Oh SOPA...

odusgolp
odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
I'm still waiting for Congress to do something the people actually WANT...

hrmph.
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  • MissO﹠A
    MissO﹠A Posts: 906 Member
    I'm still waiting for Congress to do something the people actually WANT...

    hrmph.

    Aye. Agreed. Useless tw*ts, the lot of them.

    Google's petition:

    https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
    "Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.
    Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.

    The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late."
  • MissO﹠A
    MissO﹠A Posts: 906 Member
    ... too many tabs, yeah!
  • scapez
    scapez Posts: 2,018 Member
    It's amazing the big sites that are protesting...Google...Wikipedia...The Oatmeal (:laugh: )

    I signed the Google petition this morning.
  • maab_connor
    maab_connor Posts: 3,927 Member
    https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173


    explaination for anyone who doesn't know what's goin on - they also make it really easy to email your congresspersons.

    Congress is back in session on Monday, January 23 and they are voting on SOPA on Tuesday, January 24. so on monday - mark your calendar now - CALL the office of your congressperson/persons and TELL them to vote AGAINST internet McCarthyism.
  • Lizzy_Sunflower
    Lizzy_Sunflower Posts: 1,510 Member
    It is scary out there.
  • sinistertitan
    sinistertitan Posts: 603 Member
    I'm still waiting for Congress to do something the people actually WANT...

    hrmph.

    You aren't kiddin'. Ahhhhhhh the ridiculousness.
  • Ge0rgiana
    Ge0rgiana Posts: 1,649 Member
    My radio station is blacked out! :sad: However, I'm willing to suffer with lesser stations because I support the effort.
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
    Too bad Facebook would not participate, but it's not like they are particularly worried about their user's privacy.
  • gillybumbler
    gillybumbler Posts: 136
    Join the strike!
    http://sopastrike.com/
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
    It's amazing the big sites that are protesting...Google...Wikipedia...The Oatmeal (:laugh: )

    I signed the Google petition this morning.

    Yeah, I thought google's was pretty cool.
  • kaytiecakes
    kaytiecakes Posts: 79 Member
    Google should have blacked out completely today. A lot of people are probably ignoring the SOPA thing altogether because they probably think it doesn't apply to them. If google disappeared for a day, I'm sure more people would care.

    Actually, facebook would be a better choice. Even people who aren't really computer literate have facebook accounts. And that would get them to pay attention. But fb would lose money and clearly that's what's important here.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Too bad Facebook would not participate, but it's not like they are particularly worried about their user's privacy.

    So well said...
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    Google should have blacked out completely today. A lot of people are probably ignoring the SOPA thing altogether because they probably think it doesn't apply to them. If google disappeared for a day, I'm sure more people would care.

    Actually, facebook would be a better choice. Even people who aren't really computer literate have facebook accounts. And that would get them to pay attention. But fb would lose money and clearly that's what's important here.

    FB, Google, and so many others... I wish they'd have all blacked out. I could wait until tomorrow to love on you all as much as it would pain me :wink:
  • katyejean
    katyejean Posts: 233 Member
    Welcome to the beginning of the end of the world.
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
    I'm thinking the protest would be a lot more effective if the porn sites were blacked out...
  • jrodx2
    jrodx2 Posts: 203 Member
    Too bad Facebook would not participate, but it's not like they are particularly worried about their user's privacy.

    Agreed! If they blacked out for just a day, imagine how much more exposure this would get? There's so many people that still don't understand what's going on and they could have really used today to educate millions.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I'm thinking the protest would be a lot more effective if the porn sites were blacked out...

    I love your brain...
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
    ...or Zynga to block out Farmville.
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
    I'm thinking the protest would be a lot more effective if the porn sites were blacked out...
    I have seen black...oh wait, that's not what you meant.
  • rammsteinsoldier
    rammsteinsoldier Posts: 1,552 Member
    ...or Zynga to block out Farmville.


    No not Farmville or Frontierville. I would lose my reason for living!!!!
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    I signed the Google petition and already gave my representative an earful on this. The government already has way too much influence and control over things we do every day- we shouldn't sit idly by and let our freedoms be eroded bit by bit.
  • capaxinfiniti
    capaxinfiniti Posts: 367 Member
    http://youtu.be/WJIuYgIvKsc

    I really like Mike Mozart's video about SOPA. Really something to check out.
  • crazychrisr92
    crazychrisr92 Posts: 8
    Join the strike!
    http://sopastrike.com/
    and at http://americancensorship.org/

    I'm starting to think some memebers of congress will do anything to try to make "1984" a reality...
  • teephil
    teephil Posts: 135 Member
    Google should have blacked out completely today. A lot of people are probably ignoring the SOPA thing altogether because they probably think it doesn't apply to them. If google disappeared for a day, I'm sure more people would care.

    Actually, facebook would be a better choice. Even people who aren't really computer literate have facebook accounts. And that would get them to pay attention. But fb would lose money and clearly that's what's important here.

    I love how a lot of these sites are saying they don't want to black out because they'll lose money or inconvenience their users. Uh, what about if this thing passes and your site gets shut down permanently due to copyright violations because you didn't raise awareness? That will be slightly more of an inconvenience...
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    http://youtu.be/WJIuYgIvKsc

    I really like Mike Mozart's video about SOPA. Really something to check out.

    love it.
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
    Just your friendly neighborhood TTT.
  • bgillis7
    bgillis7 Posts: 124
    Tell Congress: Don’t censor the Web

    Fighting online piracy is important. The most effective way to shut down pirate websites is through targeted legislation that cuts off their funding. There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs.


    sign the petition to stop this
    https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

    more info on the matter

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuXNv8fJM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
  • capaxinfiniti
    capaxinfiniti Posts: 367 Member
    http://youtu.be/tT_SwAteJ9M

    Alexis Ohanian

    "Innovate, don't legislate"
  • gillybumbler
    gillybumbler Posts: 136
    Well it looks like we won for now!

    from congress.org:
    Piracy Act Loses Support

    After an unprecedented day of Internet-based lobbying, a proposal to clamp down on online piracy lost support Wednesday.


    The Stop Online Piracy Act and a Senate companion, the Protect IP Act, were criticized by websites such as Wikipedia and Google as being written too broadly.


    Hollywood took a different view, arguing the measure is necessary to stop online pirating of movies, TV shows and other copyrighted material.

    But Silicon Valley appears to have won this round, with several lawmakers backing away from the bill.
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
    Well it looks like we won for now!

    from congress.org:
    Piracy Act Loses Support

    After an unprecedented day of Internet-based lobbying, a proposal to clamp down on online piracy lost support Wednesday.


    The Stop Online Piracy Act and a Senate companion, the Protect IP Act, were criticized by websites such as Wikipedia and Google as being written too broadly.


    Hollywood took a different view, arguing the measure is necessary to stop online pirating of movies, TV shows and other copyrighted material.

    But Silicon Valley appears to have won this round, with several lawmakers backing away from the bill.
    Here's a list of lawmaers that changed their monds

    Roy Blunt (R-MO) *
    John Boozman (R-AR) *
    Scott Brown (R-MA)
    Ben Cardin (D-MD) *
    John Cornyn (R-TX)
    Jim DeMint (R-SC)
    Orrin Hatch (R-UT) *
    James Inhofe (R-OK)
    Mark Kirk (R-IL)
    Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
    Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
    Marco Rubio (R-FL) *
    Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
    David Vitter (R-LA)*
    Tom Coburn (R-OK)
    Pat Toomey (R-PA)
    Mike Johanns (R-NE)
    Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)*
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