable to supply a preview of such works, as long as it is non-profit. A preview would be anything supplied from the original author of their work.4)If they do not agree to the claim, they must be tried by the country of which the content they are hosting or supplying access to has originated from. i didnt say in, here. possibly a set up where other countries would inform the person of their accusations and the person would report their defense back5)Upon a successful trial that the person is guilty of the crime, the ISP's would be required to block access to this host. The fine of the person would be to No need to seize the information then, unless it is distributed to people manuallyBasically the people need to be protected from the huge organizations, and the problem will be much better controlled.I know this would be aggravating to people who like to download stuff (including me), but HOPEFULLY this would drop prices of overpriced productions, and create more legal and legit ways to get access to these things.This would also make it legal to maybe put your voice over a movie for most of it on your own comments, but also have a clear visible watermark over the image of the movie to distinguish it from the real thing. If it seems like the intention is to distribute the movie illegally, it could be tried in court, and its not an unreasonable claim.Who knows? Maybe there will be more people moving to linux then until windows drops their prices. Maybe there will be more services to show you TV and movies like netflix and hulu. And its better than the shitty laws that are being proposed right now.Your thoughts?
The issue is copyright, not piracy.
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I agree with the two above me.
I mean I have pirated stuff in the past, but I wouldn't mind giving that up (already have, really). My issue is copyright. The inability to post videos you thought were funny, or use other music, or come up with fan-made content that is based off of some cool idea…. It just stumps me. The ONLY REASON I like certain games, videos, etc, is because of what fans do to it (and sometimes they do weird shit too).one word.
drunkencommenting.whats useless is your comments. :/ i did address flaws posted by other people who had something to say.
@Polystyrene: Huge Media companies mostly, influencing the government.
@flashback: okay, that is a good argument because it may be a problem. But if you have good grounds to counter-sue, and clearly show how you abide by the rules stated before, there should not be an issue, as long as the "small reward" would cover court costs, payment for the time and effort putting into the counter sue, and such, plus more for the fact that the business had wasted the person's time. Because of this, it would be in the best interest of the corporation to only notify people with serious offenses, not little ones. If you dont counter-sue, the court could still side in your favor, just not get the reward from counter-sueing.But thinking about it now, the time period of which to remove the content may be an issue. I guess if there is a similar offense to the same group within 90 days of the previous settlement/outcome, then there will be less time to remove/change the content, and enough repeated offenses would have to be taken to court regardless.