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For the average person who knows very little to nothing about SOPA, the phrase "anti-piracy" implies that the bill is specifically targeted against piracy-relat
by Scriptor 15y ago
For the average person who knows very little to nothing about SOPA, the phrase "anti-piracy" implies that the bill is specifically targeted against piracy-related matters. People might even assume that it would be effective against piracy. Imagine if voicing your opposition to TSA's expanding control and alleged infringements of rights was called, "So-and-so opposed to anti-terror bill."
- marknutter 15y agoTo be fair, the bill's goal is to stop piracy. Granted, it's crippling the internet in the process, but I think calling it an "anti-piracy" bill is pretty accurate.
- smokeyj 15y agoTrue, stopping the economy is one way to stop piracy.
- Sindisil 15y agoNo, it's not. If anything, continued or increased economic slowdown will increase piracy, as people have both less disposable income and less regard for increasingly abused intellectual property rights.
- gt384u 15y ago> No, it's not. I think you may be right, but only if you consider piracy to not be part of "the economy". My understanding at least is that it very much is.
- bediger 15y agoSure, that's what the name says and so forth, but haven't you ever heard to not judge a book by its cover? The internals of the bills are so weird, that you can't help but suspect that something else is going on there.
- eavc 15y agoBut that's exactly how legislation is named across the board. Who wants to oppose Patriotism? Or Liberty, Freedom, Homeland Security, or Family Values? It's insidious and infuriating. edit: Also as the other comment points out, the bill is ostensibly an anti-piracy bill.