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The United States Congress is proposing two laws that address the problem of wide-scale unlicensed distribution on the Internet of motion pictures, songs, trademarked goods, and patented pharmaceuticals.
In both proposals, if they became law, the government of the United States would determine on application if a website was primarily engaged in unlicensed distribution. A court might hold a hearing but only if the people who run the website showed up. Otherwise, the site would be blocked by an order directing all websites in the United States with search capabilities or links to refuse to resolve any results or clicks to the blocked address.
Blocking addresses is hard to do without damaging every address on the Internet. The blocking methods suggested in these two proposals would completely confuse existing Internet functions. They would encourage multiple hacks to get around the blocks (and the proposals, it turns out, would be ineffective against very simple work-arounds). Maybe a few copyrights get saved but the price is opening massive wormholes in the Internet permitting hackers to re-direct traffic all over the place -- to malware, spyware, and phishing operations.
Identifying sites that "primarily" infringe on copyrights is full of complexity. Nobody agrees on what "primarily" means. Many sites like Wikileaks and other activist, political, and cultural websites need to copy material that is copyrighted by others who oppose their goals in order to criticize them or to bring important documents into the light. Some organizations, particularly political and religious ones, would use these laws if they were passed to try to block sites that republish controversial writings of a dictator or of a priest that they would prefer to keep under wraps.
Even harmless Internet behavior can be "primarily" an infringing activity: for example, a Tumblr account with still frames taken off of Glee. The unique address of the Tumblr account potentially could be blocked under these proposed laws.
SOPA, which would only block websites outside the United States, is a complete embarrassment to a country that has avidly supported the freedom of all peoples to express themselves openly particularly in the face of oppressive regimes. The role of the Internet in populist liberation movements is well-known and the tools used by these movements come from the people and companies that built the Internet and the Web -- not from motion picture companies and sellers of consumer goods. If the United States blocks websites over a Tom Cruise movie or a Rihanna song, other countries are certain to be encouraged by this to find cultural and political reasons to block websites from the Unites States and will refuse to open their borders, virtual or otherwise.
The Internet that has connected the world would become disconnected under these dangerous proposals.
The Internet is fragile. The worldwide protection of copyrights and trademarked goods is extensive and the laws for them already are powerful. By comparison, laws that protect an open Internet are few and far between.
The compromises that the White House calls for are going to be very difficult to reach. The motion picture studios and record companies are getting actors, directors, and singers to support SOPA and similar measures and have announced that they are not going to back down. Internet users are up in arms and protests are scheduled for January 18, 2012.
The community on deviantART is in a special position. Our members make art -- copyrighted content -- and they want it to be protected. But everyone on deviantART uses the Internet to expose themselves, their work and sometimes their souls to the world and we depend on an open platform for the very existence of the community.
DeviantART as a site and as a company promotes the rights of artists. However, SOPA and PIPA are poor "solutions", and we should all work towards other ways in which to resolve valid concerns about infringing conduct on the Internet that do not potentially harm free speech or the Internet itself.
Where do you stand?
How much power should copyright owners have?
How open must the Internet be?
Is free speech, a public right, more important than the personal rights of an artist?
Many claim that a culture can only grow and speak at all by protecting private rights in art, books, movies and music. Do you agree?
Joshua S. Wattles (makepictures )
Advisor in Chief
deviantART.com
Get educated:
The White House's statement:
Combating Online Piracy while Protecting an Open and Innovative Internet
Technical White paper on effect of SOPA and PIPA:
Security and Other Technical Concerns Raised by the DNS Filtering Requirements in the PROTECT IP Bill
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's update on SOPA:
SOPA Manager's Amendment: It's Still A Blacklist and It's Still A Disaster
Motion Picture Association of America's statement:
MPAA Response to White House Position on Anti-Piracy Legislation
Public Knowledge outline of SOPA:
Act Now: This Bill Seriously Screws with the Internet
Make your voice heard:
STOP SOPA Bill by sakimichan
Take a look at the deviantART front page using "Newest" in the Browse to see a remarkable community protest of SOPA and PIPA.
Meanwhile, the head of the Motion Picture Association of America has called for the White House to intervene and help big content and big tech reach compromises. See this New York Times article for more information about the issue.
Given the extraordinary grass-roots response to these proposals, almost overwhelmingly negative as reflected in all of the comments to this Journal and others on deviantART, this is a political hot potato everyone in politics will now want to stay away from.
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That is like saying how do we get money from the redistibution of things such as Midnight Crew (a record from 100 years ago). We don't. However, when a TV show like 30 Rock comes out, and I was involved in some of the prop creation, they don't pay me as much as they used to when I was in my 20's, because of pirating. You're comparing lemons and oranges.
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so prop artists get royalties? or percentages of DVD sales?
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No but the less the producers make, the less I make, oh smart one. I've had to lower prices by about 20% in the past 5 years.
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well your a fish in a barrel of cats i'll say that. No matter what I say you'll just deny it. :/ won't you?
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That's not true. Just make an actual argument, one that's not based on assumptions and blind accusations, and I'll listen. A perfect example on my side, is that when the American government began giving out retirement funds in the form of a pension, they didn't only give us 10 or 20 dollars so that our elderly live in poverty. They give us a good sum, because they care about their population. The government could find much more subtle ways to silence us. Why would they use something like this?
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They would use something like this because it's obviously fooling people like you! Artists take one glance at the bill and say "OK. This looks legit. I totally trust this!" because they don't know that it will do more than protect your 'precious' work. You think this is a good idea? If any of your work looks SIMILAR to anything anyone else has done, then you will be sued, for hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. Your neighbor did a cover of Sexy and I Know It? Say goodbye to them, chances are they don't have the money to pay the record companies and have ended up in jail. Do you really wan't to get your neighbors, family, and friends arrested just so you can make a little more money? Selfish. This is the 21st century. People WILL do shit they are not supposed to, so if your so worried about how much money you make then I would find a job along side with selling prints. If you try to make a living on art alone then your just plain stupid. And sure the government plays the charity card once in awhile but usually it's just to keep suspicion to a minimum. If you think that the government is made up of a bunch of goodie goodies, you are WAY far off. These guys will do anything they have to to stay at the top, and to make sure they get paid as much as possible.
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don't they have episodes on Hulu or the Hub website?
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They do and I hope they're taken down. I help out with some of the art for a few anime (I was one of the assistant artists for a popular anime called Tiger and Bunny) and let me tell you, the pay is much less than it used to be because less and less people are paying to buy the actual anime.
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maybe you are uninformed. but why would the offical HUB website pull down their own videos?
[link] that would be intersting
"hey when you give your property away for free, everyone who works on it suffers"
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MLP has a strong fanbase, and they do not need to directly sell the show. Instead they do it through products such as the MLP fares wheel. However, let us say that I begin counterfeiting that toy and selling it for 5$ instead of the 20$ they sell it for? They will lose money if I'm never caught, and eventually they'll stop producing the show. I know it's a bit of a stretch, but that's the best example I can give.
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I thought Hulu is a legit site
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Ya know people should just pay for stuff if they don't want horrible things to be proposed. If you are adult enough to deserve freedom, act like it and don't abuse it. I don't like these bills just to be clear.
But I buy my stuff. If I don't have the money to get it, I don't. Simple. Or wait till I do. Get the DVD or somthing. I don't like that this power would be given to companies.... they don't care about rights we deserve. And governments are not too much better. But you don't have the right to steel. The money taken may seem like so small..... but places and bussinesses are closed down becuase of it.
Again, I DO NOT support these bills. There are other ways to solve issues. But people should just controll themselves, and not "brag" about how they get all their stuff for free or less or something. Just my opinion and please don't troll on me badly please.
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This is a very sensible point of view shared, I expect, by many people who otherwise oppose these bills and the approach they suggest. I wish that the large media companies would embark on a positive re-enforcement campaign instead of always defaulting to negative suggestions of retribution with outsized and grotesque penalties. They could use advice from well-meaning and decent people like you. Thanks so much for your comment.
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Yeah that would be really smart. And thank you. I really wish more people would speak up with these thoughts.... It's nice to hear from like-minded people.
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haha i won't troll you 
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I know the bills are for companies. But I didn't know about a lot of the other stuff you brought up.... I want to buy from smaller companies. Nay, I require it. If I had the power, I would try to save smaller companies for the sake of consumer choice.(although that may be counter capitalism... meh. They save big companies, right?)
But I am just a kid. With no job. And no real responsibilities.....
So we shall see if I can keep this up when, you know, life kicks in.-_-' It's ok, you didn't sound trollish ^^
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Yeah I hope to when my family getts back on track. I don't like bigger companies for other reasons to....
Like selling food that hasn't been tested on humans yet.
Anyway, nice talking to ya!
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Not true. They take away money for small businesses as well. What makes you think that people don't pirate my music any more or less than anyone else, especially big companies? You're not a troll. Just stupid.
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OH. you are not a visual artist.
[link] or did you draw that deer?
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Once again, not all my art is hand drawn. I rarely post hand drawn art on DA, because that isn't the purpose of it. If you wish to use my deviant art as a proper representation of my professional art, then you are just insane.
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You, are just plain hopeless. search about it, watch this youtube video [link] But let me guess... you'll deny everything. 0-0
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That video is BS. Why the heck do ALL the websites he link, look the same?
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because there are a few companies that made them. Notice how you use that weird hand thing in EVERY one of your pictures? Companies are just as repetitive as the people that created them.
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I do not use it in every. It was one set of work.
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It's still extremely repetitive :/ companies are no more different then your set of work.
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... that's like saying since an anime keeps the same art style the whole way through, it's extremely repetitive. You are a retard.
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Real mature... calling somebody a retard isn't going to make you sound any smarter. Think before you post something thats blindly rambling on a subject you have done no research about.
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You ARE retarded. Do you even hear what you're saying?
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Do you hear what YOU'RE saying? Sure, call me a retard but you're not much better.
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Spelling mistake or not, hallowcaust is just making fun of it. Hallow means empty, or devoid of meaning. You were basically saying the holocaust never happened. Both my grandparents died in it.
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WHAT? okay off topic person, i said nothing about the holocaust. Why would I? That has nothing to do with what the discussion is about. Seriously, what goes through your head?
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Whoops sorry wrong conversation.
[link]
One of the last comments, he called the holocaust, the hallowcast.
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there is just got to be a better way to go about internet portection without screwing evryone else up.
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No, their isn't, because any less won't scare companies. Filezila or w/e it's called has already begun banning copyright material from their site because of what happened the megaupload. Do you know what this means for the independent artist? It means their paycheck goes up. This is just and fair. You have all abused your PRIVILEGES, and now that they're being removed, you're angry.
Driving is a privilege. If you crash, you can get your license recalled. Freedom of speech will still exist. Even if it means sending out letters instead of using the internet. They're not taking anything away.
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im not so sure...
but i better investigate a bit more befor i start a meaningless argument
srry to upset or not understand
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It would make sense that censorship sounds good - on paper and in theory, but it reality, there are several countries that exhibit censorship already and it seems to me that it frankly doesn't work. What I also agree about would be that creating more barriers to content would encourage more people to create proxies, hacks and loopholes in order to access the content behind it, much the same way that when they tell you something is impossible, you would go and do it anyway to see if you can be the first to break that impossibility record.
As I believe, SOPA/PIPA only sounds and looks good on the outside, but when you read the fine print on the bill, you come to see that it's disguised as nicely as it can to sweet-talk people into accepting that it might become an everyday thing and support it, a farce that I will gladly NOT support. There's too many loopholes in the internet already so it's time to find a reasonable and logical solution that makes everyone happy.
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Please consider signing my petition to preserve freedom of information: [link]
On July 1, Internet Service Providers will take matters into their own hands and do on their own what SOPA and PIPA failed to do, unless we stop them immediately.
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we need to stop sopa?and pipa?
deviantART muro drawing
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Its enough they do it to the usa but why other countries?!?! they're only doing it to stop arguments about our FREAKING politics and our government! they don't have the right!
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Please consider signing my petition to preserve freedom of information: [link]
On July 1, Internet Service Providers will take matters into their own hands and do on their own what SOPA and PIPA failed to do, unless we stop them immediately.
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They have the right, and I completely agree with what they're doing. It's not big corporations that gain the upperhand from SOPA. It's individual artists, since the censorship is controlled by the government. If SOPA gets passed, that means an immediate raise in my paycheck.
Know why they have the right? Theft is illegal. If someone is selling illegal goods, the government has the right to shut down the operation for the good of the people. Who gave YOU the right, to download anime from torrents, and directly steal money from my pocket?
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so if some guy in country xyz takes our art and uses it on shirts to sell at cafepress/zazzel or anything. they will not only get rid of that person via lawsuit.
well they did shut down that site that sold posters of people's drawings. so i guess anything like that will be taken down.
would it if it is a user-thing? If someone put offcial pokemon art on goods at zazzal then the Nintendo could shut it down, due to "people can make their own stuff here"
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Do you really think the government would actually shut it down for that? this is a scare, for companies to start banning stuff like that more often. I'm sure the site itself would take that down.
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Sorry about my little rant there. I should get the facts about these things before i get angry. (i still don't approve of Sopa)
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You'd better get them straight, because it's not you who's suffering from all the piracy.
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People still fagging about this? SOPA is awesome yet people don't support it. Just too butthurt to let go of their internet and their fake social life.
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