SOPA/PIPA Reddit questions and comments
If SOPA were to pass what would become of Reddit? Would it be shut down permanently? Would you consider moving y
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 11:24:29
please Alexis, explain the SOPA problem with analogies that even my grandma will understand. In other words, as simple as stupid. thanks.
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 11:24:29
MY question: Won't SOPA, just like patent laws increase the will of entrepreneur to invest and create?
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 07:05:50
Do you think the passing of SOPA would just lead to the rapid development of more sophisticated means of piracy and covert communication technologies, like darknet? If so, which technologies and standards do you think would benefit the most?
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 15:38:47
Should SOPA and PIPA be defeated, what would be the resultant consequences for "big content"? Will this defeat have any repercussions for the MPAA/RIAA/what-have-you?
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 15:38:02
What similarities do you see between the design of the SOPA legislation and the way copyright laws are used for censorship in the Arab world?
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 15:38:25
My question: is there a way to accurately find how many jobs will be killed through the passing of SOPA or PIPA?
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 11:24:29
2011 has been a pivotal year for the web. Dictators and free states alike have seen people use sites like reddit to change the balance of power. Alexis, do you think SOPA has more insidious purposes, such as controlling future political uprisings like the ones we've seen in the Arab world, or movements from Anonymous? Is protecting IP simply a front
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 15:38:25
I would like to hear their input about how much material the think would be blacked out from western world websites about revolutions/riots/uprisings in the middle east? Also if they think this would have an impact on said events? (E.g. egypt uprising basically streaming over internet until mubarak tried to black the whole country's internet)
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 15:38:02
In an age where questions of "security" and "safety" are taking priority over our fundamental rights, I'm unfortunately not surprised to see SOPA considered as it is now. The internet has until this point remained the last forum of true freedom, at least in our country. To see it change so drastically would be a shame and a disgrace to the values what we call "American." There is nothing American about this.
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 15:38:39
The Steam should Blackout the show on the 18th to show what the world of SOPA would be like.
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 07:05:50
My question is: how can the US government justify making policies that reach beyond the jurisdiction of US law? As a non-American, I'm concerned for the survival of web culture and more so about the US pushing their policies to a global scale. There needs to be international agreement and discussions on the social and cultural effect laws like those of SOPA will have on a world wide community.
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 11:24:29
You're so right. My family has been directly affected by the complete uselessness of patents for inventions. I think it's more important to protect people like them, who earn minimum wage, rather than the big companies who just want to get richer. SOPA does nothing for the little guys getting screwed over.
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 15:38:25
Do you think big content makers will change their business model with a defeat of sopa and pipa?How close to government/corporate censorship are the SOPA and PIPA acts?What is the potential cost to creativity on the web with acts like SOPA and PIPA?Do you think the arab spring would have happen with acts ( and mechanisms ) similar to SOPA and PIPA in place in the relevant countires?
— Mon, Jan 16 2012 15:38:08
