this can affect tasbeha sign this petition on google !!! please !

[Remnkemi]

Ioannes, it's your choice as the author to allow copying and distribution of your book over the internet without your supervision and charging for printing only.  We are not talking about the market value individual songs vs. musical albums and its effect on the artist's lifestyle. This is not the definition of piracy. We are talking about someone who willingly breaks the law by stealing pirated material while businesses and individuals help and see no ethical problem with such violations of the law.

[the_least]

I heard before that the NKJV of the Bible is copyrighted. That would be a big problem :/

[Copticandproud]

People calm down SOPA is not going to pass anyways. The irony is that most of the congressmen are the same people who benefit the most from online piracy no way they are going to restrict it!

[geomike]

People calm down SOPA is not going to pass anyways. The irony is that most of the congressmen are the same people who benefit the most from online piracy no way they are going to restrict it!

How do they benefit from piracy?

[Copticandproud]

Online piracy has a postive impact on the revenues of third party companies, owned by some congressmen. For instance, many companies based on movie characters experiance a huge increase in revenues due to the populariy of movies which are enhanced by pirated movies.

[markmarcos]

the thing is, that their not going to only censor pirated stuff but most of the things on the internet thats why google wikipedia bing all those sights are making a big deal out of this...

[Remnkemi]

Online piracy has a postive impact on the revenues of third party companies, owned by some congressmen. For instance, many companies based on movie characters experiance a huge increase in revenues due to the populariy of movies which are enhanced by pirated movies.

Profiting from illegal pirating or even finding loop holes to benefit from illegal pirating is a symptom of a corrupt society. When greed and money triumph over ethical responsibility, we are "most miserable men".

Markmarocs,
I have a hard time believing that any local, state, federal or international government will pass any form of unlimited censorship power. If any law is passed restricting internet content, it will be based on specific criteria and such censhorship power will be heavily regulated - unlike the internet where there is zero regulation. The internet giants like Google are starting their fear propaganda tactics, hoping people will respond to fear rather than common sense and ethics.

[servant33]

Lol, yeah I do agree that the significance of the bill has been blown up by what Google and Wikipedia did, to the point that many people (including myself) don't really understand the specifics of bill but are mainly supporting it because all the websites we visit seem to be against it.

[Copticandproud]

Online piracy has a postive impact on the revenues of third party companies, owned by some congressmen. For instance, many companies based on movie characters experiance a huge increase in revenues due to the populariy of movies which are enhanced by pirated movies.

Profiting from illegal pirating or even finding loop holes to benefit from illegal pirating is a symptom of a corrupt society. When greed and money triumph over ethical responsibility, we are "most miserable men".

Well, are not most of the people out there are miserable?

[Remnkemi]

Yes, but true Christians are called to a higher standard than the world's standard.

[Copticandproud]

True, but the problem is few can attain the title of a 'true Christian'. What is even worse, is the huge gap between those of that high standerd and everybody else...

[qawe]

True, but the problem is few can attain the title of a 'true Christian'. What is even worse, is the huge gap between those of that high standerd and everybody else...

That doesn't mean we put down our standards.  However we use our wisdom to guide those who are everybody else, in a way that is loving.

Eg I don't think this is a suitable topic to address in church, there are more important things to talk about.

[Copticandproud]

Agreed, there are MANY topics to address at church...

[Remnkemi]

Eg I don't think this is a suitable topic to address in church, there are more important things to talk about.

The topic boils down to tolerance of stealing, applying Christian standards, ethical responsibility, preaching the Gospel through your actions, and not following the world's desire for greed and money. These are not suitable topics to address in church? What then is suitable?

[qawe]

Eg I don't think this is a suitable topic to address in church, there are more important things to talk about.

The topic boils down to tolerance of stealing, applying Christian standards, ethical responsibility, preaching the Gospel through your actions, and not following the world's desire for greed and money. These are not suitable topics to address in church? What then is suitable?

I'm not saying that if asked we should blindly approve such actions, but there are  soooo many other topics that ppl would be more likely to gain spiritual benefit from.
There are cultural reasons as well why telling ppl to spend more money would not go down well. There are other serious (possibly more serious) deficiencies within the congregations which have a far greater chance of making a difference. Have you ever heard a sermon on piracy? I'm arguing for the status quo in this regard.