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Originally Posted by halfpint
I see one problem with this, If they block pirate sites from the US People who live in the US wont see their content on the pirate sites anymore but it will still be there sitting on the internet on a server in some other country. It kinda defeats the whole idea of policing your own content.
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The piracy sites are largely supported by advertisers who want US traffic. It will hurt their advertising revenue. By a lot.
When the EU follows it will be goodbye piracy sites that live off advertising.
This law is going through, or one like it. It's to protect proper business like Microsoft and industries like software in the US and US tax revenues. So get used to it. All your crying and moaning counts for nothing. No one's listening to you. Or the mainstream piracy sites. do you think they listen to muggers and bank robbers when they pass a law for mugging and bank robbery? Get real people.
The effect on sites that advertise to get US surfers will be immense.
How will it change the way we live? Well if you don't use other peoples content to make money, or to get something for free that you shouldn't have. Not much. If you do and I suspect many of the anti bill people do. Then it will effect you.
I doubt it will turn the clock back, too much money has been spent to make porn free. Legal free Tube sites like pornhub, which will go legal, will make millions in advertising revenues. Less places to advertise = charge more money.
So maybe sites that advertise on piracy sites will have to spend more. Or will they spend the same in less places?
Manwin could be behind this bill.
