Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans

In which Hank walks around the French Quarter and discusses the freaking sweet internet blackout that resulted in a great number of congresspeople dropping their support for SOPA and PIPA. The internet is coming into its own as a powerful political force, and just in time to face serious threats. Note: All buskers in this video received at least a $5 tip. Posting a video of a busker is a really interesting intellectual property discussion, actually. If I were to take 20 videos of that one man band and create a YouTube channel all about him and then make a bunch of money off of it and not give him any, that would clearly be wrong, but it would not (as far as I can tell) be illegal. He's performing in a public space and I am thus allowed to record him. It's another example of the rule "don't be a dick" being far more important than any law congress can pass on copyright reform. We are entering a brave new world here, thank you for standing up for the internet, helping to defeat SOPA and PIPA, and thinking deeply about these issues. HERE ARE A LOT OF LINKS TO NERDFIGHTASTIC THINGS: Shirts and Stuff: http://dftba.com/artist/30/Vlogbrothers Hank's Music: http://dftba.com/artist/15/Hank-Green John's Books: http://amzn.to/j3LYqo ====================== Hank's Twitter:   / hankgreen   Hank's Facebook:   / hankimon   Hank's tumblr:   / edwardspoonhands   John's Twitter:   / realjohngreen   John's Facebook:   / johngreenfans   John's tumblr:   / fishingboatproceeds   ====================== Other Channels Crash Course:    / crashcourse   SciShow:    / scishow   Gaming:    / hankgames   VidCon:    / vidcon   Hank's Channel:    / hankschannel   Truth or Fail:    / truthorfail   ====================== Nerdfighteria http://effyeahnerdfighters.com/ http://effyeahnerdfighters.com/nftumblrs   / nerdfighters   http://nerdfighteria.info/ A Bunny (\(\ ( - -) ((') (')