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It seems that of all the “social” circles I travel, I seem to be seeing nothing but bad news or poor opinions of this SOPA act.
SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. Its intent is to protect copyrights and defeat copyright infringements. IE: Those internet movie pirates that believe they’re entitled to steal content without paying for it.
So the premise is to protect the major players of the entertainment industry.
But it would seem that the way it was written, there are catches that seem, per so many perspectives being made on the web, to threaten even the smallest web entrepeneur… you.
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The concerns are that websites can be shut down, even if you’ve done nothing wrong yourself. IE: A site visitor leaves a comment with a link out to something… BAM, your site is done!
(Suggestion: I have this site set up to not allow links in comments. They all have to be approved.)
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The man who was responsible for uploading that unfinished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine on the eve of April Fools Day more than a year ago was sentenced today (12/19/11) to a year in federal prison for that simple act that was a function of movie piracy.
This criminal sentence finally puts movie piracy on the books that stealing movies from the internet is, well, stealing.
It was further exemplified that “The Justice Department will pursue and prosecute persons who seek to steal intellectual property…”
What I find interesting is the wording used to represent the deed that took place…
It was noted that Fox had the illegal upload removed from Megaupload within one day of it being uploaded. But during that day, the stolen content went rather viral, and as the legal system called it, his upload resulted in millions of infringements. Infringements.
They’re not mincing words now that they have a conviction under their belts. And this could spell all kinds of legal problems for some folks that are involved in movie piracy, no matter what part of the chain they’re in!
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