I am quite astounded that these measures are being proposed. If passed this would surely make the major search engines and social networks move to a country with a more liberal attitude? With the world still in the clutches of recession it seems ludicrous for a country to have to push away some of its most innovative (and profitable) organisations?
That said, I think more could be done to protect copyright but this is just dumb. I just pray the UK government don’t copy the idea!
One of the worst things about SOPA is that it completely undermines DNSSEC, which is a major initiative to provide authentication for DNS traffic, which historically has not been secured and can be leveraged by malware to do a variety of nasty things. SOPA would require US service providers to generate spurious DNS responses on demand (without requiring due process of law for those affected), meaning that any system designed to authenticate DNS cannot function.
Guys, fellow yanks, you HAVE to fight this. REALLY DO contact your congress men, saying it’s absolute BS.
I can’t believe this Goodlatte guy is STILL in the house. I used to work for the gaming industry, the guy wanted to ban online gambling, despite MILLIONS doing it, all because Vegas is taking a hit because users prefer to play slots online than the spend thousands going there.
I’m pretty late on this topic and do not have many technical contributions to add to this discussion, but to me, it looks like SOPA and PIPA are capable of wiping out what’s left of the U.S. economy. It seems pretty counterintuitive for lawmakers to let either bill pass because I like to think most of the people that run our country are both educated and current, so I have some hope. It’s just scary to think that the ones with all the money and power are throwing down for a bill that’s implications they don’t even understand. It seems if people are given enough money, all reason goes out the window, and it is concerning when, not just my job is on the line, but the future of my country? I will definitely take action because I refuse to believe all those crazy books I read in school actually did predict the future.
If this bill were to be translated into the physical world, it would be something like:
-Enabling the government to shut down the entire interstate highway system because people use it to transport drugs.
-Shutting down shipping ports because some shipping crates might contain counterfeit goods.
-Cutting telephone lines because some people scam others over the phone.
-Ending welfare/social security because a few people are cheating the system.
-Closing a store because a few people steal merchandise.
Absolutely ridiculous. I’m not pro-piracy by any stretch. But it seems like copyright holders should be more concerned with hunting the pirates rather than draining the sea on which they sail.
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Lorem D
Are we not already living with censorship anyway? As a parent, I for one am happy there is some regulation of contents in our society. But I fear government taking more “my right” to say what should and should not be filtered. I think that is the issue, not censorship.
I’m for censorship, we’ve been living with it comfortably. Lets not misuse the energy and direct it towards making it so the people not government, have control over what gets filtered.
As an IT professional I know it can be done if the government is involved. Nations can participate if called on. That is after all the purpose of government.
What it really comes down to is spammers and the abuse they have done to the web over the years. Those that actually want to put quality content out there have to work so hard now to get a slice of the pie.
What’s even sadder is the legislation may not quiet understand the potential effects of SOPA in the long run unlike us.
The situation is even worse. The Internet have thousands of websites under VPS with single IPs and virtual domain name hosting set up. Blocking the root site by name can force outage of hundreds of thousands other ones.
What we need if this Act is going to pass is an extraterritorial system of DNS root servers. Than we could make this crap technically void.
This seems like the US deliberately shooting itself in the foot. Anything done to restrict access to the internet in the US is going to force yet more of the information industry to relocate abroad.
That’s disastrous! With due respect to the law-makers looks like they have a very specific view of the modern Internet… What a fine solution to burden the search engines with a barely feasible censorship function!
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I am quite astounded that these measures are being proposed. If passed this would surely make the major search engines and social networks move to a country with a more liberal attitude? With the world still in the clutches of recession it seems ludicrous for a country to have to push away some of its most innovative (and profitable) organisations?
That said, I think more could be done to protect copyright but this is just dumb. I just pray the UK government don’t copy the idea!
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Lyle Mullican
One of the worst things about SOPA is that it completely undermines DNSSEC, which is a major initiative to provide authentication for DNS traffic, which historically has not been secured and can be leveraged by malware to do a variety of nasty things. SOPA would require US service providers to generate spurious DNS responses on demand (without requiring due process of law for those affected), meaning that any system designed to authenticate DNS cannot function.
OniLink
Guys, fellow yanks, you HAVE to fight this. REALLY DO contact your congress men, saying it’s absolute BS.
I can’t believe this Goodlatte guy is STILL in the house. I used to work for the gaming industry, the guy wanted to ban online gambling, despite MILLIONS doing it, all because Vegas is taking a hit because users prefer to play slots online than the spend thousands going there.
James Abbott
Thanks for bringing a great overview of this despicable bill. Tweeted, told my friends, and now blogged:
http://jamesabbottdd.com/let-us-kill-sopa-before-damage-is-made
Now let Google pick it up and spread it, and summon the wrath of the digerati.
Amieb
I seriously think the bill is funny. Blundering lawmaking idiots…bwahahaha!
Ahhh, don’t fret my fellow internet savvies, this bill ain’t gonna pass. It’s just too silly. Lol!
BopDesign
I’m pretty late on this topic and do not have many technical contributions to add to this discussion, but to me, it looks like SOPA and PIPA are capable of wiping out what’s left of the U.S. economy. It seems pretty counterintuitive for lawmakers to let either bill pass because I like to think most of the people that run our country are both educated and current, so I have some hope. It’s just scary to think that the ones with all the money and power are throwing down for a bill that’s implications they don’t even understand. It seems if people are given enough money, all reason goes out the window, and it is concerning when, not just my job is on the line, but the future of my country? I will definitely take action because I refuse to believe all those crazy books I read in school actually did predict the future.
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seanriceaz
If this bill were to be translated into the physical world, it would be something like:
-Enabling the government to shut down the entire interstate highway system because people use it to transport drugs.
-Shutting down shipping ports because some shipping crates might contain counterfeit goods.
-Cutting telephone lines because some people scam others over the phone.
-Ending welfare/social security because a few people are cheating the system.
-Closing a store because a few people steal merchandise.
Absolutely ridiculous. I’m not pro-piracy by any stretch. But it seems like copyright holders should be more concerned with hunting the pirates rather than draining the sea on which they sail.
Lorem D
Are we not already living with censorship anyway? As a parent, I for one am happy there is some regulation of contents in our society. But I fear government taking more “my right” to say what should and should not be filtered. I think that is the issue, not censorship.
I’m for censorship, we’ve been living with it comfortably. Lets not misuse the energy and direct it towards making it so the people not government, have control over what gets filtered.
As an IT professional I know it can be done if the government is involved. Nations can participate if called on. That is after all the purpose of government.
jwmann2
What it really comes down to is spammers and the abuse they have done to the web over the years. Those that actually want to put quality content out there have to work so hard now to get a slice of the pie.
What’s even sadder is the legislation may not quiet understand the potential effects of SOPA in the long run unlike us.
@ommunist
The situation is even worse. The Internet have thousands of websites under VPS with single IPs and virtual domain name hosting set up. Blocking the root site by name can force outage of hundreds of thousands other ones.
What we need if this Act is going to pass is an extraterritorial system of DNS root servers. Than we could make this crap technically void.
James Gaunt
This seems like the US deliberately shooting itself in the foot. Anything done to restrict access to the internet in the US is going to force yet more of the information industry to relocate abroad.
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That’s disastrous! With due respect to the law-makers looks like they have a very specific view of the modern Internet… What a fine solution to burden the search engines with a barely feasible censorship function!
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I agree with you number 24, they do have very narrow view with out future looking abilities