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Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I can give you some good books to read on the subject if you’re interested.

Thank you for the education. If you want to suggest any books please do so, I would honestly be interested in reading more about it.

As far as the other part of your comment, the first thing that jumped in my mind is "Why does it have to be an either/or thing?" One can attack the problem from both ends, and have a better chance of success.

With respect, I honestly believe my approach can affect positive change, it's not either a 0% failure or a 100% success, with nothing in between, as you suggest. I don't believe I'm being naive, it's just I've seen it work effectively in the past, as that article you linked aptly shows, by describing examples of such.

If nothing else, where we're at now is because of apathy. Apathy has proven itself to be not be effective to affect positive change. To advocate for involvement in the system is not a waste of time.

Based on your description, what you advocate for is a positive change. But it seems too micro of a change to really 'move the ball down the field', to borrow a phrase. To be fair though, I know very little about it at this point, so I may end up having to change my mind about that once I'm more educated about it.

Finally, I would challenge you though to not give up on engaging in the current system, if you're willing to think outside of your box, as I am of mine.

Otherwise, apathy will destroy us all.