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Originally Posted by slapass
Things do tend to swing and it would be nice if the law against pirating or using other people's content swung the other way a bit. Otherwise we are in for a long year and maybe a near death to the industry as we know it.
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Internet law is a real complex thing, I have some minor experience as a fake lawyer as this is something I used to work in a couple years ago and I actually enjoyed it greatly and I still enjoy reading contracts (which is a rather useful hobby in my case) or all those legal columns in various magazines.
The question is - what do we want?
More control over the internet?
Less control over the internet?
There are a few now, that are benefiting from the chaos and fucking anyone who's playing "by the rules" in the ass and many are then "hurting" and screaming for regulation.
But the flip side of the coin is, what will happen if there will be more regulation?
Do we want to get to the same state as in Germany?
Where even if you play by their "rules" if they (be it whoever, state, government, someone who knows them) decide to shut you down, they'll almost certainly be able to shut you down?
My solution, in principle, would be to organize a crusade and push hard on anyone who's offering services to those motherfuckers.
But then again? Who has the balls, who has the morals, who has the dedication to do this?
Who will not want to burn the bridges if he would want to join the dark side someday?