http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2012/01/19/which-side-are-you-on/ First in Music Analysis Wed, 23 May 2012 13:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2012/01/19/which-side-are-you-on/#comment-531321 Stop Online Piracy Act: SOPA- what it actually saysJacob B. Sherman Law Office Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:02:55 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/?p=4922#comment-531321 [...] “Stop Online Piracy Act” (‘SOPA’): now who could be against such a bill, surely good citizens do not want to promote piracy. How ironic that just when dictators are falling to internet based revolutions, the United States in embroiled in a fight over this bill which opponent give labels such as ‘censorship’ and proponents describe as protecting American industry.   This is actually a replay of the fight started by Napster as the music and film industry watched their profits vanish/be stolen by ‘pirate’ Internet site.  Go over to the Lefsetz Letter if that last sentence puzzled you.  I don’t agree with everything the man says but I do enjoy reading his posts, like this recent one on SOPA. [...] [...] “Stop Online Piracy Act” (‘SOPA’): now who could be against such a bill, surely good citizens do not want to promote piracy. How ironic that just when dictators are falling to internet based revolutions, the United States in embroiled in a fight over this bill which opponent give labels such as ‘censorship’ and proponents describe as protecting American industry.   This is actually a replay of the fight started by Napster as the music and film industry watched their profits vanish/be stolen by ‘pirate’ Internet site.  Go over to the Lefsetz Letter if that last sentence puzzled you.  I don’t agree with everything the man says but I do enjoy reading his posts, like this recent one on SOPA. [...]

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