Hairbautt
06-04-2009, 08:26 PM
The Web's Most Controversial Web Sites
Jun 4th 2009 at 2:01PM
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/picture.php?albumid=25&pictureid=2116"Where free speech once saw a debate over "clear and present danger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio)," the Internet has given us a new ethical conundrum between what constitutes free speech and what's just plain dangerous (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=3882520). We at Switched[.com] put our heads together to come up with the most controversial -- not hateful, not absurd, not out-of-left-field, but conversation-starting -- Web sites around. Our discovery? There are a lot of dopes out there with bad ideas. But hey, this is America. You have the right to be stupid."
Featured as #6 in their web-based slideshow, ThePirateBay.org, SurfTheChannel.com, and even YouTube.com are listed as "site(s) in question" for their continuous struggle in balancing fair-use and intellectual copyrights.
Switched.com's ultimate stance: "These sites have forced corporations like Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/), iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/) and Netflix (http://www.netflix.com/MemberHome) to come up with better ways of making money. The pros and cons of file-sharing have been analyzed in greater depth than here (http://www.mredkj.com/other/sharing.html), but the bottom line is file-sharing gives you viruses (http://www.switched.com/2009/05/14/ways-technology-threatens-your-privacy-3/). There are so many better alternatives (http://www.switched.com/2007/10/10/artists-ditching-record-labels-offering-music-for-frees/), so we feel like these will evolve on their own."
Of course with business leaders such as Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton--who has recently condemned the Internet as a corrupt means of instant gratification--and with continuous onslaughts of copyright infringement accusations, are media industries really up to the task of evolving into newer and more non-traditional markets?
:view: View: Switched.com's The Web's Most Controversial Web Sites (http://www.switched.com/2009/06/04/the-webs-most-controversial-web-sites-7/)
:view: View: Sony Pictures CEO hates the Internet (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-news-section-95/t-sony-pictures-ceo-hates-internet-351163)
Jun 4th 2009 at 2:01PM
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/picture.php?albumid=25&pictureid=2116"Where free speech once saw a debate over "clear and present danger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio)," the Internet has given us a new ethical conundrum between what constitutes free speech and what's just plain dangerous (http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=3882520). We at Switched[.com] put our heads together to come up with the most controversial -- not hateful, not absurd, not out-of-left-field, but conversation-starting -- Web sites around. Our discovery? There are a lot of dopes out there with bad ideas. But hey, this is America. You have the right to be stupid."
Featured as #6 in their web-based slideshow, ThePirateBay.org, SurfTheChannel.com, and even YouTube.com are listed as "site(s) in question" for their continuous struggle in balancing fair-use and intellectual copyrights.
Switched.com's ultimate stance: "These sites have forced corporations like Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/), iTunes (http://www.apple.com/itunes/) and Netflix (http://www.netflix.com/MemberHome) to come up with better ways of making money. The pros and cons of file-sharing have been analyzed in greater depth than here (http://www.mredkj.com/other/sharing.html), but the bottom line is file-sharing gives you viruses (http://www.switched.com/2009/05/14/ways-technology-threatens-your-privacy-3/). There are so many better alternatives (http://www.switched.com/2007/10/10/artists-ditching-record-labels-offering-music-for-frees/), so we feel like these will evolve on their own."
Of course with business leaders such as Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton--who has recently condemned the Internet as a corrupt means of instant gratification--and with continuous onslaughts of copyright infringement accusations, are media industries really up to the task of evolving into newer and more non-traditional markets?
:view: View: Switched.com's The Web's Most Controversial Web Sites (http://www.switched.com/2009/06/04/the-webs-most-controversial-web-sites-7/)
:view: View: Sony Pictures CEO hates the Internet (http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-news-section-95/t-sony-pictures-ceo-hates-internet-351163)