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- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 01:40:05 -0500 (EST)
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Pro-SOPA Folks Push Fact-Challenged Op-Eds
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Pro-SOPA Folks Push Fact-Challenged Op-Eds
from the at-the-sopa... dept
Tech Dirt
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120129/23343317584/
pro-sopa-folks-push-fact-challenged-op-eds.shtml
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/74hfsod
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It seems that, in the wake of the big protests that helped shelve (for
now, at least) SOPA and PIPA, the pro-SOPA folks have started pushing
people to write op-eds in various publications about how important
SOPA/PIPA are -- while simultaneously dismissing the concerns of those who
opposed the bills. I keep seeing more of them, but wanted to dig into
three recent examples, all of which show how the pro-SOPA folks are trying
to distort the debate through either outright falsehoods, or carefully
misleading statements.
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We'll start with Duff McKagan, the founding bassist for Guns N' Roses. He
wrote a piece for Seatle Weekly telling people to stop whining about SOPA
and PIPA. The logic here doesn't make much sense to me. His argument is
that people should have done big web protests about online infringement,
not about attempts to censor the internet. Now, obviously, he thinks
that's in his own best interests -- but, as we've seen pretty clearly over
the years (and contrary to his claims), these reports of infringement
destroying the entertainment industry is just not supported by the data.
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No, actually, the fury was that it would be bad for internet users --
including, by the way, plenty of musicians. And, again, the evidence that
piracy has "claimed" half the market is simply not there. The recorded
music business was a temporary bubble, but that money continued to flow
(and grow) into the wider music industry. And, the prospect of making a
living as a musician has not decreased -- it's increased. What McKagan
doesn't recognize is that, in the past, nearly everyone who went into the
music business was not as lucky as he was. Nearly all of them ended up
getting pushed out while making next to nothing. Today, however, thanks to
the very "internet businesses" he doesn't care about -- companies like
TuneCore and TopSpin and Kickstarter and Bandcamp -- plenty of new artists
can make a living that they wouldn't have been able to make before. They
don't have to rely on Universal Music or EMI or Warner Music or Sony
Music. They can do it themselves.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Temple University
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