heh... there's a petition on the whitehouse website to investigate Chris Dodd for bribery based off his quote in my previous quote.
Awesome stuff. Man... don't piss off the internet.
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| Author: | Mole [ Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
First of all, if you don't know what I'm talking about go here: http://americancensorship.org/ There's a video further down the page explaining what SOPA and PIPA are. The basic gist of things is copy protection gone crazy. It would give the US government the ability to shut down and sue websites for any form of copyright infringement, even if the content there is user posted and not host posted. Some of the stuff it mentions in the video is crazy, such as the baby video being blammed because of music playing in the background. So theoretically speaking, you'd not be allowed to carry recording equipment down the street in-case you filmed your kids at a park and someone near by, say a shop with in store radio or a car driving past, played some music that is copyright protected. In all honesty - I know I'm taking it to an extreme, but thought I'd post it here and get your thoughts on it? EDIT: For further reading; http://gizmodo.com/5877000/what-is-sopa It is hard to find something that isn't totally biased, but I guess there is a good reason for that. |
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| Author: | Satis [ Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
Yea, the laws were totally screwed up. And the blackout worked. As did all the phone calls, petitions, and everything else. Every presidential candidate voiced their opposition and both laws were "shelved". Yay. I blacked out clankiller.com too... just a black background and a link to ars's explanation of SOPA/PIPA in the header. I didn't actually take down the whole site. *shrug* But I potentially reached 280 visitors (minus whoever came to the forums... I didn't black those out. :p) |
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| Author: | Rinox [ Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
| Author: | Satis [ Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:42 am ] |
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| Author: | Satis [ Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:43 pm ] |
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heh... there's a petition on the whitehouse website to investigate Chris Dodd for bribery based off his quote in my previous quote. Awesome stuff. Man... don't piss off the internet.
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| Author: | Peltz [ Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
Here it is: |
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| Author: | Satis [ Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
When I signed it, it had 8000 signatures (that was Saturday). Currently it's at 23,462. At 25,000, the Whitehouse is supposed to respond. Most likely, it will respond "no comment" or something equally worthless, but just the fact this is making news is a win in and of itself. It's not making the big name news, not yet at least, but there's still plenty of time.
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| Author: | Rinox [ Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
The petition is at almost 30.000 signatures now, so it was succesful.  https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/! ... n=shorturl Some other (international) agreements floating around now that aim to do similar things like SOPA and ACTA though, so the battle is far, far from over. I would even say that it's a losing battle as a consumer. But we gotta voice our dissent regardless. |
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| Author: | Satis [ Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
Well, ACTA was already passed by most countries that matter, but now there's talk about making the signing illegal under the constitution in the US, since Congress didn't approve it. There's some wiggle room for "executive agreements" or some such that the President can sign without Congress approval, but our Constitution specifically mandates that Congress is in charge of treaties or whatever. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/201003 ... 8722.shtml And yes, a bunch of other smaller laws like SOPA are still running rampant elsewhere. BTW, I'm very VERY amused at part of the Polish assembly or whatever coming to session wearing Guy Fawkes masks. Freaking priceless. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/27 ... in_poland/ |
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| Author: | Rinox [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
haha, I wonder if they realize the 'other' significance (4chan-anonymous) of the mask. But cool that they wanted to make a statement against these neofascist attempts to control all information.As Alpha Centauri put it, more than ten years ago already |
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| Author: | Rinox [ Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
Just in: FBI warns that people concerned with their online privacy are "suspect". http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/new ... terrorists http://info.publicintelligence.net/FBI- ... t_Cafe.pdf Yeah...we're slowly going towards a surveillance state. That flyer is batshit insane. Switch out SIM cards? Encrypt pictures and data? Pay cash? SUSPECT! |
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| Author: | Satis [ Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: SOPA and PIPA - Blackout tomorrow |
Oh yea, totally. That's our government for you. Though our nanny surveillance state still doesn't approach the insanity that is Britain. |
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