New York Systems   Posts tagged #4chan   One problem with a
website like 4chan going “blackout” to protest SOPA  4chan is a
website whose users do actively engage in piracy, knowingly and
willingly, right on the boards. There are weekly threads on the
comics board with links to all that Wednesday’s releases, and
“storytimes” where comics are posted in their entireties for
users to read. The anime boards have been dens of fan-subbing
and distribution for years — illegal under international
copyright law. And so on. 4chan is exactly the sort of website
that SOPA/PIPA is designed to go after, not part of the
collateral damage contingent that Wikipedia or reddit are
arguing would be the result of the legislation.  Now, I
personally don’t think the piracy that occurs on 4chan is a bad
thing. The comic sharing that occurred on /co/ got me interested
in comics, and now I read three a week and have an entire
bookshelf devoted to trade collections — I even bought the
trades to Transmetropolitian after reading the comi