To this day I remember my ex's /. account password, and I logged in once a while ago to see if he changed it. He didn't.

I am only saying that it will change dramatically and become a different place. Not simply be blocked. It is foolish, imo, to think it will be completely unaffected.

Whether or not they experience it doesn't affect my argument. Just reminding the reader that circumstances like that have and will arise whether they know it or not. You taking it too literally is a lack of proper judgement on interpretation, and is your own fault.

The biggest thing is, if that law was in place before Youtube had been created, then Youtube would probably not be around today. What you're saying is too Utopian. Of course Youtube will be affected. Have you ever tried to watch a Youtube video, only to find the link was dead and replaced with "This video was taken down due to copyright infringement'? Besides torrenting sites, Youtube users are one of the biggest abusers of copyright infringement. After this law gets in place, companies wont expect to have to look through the piles of videos to make sure that they're videos or songs aren't being used without permission. AND there will be some sort of delay in place anytime someone posts a video, being as Youtube will have to sift through hundreds of videos that are uploaded every minute.

What you're saying just seems downright naive. (Not trolling.) If the user base was large enough to be downright appalled, then that should scare lawmakers NOW. Not after the fact.

Users should be responsible for their own actions, not the enabling institution or service. Installing a gatekeeper on sites like Youtube totally ruins the exchange that happens on there every single day, connecting countless people together without restraint. And what about all of the videos that are already uploaded? Do they have to sift through every single video to make sure it's 'kosher'?

Of course I wouldn't risk MY computer or MY work computer. I would just use the separate box I have set up for these sorts of situations that may lead to malicious behavior. More and more people have extra computers just laying around for this type of thing, right? It's 2011!

Sexual promiscuousness and speaking are both alright when done responsibly. I'm just reminding /. that there is a female population around here and therefore a female perspective to things, too.

Open devices are like a guy with an open mouth, convenient but they have their own risks.
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For one thing, it is illegal for an ISP to arbitrarily block content. Also, it is not in the interest of an ISP because more content increases demand for their service. The more demand, the more they can charge for it.

The main topic of concern is priority access. And in the end it comes down to two things.

1) There will be an incentive to keep bandwidth as it is and offer a premium service to websites willing to pay for more. Not only is blocking content illegal, but it would actually hurt internet providers to offer a lower quality service to their customers.

2) The only reason why websites would pay for a premium service for their content is if there was a noticeable improvement. Which means a noticeable lower quality of service for other websites.

And when it comes to the internet, no one can truly predict the future.

This is why George W. Bush served two terms.

We should let it simultaneously exist as funny and not exist as funny.

Anytime you're dealing with intellectual property laws there is also a bit of gray area that can ultimately turn into a slippery-slope. Where does the regulation stop?

This is more on par with what should be happening:

Twitter *is* the poor man's Facebook. Whenever I introduce Twitter to people and they ask me what it is--I reply, "It basically only gives you the option of making status updates like Facebook, and that's pretty much it."

Twitter is a bit more professional for updating coworkers, relatives, friends, and generally everyone by the single fact that you're also not able to look at last weekend's crazy drunk fest. I don't understand why Facebook would want to take over Twitter, except for the fact of spreading around more ownership and advertisements.

"With great power comes great responsibility." With more regulation at their own discretion, maybe it doesn't seem like such a bad idea after all.