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SOPA Compromise Proposed by Harvard Law Professor

1 pointsby philcoover 13 years ago

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bedigerover 13 years ago
I don't think a compromise on "anti-piracy" is a good idea. I'll illustrate with a small story.<p>Albert and Bertrand, two young boys, run into their mother's kitchen. A single, large cookie lies cooling on the table. Albert says the two boys should split the cookie in half, and each should receive a half.<p>Bertrand demands the entire cookie.<p>Albert and Bertrand's mother comes into the kitchen and settles the argument by splitting the difference: Albert gets one-quarter of the cookie, Bertrand gets three quarters.<p>How fair is that? Relative to Bertrand's demand it's "fair", but it's not fair on any kind of absolute scale. Unless Bertrand makes a case for getting more than his half, it's unfair.<p>Why should a SOPA compromise happen, just because some group asserts "Piracy is a problem" loudly enough and often enough? That's not at all moral.