Beiber's cover songs on the Internet aren't illegal because of PIPA, they're illegal because of the current broken copyright system.
Unless Bieber got authorization from the rights holders, which is (I'm guessing) both impossible and something no 8 or 9 year old would try properly. (see also: this Wired article on the issue: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/05/opinion-baio-criminal... )
In one way the PIPA protests were a resounding success. In another way, copyright laws in the US - regardless of PIPA - need some serious looking into.
When birthday parties everywhere violates copyright law (by singing the canonical Happy Birthday song), and face potentially large fines because of it, something's broken.
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Beiber's cover songs on the Internet aren't illegal because of PIPA, they're illegal because of the current broken copyright system.
Unless Bieber got authorization from the rights holders, which is (I'm guessing) both impossible and something no 8 or 9 year old would try properly. (see also: this Wired article on the issue: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/05/opinion-baio-criminal... )
In one way the PIPA protests were a resounding success. In another way, copyright laws in the US - regardless of PIPA - need some serious looking into.
When birthday parties everywhere violates copyright law (by singing the canonical Happy Birthday song), and face potentially large fines because of it, something's broken.