American Censorship SOPA & PIPA

[FFCW_Urizen]

For shipping manufacturing jobs overseas, there isn´t one country, or more accurately, one company who doesn´t do that. It´s not just that wages are cheaper, companies have to invest less in safety standards, as most of those don´t exist in those countries.
it´s all about maximising profits.

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by FFCW_Urizen

For shipping manufacturing jobs overseas, there isn´t one country, or more accurately, one company who doesn´t do that. It´s not just that wages are cheaper, companies have to invest less in safety standards, as most of those don´t exist in those countries.
it´s all about maximising profits.

It gets the unions out of their face as well

[5./JG27.Farber]

Anyone noticed Google will be changing their Privacy Policy in the next few months? Have you seen what is on it?

Im pretty sure this is not coincidental.

So anyone recommend a new search engine?

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

Anyone noticed Google will be changing their Privacy Policy in the next few months? Have you seen what is on it?

Im pretty sure this is not coincidental.

So anyone recommend a new search engine?

Fascinating, the moment I am reading your post, an e-mail arrives:

effective 1st March 2012
http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/

[WTE_Galway]

Lets not forget that in recent years the US courts have ...

- ruled that US companies need never worry about their IP rights going public domain. In the past after a set period like 50 or 60 years copyright expired. Disney won a case a few years back in the US that means US companies can keep renewing their rights forever. If that had been law in the past we would still be paying massive royalty to Mozart, Bach and Beethoven's descendants to perform any of their music even now 100's of years later.

- started to grant world wide rights to US companies for extremely basic and simple things. Apple recently were awarded some really stupid ones including apparently patenting the idea that whilst still on a phone call you can click icons to do other stuff on the phone. Seemingly before apple thought up people thought you had to hang up the phone before playing with any other settings or apps.


It actually would not matter so much if other countries such as must of Western Europe and the UK did not bend over backwards to suck up to US corporate bullying and exploitation.

[nearmiss]

Let's try to keep this on the topic of government intervention with internet. If the US passes this kind of legislation you can say what you will, but the rest of the world will follow. Like domino falling in rows.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghfg7t5g7KE

I suggest anyone that can build websites, make your thoughts known through websites. There are all kinds of cheap website building kits available. Almost all people that host websites have free site builder tools.

You can make youtube videos as well. I don't know what the average number of views for video actually is, but I've been amazed at how some of the stupid stuff gets thousands of views. The stupid video above has 7,735 views when i posted it here.

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by WTE_Galway

It actually would not matter so much if other countries such as must of Western Europe and the UK did not bend over backwards to suck up to US corporate bullying and exploitation.

The UK has signed an extradition treaty with American, meaning I could "commit a crime" against America here in England and be sent to jail in America....

Wonder which other countries have this treaty.

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by 5./JG27.Farber

The UK has signed an extradition treaty with American, meaning I could "commit a crime" against America here in England and be sent to jail in America....

Wonder which other countries have this treaty.

That doesn't make sense to you?

With world wide communication and ability to deal with nations while you aren't in the nation you are transacting with is common.

Think through this... What if you arranged to kill someone in America from England, then your hitman did kill, got caught and told who ordered the hit.

Who is guilty the person that ordered the kill or the contract killer?

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by FFCW_Urizen

For shipping manufacturing jobs overseas, there isn´t one country, or more accurately, one company who doesn´t do that. It´s not just that wages are cheaper, companies have to invest less in safety standards, as most of those don´t exist in those countries.
it´s all about maximising profits.

Or in simple terms GREED!!

[nearmiss]

Google probably had it in the works to go along with the SOPA/PIPA thing they expected to pass. Google has been doing alot of things over the past few years and gotten away with it.

Youtube ads are a good example. Google uses your creative videos for their advertisers, they pay the creator of the video nothing. If that isn't the gravy train you tell me what it is. That is copyright enfringement, but they get around it with their waiver agreement you sign onto when you post your videos.

Google is no longer a benefactor or friend to internet users. It isn't about search either. It's about monopolizing marketing.

Also, I just heard that twitter is going to do censoring thing. I wonder if the Saudi Prince that invested 300,000,000 in twitter had anything to do with that. I think Saudi royal family is fearful they will be next in revolutions. Twitter and facebook were the communication mechanisms that facilitated the overthrow of Egypt. People were communicating with each other, which is critical to such actions.