So what are your thoughts about SOPA?

Pagan · 2012-01-13, 12:45 PM

I am not advocating doing nothing here.. just saying that one country is going to have a very hard time enforcing its laws in over 200 others. And yes there are already laws on the books about this very thing but they are difficult to enforce internationally. Again, who pays for all of this? I would rather see the producers be more responsible, ie be required to use anti-duplication efforts, before this kind of legislation can work.

You would have to come up with something that most nations agree to follow in order for it to work. One huge example of what happens when the US has laws that other nations don't -- truck drivers in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California. Mexican trucks and drivers can and do cross the US borders daily, but their vehicles and training do not need to meet the US standards. They don't pay the same road taxes either. A good number of severe accidents happen every year in those states due to the unsafe drivers and trucks. You can't enforce US laws everywhere...

2012-01-13, 12:45 PM	#1
Pagan Perverted Empress Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 5,066	I am not advocating doing nothing here.. just saying that one country is going to have a very hard time enforcing its laws in over 200 others. And yes there are already laws on the books about this very thing but they are difficult to enforce internationally. Again, who pays for all of this? I would rather see the producers be more responsible, ie be required to use anti-duplication efforts, before this kind of legislation can work. You would have to come up with something that most nations agree to follow in order for it to work. One huge example of what happens when the US has laws that other nations don't -- truck drivers in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California. Mexican trucks and drivers can and do cross the US borders daily, but their vehicles and training do not need to meet the US standards. They don't pay the same road taxes either. A good number of severe accidents happen every year in those states due to the unsafe drivers and trucks. You can't enforce US laws everywhere... __________________ Is it naptime yet?