tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post5523006232288063909..comments2024-03-22T03:35:27.752-04:00Comments on Written Inc.: Wikipedians hate SOPA, PIPA, and livercarmilevyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360045114379957605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-67334324338286289782012-01-18T16:58:06.385-05:002012-01-18T16:58:06.385-05:00brilliantly said, thumper!brilliantly said, thumper!debbie s.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-42347576402658173302012-01-17T19:06:01.369-05:002012-01-17T19:06:01.369-05:00I don't agree, Carmi.
The middle ground betwe...I don't agree, Carmi.<br /><br />The middle ground between a bad idea and opposition to it is not a virtuous place. <br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7449503.post-8657443794087345522012-01-17T18:23:18.324-05:002012-01-17T18:23:18.324-05:00Honestly, I hope SOPA never sees the light of day;...Honestly, I hope SOPA never sees the light of day; I don't knwo enough about PIPA to form even a rudimentary opinion. I don't disagree that it would help to have protections in place, but SOPA isn't it.<br /><br />Just from a writer's standpoint... say I write a book, publish it digitally, and I mention Diet Coke in it. I sell the book on Amazon and on my personal website. Even if I mention it in a favorable light, Coca Cola can demand that Amazon remove the book, Coca Cola can have my web host shut my site down, and effectively ruin any potential for income I had from that book...just because I mentioned their product. There's no recourse--as far as I've been able to figure out--to this. A company doesn't like being mentioned, they can shut a site down (remember when Starbucks threatened to sue people who linked to their site? This would give them legs to really do it...though I hope they've figured out that's kind of boneheaded...)<br /><br />Heck, if someone posts an online quote from something I wrote--even if it would be considered fair use in print media--I could theoretically force their web host into taking their website down, without ever just asking the person to remove the quote. SOPA lacks protection and common sense.<br /><br />I have the potential to lose a lot to online piracy--several years ago the full text to one of my books was posted and the publisher's estimate was that 25000 copies were downloaded before they caught the error--but I would still rather take my chances and not have SOPA pass. When the liabilities outweigh the protection, it's just not good legislation.Thumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154314376352066709noreply@blogger.com