My thoughts on the Stop Online Piracy Act

[reichmarshall]

As a musician, I accept the fact that only about half of the folks who listen to our music have actually paid for it. That's the cost of doing business on the internet. I counter it as best I can by using equal portions of vigilance and guilt, and LPN has netted a pretty penny in album sales over the years. At the same time I realize that we're

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[smappdooda]

I think this image sums up my feelings on this nicely


Also I want to quote Bill Hicks here for the people who think they can stop this stuff. (It's about smoking but still works here. Very Paraphrased)

"I suggest you take a look at the world in which we live... and shut the fuck up."

[cakoluchiam]

I love that quote: "Imagine your car gets stolen, but it's still there in the morning."

... on the other hand, technically that's not "Piracy" as piracy was originally just a coined term for theft or hijacking at sea. A more accurate shortquote would be "Piracy is not theft, it's Sharing." ("... and sharing is caring.").