While Drafting SOPA, the U.S. House Harbors BitTorrent(torrentfreak.com)
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While Drafting SOPA, the U.S. House Harbors BitTorrent
http://torrentfreak.com/while-drafting-sopa-us-house-harbors-bittorrent-pirates-111226/
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I don't remember exactly, but I think they were calling for the House to be exempt from SOPA at the hearing.
Unless the idea is that house.gov would be hosting bittorrent trackers, this doesn't really have anything to do with this story.
To borrow a phrase, "When the Congress does it, that means that it is not illegal."
Nixon/David Frost interview, 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejvyDn1TPr8
Nixon/David Frost interview, 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejvyDn1TPr8
I'm ignorant of how YouHaveDownloaded.com works. Does it have any way to weed out dummy IP addresses inserted by trackers? Claiming to have peers in the House seems like exactly the sort of cheeky thing the TPB trackers would do.
While I would be very suspicious of how accurate any one accusation is, especially if they were trying it in court, I do think that some of the materials look very much like things that Congressional staffers would be interested in.
So if I assume it's only 50% accurate or whatever, I can certainly still believe that there's filesharing going on over there.
So if I assume it's only 50% accurate or whatever, I can certainly still believe that there's filesharing going on over there.
They don't practice what they preach, because they're not the kind of person they're preaching to.
The question is though, whether SOPA will be able to break the habits of millions of Americans, as there will always be alternatives available. And even if it manages to put a dent in the current piracy rates, is that really worth it considering the potential damage SOPA can do to the open Internet and legal businesses?'
Their article is link bait with one arguably substantive paragraph at the end.