SOPA Blackout

[Back Door Skip]

Any of you all following this?



http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...t-why-sopa-protect-ip-are-bad-bad-ideas.shtml



http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/

 

[RobbieD_PL]

wikipedia is blacking out its site for 24 hours to protest the legislation, and how it will pretty much destroy fair-use and the ability to publish any sensitive material to corporations/governments. It won't just affect the US since it will force Internet Search Engines to remove sites SUSPECTED of containing at least one page of material from their search registries worldwide.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

This country is so ******* stupid. It's much worse now than it ever was under Bush, which was worse under Clinton, and so forth, and it's only getting worse. I'm seriously considering leaving.

 

[Jaboldinho]

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
-Benjamin Franklin

First came across this quote after Poker's Black Friday. Thought it was well-fitting here as well.

 

[Mint]

It's just Governments trying to interfere in anything and everything.

 

[Mandieta6]

If your country ruins the internet I'll totally pull a Bin-Laden on you.

 

[Sir Calumn]

I dont get what's so bad about this legislation? Seems like combatting online piracy is a good thing to me, it's ridiculous how widespread it is. Of course, I havent actually read the legislation.

Shifty if you want I am happy to swap passports!

 

[Pogba4Now]

To get around the Wikipedia blackout, just press Esc before the page finishes loading. Easy!

 

[leungtl]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/

 

[Back Door Skip]

Here's a petition against it.



https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

 

[fenton]

lets just think about what might happen if this legislation does get passed... maybe it might spur creativity? we might find new things? i know it's bad, but every cloud has a silver lining

 

[RobbieD_PL]

I wonder about the ramifications for us editing our beloved soccer games. What about us editing FIFA/PES? EA/Konami could shut down the whole of SG just for sections where we talk about making programs/mods to edit the game.

 

[Mint]

It could basically shut down any and every Forum about anything where that coild be content that is copyright infringement.

 

[RobbieD_PL]

Then Peter Moore would really p*ss on our faces. Not to mention what crazyness the Japanese salarymen from Konami would do.

 

[Mint]

It would be crappy as hell man, i doubt it will happen ive heard loads of hackers have threatened to cause absolute cranage if it does.

 

[RobbieD_PL]

Starting with Anonymous?

 

[Mint]

Something like that, i cant see it getting passed anytime soon though.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Shifty if you want I am happy to swap passports!

If this was possible I would totally do it.

 

[RobbieD_PL]

Canada?

 

[ShiftyPowers]

I think Australia would be the best, but also one of the least likely.