This site should black out as well

[Iron Ape]

Probably the downloading teens would piss and moan? lol

LOTS of people are going to piss and moan...because the passing of such a bill would cause a complete paradigm shift on the internet as we've come to know it.

This whole thing is the equivalent of erasing convenience stores from the face of the planet because some of them occasionally get robbed. And that would be ridiculous.

[SilverGhost]

The crime rate would go up slightly. Computers and gaming consoles keep the majority of us sane. Yay or Nay? lol

Lol xD Nay. Look at Apey. He can't seem to put the controller down....poor guy. That one level must be killing him.

But I was kinda referring the entertainment thingy though the gaming department does fit. (I'm happy I have Steam! )

LOTS of people are going to piss and moan...because the passing of such a bill would cause a complete paradigm shift on the internet as we've come to know it.

This whole thing is the equivalent of erasing convenience stores from the face of the planet because some of them occasionally get robbed. And that would be ridiculous.

>implying that the internet doesn't have enough paradigm shifts

Piracy handled. But censorship in place. I can see why people would be pissed though my question would be.....why censor the net? (I may have answered my own question :\)

[Sully]

Probably the downloading teens would piss and moan? lol

I don't think it's just teenagers. There amount of people not paying for music and movies has been rising and rising, adults included. Everyone and their mother is pretty much downloading music illegally now a days.

You guys say that this would prevent copyrighted material from showing on the internet, but don't they already prevent that as much as possible anyways? Or would everything with a patent not be allowed to be on the web?

Once again, it'd be very hard to enforce.

This isn't even close to being accurate.

I can't even think of how many times you've bolded part of my post, and have said this to me.

[Iron Ape]

I can't even think of how many times you've bolded part of my post, and have said this to me.

And I can't even think of how many times I've needed to.

[SilverGhost]

I don't think it's just teenagers. There amount of people not paying for music and movies has been rising and rising, adults included. Everyone and their mother is pretty much downloading music illegally now a days.

You guys say that this would prevent copyrighted material from showing on the internet, but don't they already prevent that as much as possible anyways? Or would everything with a patent not be allowed to be on the web?

Once again, it'd be very hard to enforce.

There are still ways to pirate the stuff. It takes a bit more than a search engine to do it.

[Sully]

And I can't even think of how many times I've needed to.

I have a feeling that it won't be the last time you'll say that either, I tend to say inaccurate things a lot.

[Iron Ape]

Lol xD Nay. Look at Apey. He can't seem to put the controller down....poor guy. That one level must be killing him.

But I was kinda referring the entertainment thingy though the gaming department does fit. (I'm happy I have Steam! )

Huh? You've completely lost me here.

>implying that the internet doesn't have enough paradigm shifts

This would be the granddaddy of them all. We're talking about the slipperiest of slopes.

Piracy handled. But censorship in place. I can see why people would be pissed though my question would be.....why censor the net? (I may have answered my own question :\)

To create a false sense of security for those too dense to really understand what's at stake here. It's Constitution-spitting by those we employ to uphold it. Think back-alley shell game on a much larger scale.

[SilverGhost]

To create a false sense of security for those too dense to really understand what's at stake here. It's Constitution-spitting by those we employ to uphold it. Think back-alley shell game on a much larger scale.

Same way with China right? Their net is censored.

[Iron Ape]

Same way with China right? Their net is censored.

Yeah, but the difference is that China doesn't bother lying to their people and censor under the guise of a (false) democracy. They're at least polite enough to be upfront with their communism.