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The fight against Internet piracy continues. A new policy isin the works from some major internet providers and the government. Which I’ll just go ahead and translate for you as SOPA Lite…well I’d like to anyway. What strikes me as super-sketchy here is the fact that the people who are making this policy (as well as enforcing it) haven’t told us sweet fuck-all about it. What we do know is that people caught going to pirating sites (read torrent sites) will be redirected and could have their internet speeds severely and have access to sites blocked. The article linked above poses the important question of “which sites, guys?” which is a good goddamn question.

 

YAR! Load as much free porn as the hard drive can hold!

 

The number of times I’ve talked about piracy on this blog is starting to get old for me, but holy hell, this crap just keeps happening. My feelings on pirating are pretty straightforward: Don’t Fucking Do It. The best argument I can present is thus: If you’re torrenting a TV series or movies or music that you like then you’re actively hurting the sales of those things. We live in a capitalist country and if something doesn’t make money we stop making it. In the long run, by pirating you’re acting to ensure that you want get any more of the things you love. That being said, I’ve yet to see a movie producer, recording artist, or television executive who was wont for anything. Oh, and I love the quote in the article about how this new Six Strikes (as they call it) policy is “more valid under human rights law,”. Keyword more that doesn’t make it any better. Example, getting kicked in the shin is more merciful than getting kicked in the testicles (or ovaries). It’s a problem to be sure, but sweet mercy there needs to be a better way to deal with this crap.