Originally Posted by Robbie

I'm not wanting anybody (especially the govt.) to play "daddy".

But you know as well as I do that the DMCA laws are outdated. And I have already stopped caring about the dumbass sites that have joined into the race to the bottom...if they want to put all their content up for free so they can get a big traffic number, then that is their business.

But as for you and me? We are shooting unique stuff. Not generic porn. And when our content is stolen and posted up on big tubes, torrents, file shares, and pirate forums it hurts our business big time.

Having the laws changed to reflect new technology is not asking the govt. to play "daddy" in my opinion. It's simply putting the proper laws in place to go after thieves.

If you truly believe that the U.S. govt. is going to be expending time and energy chasing down people's avatars on message boards or going after YouTube and Google, I think you are mistaken.

All this law is going to do for us is give us a way to FINALLY have our attorneys move on these thieving scumbags. The govt. not only won't play "daddy", but they aren't going to lift a finger to help us in any way.

But the law is the law is the law. And we will finally have the ability to take legal actions against pirate sites. And when we do...and WIN, then the authorities will be able to take the actions that the new law empowers them to.

That's the way I see it. As I already said...I'm not going to lose one tiny iota of freedom from this bill. Nobody will.

If the average person wants to upload something on the internet..then they will have to CREATE it themselves. Just like they used to have to do. And webmasters will have to actually WORK their own sites...just like they used to do.

True user uploaded content will actually become REAL amateur porn and the all around innovation and creativity of the internet will increase in my opinion. How? Easy. People will have to LEARN to do shit again and create content and film stuff and write songs, etc. The only "innovation" I see from piracy is figuring out better ways for people to steal shit and upload it. Whoopty doo. I ain't impressed.

Anyway...millions of us were "free" on the internet before user upload shit became so prevalent. Am I "more free" now because I can steal something and upload it? Does that make me more "innovative"?

No.

And this is exactly the kind of law I've been calling for for the last couple of years.

When a bill finally is passed that replaces the bullshit whack-a-mole DMCA law that has stripped our industry to the bone...that is the day that things will turn around for this industry and real porn producers.
And it's also the day that pirates and ALL people (ones who advertise on their sites, their hosting companies, and every little bottom feeding fringe person) who make money directly or indirectly from other people's stolen content will begin to hurt as badly as they have been hurting all of us.