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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Good points. If you run a site that conforms to the existing laws of copyright, then you have nothing to worry about. If you think the Internet for some absurd reason is exempt of existing laws. Then you have problems.
Now the question is.
Should people who create products like movies, music, programs, games, books, porn, etc. Suffer so other companies and people, not creating these products, prosper at their expense?
That really is ultimately the question. GG thinks they should. As do a lot here arguing against the tide. Me shouting at things I don't like is getting read and answered here by the people I shout at. It has more effect than the anti SOPA brigade here.
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The problem many have with this law though, is that it overreaches, and you risk problems even if you run a perfectly legit site.
Some copyright owner could contact your hosting, credit card processor, isp or paypal and make a claim that your site has copyrighted content on it, and you could get shut down, even if the claim was false, or your usage of said content was fair use. If paypal or your host or isp shuts your site down, but it turns out the claim was false. They are exempt from prosecution. So they risk nothing by just shutting you down instead of actually finding out if the claim is legit or not.
I find it strange that a lot of the people I see that are supporting this bill, are many of the same people who are screaming for a smaller government and less regulations...