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Originally Posted by SirFozzie
Let's say for some reason you upload 10 Michael Jackson videos to YouTube. You are now liable for a five year jail sentence. Which is a year longer then the doctor who was found guilty in Jackson's death!
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Is everybody sure that's not already true? I'm not a fan of SOPA but I also think some of the worst case scenarios are assuming that the federal government will, for the first time ever, exercise its discretion to prosecute 100% of the cases it learns about, and it assumes that every copyright owner of any type will act against every single use of their work worldwide. Which I believe they could already do, SOPA just facilitates it and adds some new enforcement weapons. And gives more power to to the government to do stuff pre-conviction.
I mean, the government could already do some crazy shit, assuming unlimited resources and ambition. Slippery slope arguments can sound desperate.