The Bill:
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2010/09/CombatingOnlineInfringementAndCounterfeitsAct1.pdf
Commentary:
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100920/12460811083/us-senators-propose-bill-to-censor-any-sites-the-justice-depatement-declares-pirate-sites-worldwide.shtml
So I'm torn. On the one hand I'm a pirate. I like pirating things occasionally, although I pay for a majority of things that I support. I like shared information, and much of my inspiration comes from it. I also have grown up loving characters like luffy, jack sparrow and patchy the pirate (at first for free and later paid for). The author of the commentary makes a valid point on hollywood, if it is true. On the other hand, as an inventor I wouldn't want people ripping my inventions off. I also do want to get rich so I can rule the world/colonize another planet/become Papa Abram (a play off of mother teresa though I don't nessecarily need to be rich for this). Choose one, either way copyrights have their uses.
What's your opinion? I personally want to travel the world to invent invent and help people develop their own technology, so while I wouldn't want people to just steal my product exactly, I wouldn't mind "Nike knock-offs;" how could I help others help themselves otherwise?
ARRRRRR! Look at that manly pirate beard.
P.S.
If anyone is interested in knowing how my gap year travel plans are going today or tomorrow I will be booking flights. While I can't guarantee the same pricing, I will be traveling to about 10 countries over the course of about 8 months for approximately $3000s. If anyone know how expensive flights are these days he would realize the amazingly cheapness of these deals.
I got help from this site: http://www.roundtheworldflights.com/. They were pretty amazing, in case anyone needs a similar site.
Also, just for anyone who goes to college, this link curtesy of kevin wu's facebook: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200911/intelligence-the-evolution-night-owls
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