It's become really clear that a lot of people don't understand the implications of this bill. Coupled with ACTA, and royalty negotiations and other things being pushed through by the likes of the RIAA and MPAA the end result is to shut down services like Last.fm and Pandora.
People assume that that this bill is only about stopping people from downloading mp3s. It has implications for much more. The public domain and fair use are things that benefit everyone and allowing this bill to pass will make it illegal to do a lot of things that artists, content creators, teachers, photographers, students and librarians do everyday by letting large organizations set the rules and have them enforced by various federal enforcement agencies.
As a content creator that has nothing to do with the recording industry, I already have and can enforce copyright violations for my content through Creative Commons. I don't need this bill.
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