Recording Industry Dismisses Alternate Online Piracy Bill

The Hill:

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) dismissed an alternate online piracy bill from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Wednesday, arguing it is not a "meaningful solution" to the problem of online piracy.

Read the whole story: The Hill

Comments

[Gonzo333]

09:01 PM on 01/07/2012

The corporate fascists will undoubtedly sieze control of the Internet for profit and ruin it for the rest of us.

[jweller13]

05:25 PM on 01/06/2012

I've listened to a few opponent/proponent interviews on NPR about SOPA. The anti-SOPA interviewees mostly fail to argue their case very well to the point that my opposition to SOPA is wavering. They need to get much better spokesmen.

[JPHR]

10:05 AM on 01/08/2012

To detect file sharing the content of a stream has to be inspected using for instance DPI (deep packet inspection). With the conventional snail mail at least some measure of privacy has been protected, but measures advocated by SOPA will eliminate any protection for privacy.

[justandra]

02:07 PM on 01/06/2012

The most outlandish line in the article was "an ongoing threat to the security and safety of our citizens". Really?? They are going to go that far to try to pass this law. It may work for politicians but how is it relevant in this situation?

[Eris23]

01:28 PM on 01/06/2012

"The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) dismissed an alternate online piracy bill from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Wednesday, arguing it is not a "meaningful solution" to the problem of online piracy."

FAO: RIAA

Neither is SOPA!

[jrpiquer]

12:11 PM on 01/06/2012

Since when does RIAA get to dismiss a bill in Congress??

[Mister Grumpy]

12:14 AM on 01/07/2012

Since the Congress is owned by corporate lobbyists.