Originally Posted by joshgirls

its my opinion that the social media sites oppose this because they will have to police their sites for copyright in a much more significant way. & doing so will cost them big money, & concurrent loss of profit. I dont see anything altruistic in their intentions, given they don't give a flying fuck about copyright until they get a DMCA.

i know players like the EFF, & the inventors of the internet, dont have money as an angle. i have difficulty with arguments about the abuse of the law, all of the fears about censorship & ending the free web is speculation to me, sort of like stating traffic laws prevent the free flow of traffic.

the law seems to be responding to pressure however, since hollywood wanted this attached to some end-of-year business with no debate.