Before answering my message, make sure you have the mental capacity to understand it. I don’t mean to turn this into an insulting thread but you missed the point entirely. I’ll try to dumb it down so you understand it, since it’s a valid argument which was dismissed due to your inability to read properly.
The number of shady activity on internet is blossoming. Pedophiles have long used the “freedom of speech” value to use internet. Example: all the “child models” websites, or erotica. No, they didn’t “lose their right” “because they broke the law”. That’s the point. Everyone knows it’s kiddy porn in disguise, but they hide behind freedom of speech and it’s legal.
Obviously, affiliate marketing and pedophilia are miles apart in terms of problems. But the point here is that people use the same value, freedom of speech, in a case like this. As if freedom of speech was a supreme right which the government has no right to legislate upon and restrict. Not only do they have a right to, they have a moral obligation to.
The fact is that people that cry about it here invoking freedom of speech do it because it may affect their bottom line. You can criticize the letter of the law, but you can’t criticize its spirit. People deserve legitimate information and not have to wade through millions of websites containing fake reviews about scam products.
I would find your arguement amusing if you didn’t specifically mention this sentence: “Different niches (gaming specifically) have larger problems then most with this, and thats only because the industry is in its infancy and the first people to most always capitalize in new industry? Crooks.”
Thanks for proving my point. Congratulations on admitting we have a problem with misinformation, champ.
@GabrielWilde 211399 wrote:
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Wrong.First, there is no correlation from affiliate marketing to pedophiles, unless you are trying to tell us something? We’ll assume though, for the sake of a “quality” post that there is: Pedophiles lose their right of freedom of speech because they broke the law (and one that should actually be there) This FTC BS is an infringement upon not only our right to freedom of speech, but more importantly an invasion of our privacy, both from personal and business perspectives. All of which Pedophiles lose when they break the law… in case you still might be hanging on to that.
Next, The Affiliate marketing industry isn’t built on lies and deception, corrupt people use the system dis-honestly. Different niches (gaming specifically) have larger problems then most with this, and thats only because the industry is in its infancy and the first people to most always capitalize in new industry? Crooks. This will change.
Please; if you are going to have an opinion, especially one that you feel the need to voice, at least take the time to understand the implications that a ruling such as this has. These small usurps in power and control that governments continually try and make is not to “help” — *remove wool from eyes*
~G.Wilde