So what are your thoughts about SOPA?

ArtWilliams · 2012-01-13, 10:49 AM

An article on an alternative to SOPA / PIPA called OPEN Act.

"The OPEN Act takes a radically different approach: what's effectively an Internet piracy court would be created under the International Trade Commission, a quasi-judicial federal agency. The ITC will investigate complaints from copyright holders and, if it decides that the Web site in dispute is "dedicated to infringing activity," it can issue a cease-and-desist order. The Justice Department may then "bring an action for injunctive relief."

Okay, this got me thinking and, so looking around, I found this article about OPEN Act. I REALLY think that something needs to be done about the thieving bastards. The article above talks about not censoring the DNS but "going after the money". Stop the CC transactions and the pirates die. Perhaps this is a better way that can accomplish the same objective.

Time to noodle this.

P.S. DNS blocking is gone from PIPA

2012-01-13, 10:49 AM	#1
ArtWilliams You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 6,244	An article on an alternative to SOPA / PIPA called OPEN Act. "The OPEN Act takes a radically different approach: what's effectively an Internet piracy court would be created under the International Trade Commission, a quasi-judicial federal agency. The ITC will investigate complaints from copyright holders and, if it decides that the Web site in dispute is "dedicated to infringing activity," it can issue a cease-and-desist order. The Justice Department may then "bring an action for injunctive relief." Okay, this got me thinking and, so looking around, I found this article about OPEN Act. I REALLY think that something needs to be done about the thieving bastards. The article above talks about not censoring the DNS but "going after the money". Stop the CC transactions and the pirates die. Perhaps this is a better way that can accomplish the same objective. Time to noodle this. P.S. DNS blocking is gone from PIPA Last edited by ArtWilliams; 2012-01-13 at 10:55 AM..