Author Topic: Youtube a Felony? (Read 2187 times)

JoeBlo · « **on:** June 21, 2011, 08:36:12 PM »

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/105321/new-law-could-make-watching-youtube-a-felony/

Unlucky you US guys :P

Badnik96 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 21, 2011, 08:47:50 PM »

I am officially moving to the UK

Does this mean we can't upload RA2 stuff anymore? I sense the end of GTM...

Scrap Daddy · « **Reply #2 on:** June 21, 2011, 08:55:36 PM »

Quote from: Badnik96 on June 21, 2011, 08:47:50 PM

I am officially moving to the UK

Does this mean we can't upload RA2 stuff anymore? I sense the end of GTM...

lol dumbest post ever.

key word is COULD dude

TriTon · « **Reply #3 on:** June 21, 2011, 09:01:19 PM »

If this actually happens, were all f*cked.

Noodle · « **Reply #4 on:** June 21, 2011, 09:15:34 PM »

This is the internet, where shit like this rarely affects they way we do things.

What this probably will do is make Youtube even more of a hard-ass as far as copyrights go, so this means I should probably start looking for a new video sharing website.

GroudonRobotWars · « **Reply #5 on:** June 21, 2011, 09:19:06 PM »

This better not pass because if it does I can't watch MLP:FiM and my Youtube channel will be pretty much f***ed because more than half the people that view my vids and channel are from the US.

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #6 on:** June 21, 2011, 09:29:47 PM »

Good luck with that. I'm behind seven proxies.

Urjak · « **Reply #7 on:** June 21, 2011, 10:09:07 PM »

Quote from: JoeBlo on June 21, 2011, 08:36:12 PM

Unlucky you US guys :P

Hey, you Australians have all those dumb censorship laws! :P

JoeBlo · « **Reply #8 on:** June 21, 2011, 10:15:01 PM »

Well thats true.. hell we have customs targeting incoming R rated games at the airport.. what ever happened to using our tax pay on something constructive ?

No doubt the fruitloop thats in power right now will copy anything the US does eventiually..

123savethewhales · « **Reply #9 on:** June 21, 2011, 10:41:49 PM »

Lol it's MPAA again. Those dinosaurs are really putting up their last ditch effort to remain prehistoric.

Little lost bot · « **Reply #10 on:** June 21, 2011, 11:46:37 PM »

If that where to pass then you'll have hundreds and up protesting just due to the fact the law came to there door saying they did that. Granted there are something up there that are still for sale for movies and such but hey, taking the freedom of watching stuff on line (cause youtube is used way to often for this to really work) I'm sure thats not going to go over well with the population.

Meganerdbomb · « **Reply #11 on:** June 22, 2011, 12:51:11 AM »

They think they can regulate the internet.

Congress, you so crazy.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2011, 01:21:10 AM »

Conspiracy Theory from me

I think many senates in congress wants to control the internet in general. While the government can surely "stop the whole damn thing", they are currently incapable of doing so selectively in large scale. These sort of stuffs allow a foot in the door to develop the mean of "search and remove", so they can selectively control whatever media online in the future.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2011, 02:39:55 AM »

nothing good ever came from Google buying Youtube did it? :P

And here I thought Google would be running the world in the future..

Scourge of teh Galaxy · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2011, 03:22:41 AM »

I only have one thing to say about that law:

Bull. Sh*t.

It's a pointless law created by people who think they own the place.

Next thing they'll be doing is making a law that states that going on the Internet is an offence >.>

Scorpion · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2011, 03:59:15 AM »

They simply want control, but when will they learn they aren't going to get it.
Pirate bay is a great example of how you can't control the internet.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2011, 04:13:07 AM »

Fighting internet piracy is like trying to throw coco-pops at a rabbit in a highly windy area

It just wont work and if you finally succeed.. its not going to achieve much..

Thyrus · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2011, 04:16:55 AM »

Quote from: JoeBlo on June 22, 2011, 04:13:07 AM

Fighting internet piracy is like trying to throw coco-pops at a rabbit in a highly windy area

It just wont work and if you finally succeed.. its not going to achieve much..

xD

that sucks. yt is getting worse everyday cause of censorship and stuff like this.

sidenote: what happend to "no more pony pictures"?

123savethewhales · « **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2011, 04:26:12 AM »

Government had known to do pretty brunt and stupid things in the past. Just because something will cause more harm then good in a long run, does not mean they won't try to do it. And whatever they do tends to be very heavy handed.

This is especially true in the US and most representative democracy, where the optimal decision is to think as short term as possible due to election cycles. As long as it looks like they are "doing something about it", it's good enough. Let the next guy take the blame for the downfall.

However, don't underestimate the extend government will invade your privacy.

Quote from: JoeBlo on June 22, 2011, 04:13:07 AM

Fighting internet piracy is like trying to throw coco-pops at a rabbit in a highly windy area

It just wont work and if you finally succeed.. its not going to achieve much..

When the government does it, they will carpet bomb the area with thousands of boxes worth of coco-pops. And if no rabbit was hit they will put a few fake ones in there.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #19 on:** June 22, 2011, 04:29:45 AM »

Quote from: Thyrus on June 22, 2011, 04:16:55 AM

sidenote: what happend to "no more pony pictures"?

nothing, we just dont care in this section its only the RA2 sections that we dont want to see ponys in