Why this new Copyright Bill is pointless

If you have not heard by now there is a new copyright bill in the U.S that goes by many names like E-parasite, SOPA, and The Protect IP Act. What this might be become law is that if anyone ever uploads a video with copyrighted material it is considered a federal crime, and the website that video happened to be uploaded on will be taken down. If anyone ever uploads a video with copyrighted material on websites like Youtube, Facebook, or Twitter, well you can say good-bye to them.



This bill is not only pointless, but it is also nothing more then the government's, the media's, and big corporations' attempt at trying to regain the power that they once had. The main reason why this law has as many supporters as it does is because it only benefits the media and corporate entities because we can see different people on the internet use copyright information under fair use, and a lot of people finds those people who use copyrighted material to be a lot more informative because the media or the advertisers are not paying them money to hide certain information from the public.

What about reviews of certain types of mediums? Money is something that many people in society do not want to waste. As a result many people look up videos of what other people thought of what they are going to buy. Reading is not very popular in the general public, so they watch videos instead. What if someone uses video footage of what he/she is reviewing to help illustrate a point and uses the copyrighted footage under fair use? There is nothing wrong with that because after all, that person is not claiming that the footage he/she is using is there's.
Why do we need to watch T.V now, if we have a bunch of average Joes trying to entertain mass audiences? There are many people who find these average Joes more entertaning than anything on T.V. If there is something wrong with media, the people can now expose them for the lies that they might be telling. Using footage from their news reports can help people who don't understand, understand better, and they always tell where they get their sources from to avoid copyright infringement. The internet can help many people be famous, not only do internet entertainers telling their audience where they got their copyright footage from is fair enough, but it also gives the creators free advertisment in the process. I hope that this bill never sees the light of day. In fact there are many people who are also trying to make sure that the new copyright bill never sees the light of day.

Here is a man who can explain how unnesscary this bill is better than I can: