* He doesn't like the fact that SOPA doesn't defend the interests of non-US based authors, while at the same time deals with non-US infringers. That is, you can infringe the rights of non-Americans everywhere but American's interests must be obeyed everywhere.
* BSA didn't even talk with their members before stating their position.
* SOPA opens a way for lawyers to sue the hell out of every website.
* He doesn't defend pirates, but he would become one if the only way to acquire music and movies were to buy CD/DVD.
He quotes someone: "There's a movie in the torrents. If I download it, I'm a criminal, if not -- I'm an idiot." Laws like SOPA divide the world into criminals and idiots.
He then goes on to say that the old way of distributing things ("the age of vinyl records") is dying and defending businesses that try to keep their current business models ("dinosaurs with nut-sized brains") with SOPA-like laws is akin to taxing email in favor of postal services, pricing Skype calls at the level of long-distance phone calls, etc.
He's position is:
1. Kill SOPA.
2. Retire dinosaurs.
3. Distribute content using new ways:
- Low quality -- for free.
- Medium quality -- cheap and fast.
- High (professional) quality -- expensive.
Finally, he says that his antivirus is not a product, it's a service that provides antiviral base updates, and he doesn't care how a user acquires his software.
* He doesn't like the fact that SOPA doesn't defend the interests of non-US based authors, while at the same time deals with non-US infringers. That is, you can infringe the rights of non-Americans everywhere but American's interests must be obeyed everywhere.
* BSA didn't even talk with their members before stating their position.
* SOPA opens a way for lawyers to sue the hell out of every website.
* He doesn't defend pirates, but he would become one if the only way to acquire music and movies were to buy CD/DVD.
He quotes someone: "There's a movie in the torrents. If I download it, I'm a criminal, if not -- I'm an idiot." Laws like SOPA divide the world into criminals and idiots.
He then goes on to say that the old way of distributing things ("the age of vinyl records") is dying and defending businesses that try to keep their current business models ("dinosaurs with nut-sized brains") with SOPA-like laws is akin to taxing email in favor of postal services, pricing Skype calls at the level of long-distance phone calls, etc.
He's position is:
1. Kill SOPA.
2. Retire dinosaurs.
3. Distribute content using new ways:
- Low quality -- for free.
- Medium quality -- cheap and fast.
- High (professional) quality -- expensive.
Finally, he says that his antivirus is not a product, it's a service that provides antiviral base updates, and he doesn't care how a user acquires his software.