NEWS: Solons pushes "Anti-Online Piracy Act"

[ghosthunter]

Solons pushes SOPA-like law, imprisonment of two years and minimum Php 50,000 fine
July 19, 2012 By John Nieves Leave a Comment



Buhay Party-list Reps. Irwin C. Tieng and Mariano Michael Velarde are looking to curb online piracy here in the Philippines by introducing tough, anti-piracy measures. House Bill 6187, or the “Anti-Online Piracy Act,” addresses that particular issue by imposing stiff penalties for offenders, which include imprisonment of 2 years plus a fine ranging from P50,000 to P150,000 for first time violators. Second time violators will be slapped with a fine of P150,000 to P300,000 and 3 years imprisonment. For the third and subsequent offenses, the bill shall penalize violators with 5 years imprisonment plus a fine ranging from P300,000 to P1,000,000.

“With the tremendous expansion of the Internet, it has regrettably become a cash-cow for the criminals and organized crime cartels that profit from digital piracy,” Tieng said. ”Regardless how the infringer sees it, piracy is theft of intellectual property and is no more justifiable than shoplifting. The damage done to the entertainment industry and legitimate end users do not outweigh the few advantages that piracy does have,” Tieng stressed.

Everyone recognizes that online piracy is bad, but the stiff fines and penalties are a bit excessive, if you ask us. There’s also the obvious question of how exactly do they plan to implement this? Will they tell ISPs to snoop around their user’s traffic? If that is so, we’re pretty sure that privacy advocates are not going to be happy. We have yet to see the actual wording of the law, so there’s still a lot of un-answered questions at this point.

source: http://www.gadgetsmagazine.com.ph/ne...0000-fine.html

[ghosthunter]

Hay naku.... I just wonder how will they enforce something like this? Another pointless law?

[renzo_d10]

P*tang*na niya is all I can say.

[ghosthunter]

[Monseratto]

Let's see what this guy's wiki resume...

Rep. Irwin Tieng is a second term Representative of the Buhay Partylist. On his first term as legislature, he authored four bills that eventually became laws, to wit: RA 9504, Additional Personal Exemption for each dependent from P8,000 to P25,000; RA 9995, Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act; RA 9640, Lowering Amusement Tax from 30% to 10%; and RA 10088, Anti-Camcording.

Rep. Tieng is an advocate of the protection and promotion of life. He is committed to helping Person’s with Disability (PWD), the entertainment industry and the youth. He is also known for his advocacy against cyber related crimes that incited him for the passage of the law that is now very well-known, i.e. the Anti-Photo and Video Voyeurism Act. Likewise, he has pending bills on Anti-Cyber *** Den Act and Anti-Animal Crush Video and also a co-author of the bill on Cyber Crime Prevention Act.

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[Ry_Tower]

Goodluck sa kanila if they can implement this resourcefully.

[renzo_d10]

Hay. People have so much spare time.