Instead of working to create a cost effective, quick method for users to buy (AND OWN, NOT LICENSE) digital movies, the MPAA is instead going to try and censor the internet. Brilliant move, idiots.
this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2024
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There is nothing they want us to do less.
They're spoiled from selling you the same movies over and over again whenever a new medium becomes normalized, despite all your previous licenses. Then they complain when your media breaks or you want to share with your best friend.
They want your money for not doing anything new.
So, what youre describing is thieves, but not cool?
Remember SOPA?
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What else will corporations pay Congress to decide that is in corporations' best interest for us to not see?
He [MPAA CEO Charles Rivkin] added that almost 60 countries use site-blocking as a tool against piracy, "including leading democracies and many of America's closest allies." The only reason why the US isn't one of them, he continued, is the "lack of political will, paired with outdated understandings of what site-blocking actually is, how it functions, and who it affects."
No, you're the one who doesn't understand. We don't want censorship, and we have this thing called the 1st Amendment.
Australia's version is a dns block. It only stops people who don't know how to google or change thier dns.
VPNs are about to become a lot more commonplace.
the growth has already been staggering since states starting requiring ID’s for pornhub. I’m glad tech literacy is increasing in the face of these recurring laws. Small silver lining I can latch on to lol
It's almost like John Oliver's NSA street campaign. No one cared until he started talking about how the NSA was cause inappropriately "handling" dick pics
They're half the way there. One does not simply turn off the porn. People will go through great lengths to see nudes
Now we just have to make them understand that their porn history is being collected along with their legal identity. Hackers will get it before long, and if the government doesn't have it already, it's just a matter of time
The violation we've felt having all of our movements and habits tracked is apparently only felt by the masses when their junk is analyzed. Which I find weird, but hey, whatever makes people realize privacy isn't something to shrug off
Or that will be their first target
Not an easy target, since the technology/protocol is integral to many large businesses' infosec operations.
You don't have to ban VPNs. Just force everyone doing business in the US to keep logs and to comply with blocking websites via federal law (that will be dictated by the MPAA)
Boom. VPNs "banned"
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land of the free
Whoever told you that is your enemy
When that song came out it hit 19yr old me HARD. I am now 51 and it still does.
Land of the free market not free people 🤓
Its not even a free market. Check the protectionism keeping Chinese EVs out of the US. Its more like the land of corporate profits.
There's no such thing as a free market unless you're talking about places like Somolia where there is no government.
Free Market is to economics what The American Dream is to immigrants and citizens.
Reality inevitably shines a harsh light on both.
The least productive Congress since the Great Depression? The same Congress who couldn't pass a budget for the government until 6 months into the very fiscal year it's for? That Congress? Priorities.
What are you talking about? The current congress is incredibly effective. They just have way more important things to focus on then whatever you peasants are yammering about. Like banning tiktok.
A bunch of old white guys who literally don't understand the internet vs. the entire internet. Okie doke.
The c-suite of the MPAA is surprisingly... diverse https://www.motionpictures.org/who-we-are/our-people/
The only colour the bourgeoisie care about is green.
Very common amerika L
We will need to use hidden networks like !i2p@lemmy.world
Maybe this will get i2p out of beta...
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and I'm sure they're paying them lots of money to do it because God forbid the rich assholes aren't rich enough 🙄
Just hoping private torrent sites and Usenet remain relatively unscathed. Honestly I'm surprised about how many of the big private trackers have lasted so long.
They're not smart enough it figure out anything not mainstream. I heard most of the big sites blocked recently were live TV feed sites.
Curious, I checked out Chris Dodd and wonder what he's up to. He's a close advisor now to Biden so I'd imagine he's whispering in Biden's ear and whoever will listen, about how much of piracy is 'bad for ya'. In case anyone forgot, Chris Dodd was a major asshole during his 6 year stint (2011 - 2017) with MPAA and he ultimately failed in stopping piracy.
I don't think this latest tactic will work. Congress couldn't even understand Facebook and they couldn't even hold Mark Zuckerberg of all people, accountable for his shit. Congress, MPAA and all the forces in the world couldn't stop Kim Dotcom. MPAA, ACE and whatever, still cannot shut down The Pirate Bay.
They'll just keep bashing their heads on the brick wall. The only victories they've gotten in all of the 20+ year decade war on piracy, is that most times, the sites go down because of lack of funding and support. They only take down big sites because they've found weak links or they've found those run-a-mouth pirates who've gotta go around talking shit about pirating to the point where they're a liability then wonder why their favorite service/site is shut down.
We'll make new sites! Fuckers.
Reminder: The pirates won the last time they tried this crap.
Innocence is no protection
Truth is no defense.
You don't own shit til you steal it.
Out of country DNS servers would probably completely circumvent this.
How about fighting the reason why those sites exist in the first place?
Nope. Only punish. Only take. They can only ask for fear, they do not want our love, except through fear.
FREEDOM!
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