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I don't find the augments against the bill that convincing.
A site that makes nothing original but just enables the downloading of material it does make or own can not be defended. They are just thieves. I don't see the problem in Joe Blogs not being able to access it.
I find a lot more worrying events happening, people being sent to prison for writing on facebook, VOD sites being registered and censored. etc
If you have music in your videos you should pay for it. If "youtube" wants to host everyones videos, let them pay for any copyright it infringes. If it is not profitable shut it down, I don't see it a great cultural loss.
The idea that the Internet is challenging and changing governments is overstated. In fact the way Libya was turned to the Wests advantage shows the opposite, that the Internet is no replacement for real political activists in real parties.
I think that piracy is not something that can be ignored, it has destroyed the music industry and threatens the creative industries. As they are now.
I don't see Google or Hollywood as good guys, but we need to put in place some way that the people who actually creative news, writing, music, pictures and movies get paid.
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