PSA : SOPA, And Why It Affects Us All...

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kapeluza
kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
WTF is SOPA?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuXNv8fJM&list=UUy1Ms_5qBTawC-k7PVjHXKQ&feature=plcp


The Definitive Post On Why SOPA And Protect IP Are Bad, Bad Ideas.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111122/04254316872/definitive-post-why-sopa-protect-ip-are-bad-bad-ideas.shtml

Reddit topics on SOPA.
http://www.reddit.com/r/sopa

Non-US petition to stop SOPA.

http://americancensorship.org/

Universal Censors Megaupload Song, Gets Branded a “Rogue Label” article.
http://torrentfreak.com/universal-censors-megaupload-song-gets-branded-a-rogue-label-111210/

E-mail your state's representative in congress.
http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=53

A world wide petition to "save the internet" and various other information on SOPA.
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet

An article on the delayed SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act).
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/sopa-vote-delayed/

An article on our freedom of speech and the affects of SOPA.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/free-speechs-weak-links-under-internet-blacklist-bills



"Free Speech's Weak Links Under Internet Blacklist Bills

The Internet Blacklist bills — the House’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate’s PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) — would have a disastrous effect on online freedom of speech. In order to understand the ways a site placed on the blacklist could be denied a chance to connect with an audience, we’ve used our Free Speech is Only as Strong as the Weakest Link chart.

PLATFORMS & WEBHOST

The Internet Blacklist bills would subject non-domestic platforms and webhosts to the possibility of court injunctions that could require to payment interruptions or even DNS blocking in the U.S. Preparing for and responding to this legal action would be expensive, and would create an incentive for those platforms to impose more restrictions on user uploads. Further, platforms that haven't yet been developed will have more difficulty getting off the ground without a legal team.

PAYMENT

The Internet Blacklist Legislation would allow the U.S. government and individual rights holders to seek court orders requiring payment processors and ad networks to stop doing business with blacklisted sites – even if those sites contain non-infringing content.

DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM

The Internet Blacklist Legislation would require service providers to limit access to a blacklist of sites that the attorney general or a court has deemed to be infringing. PIPA explicitly mentions DNS blocking as the technique to block sites. The latest version of SOPA requires only “the least burdensome, technically feasible, and reasonable means designed to prevent access by its subscribers located within the United States to the foreign infringing site that is subject to the order” but also that “Such actions shall be taken as expeditiously as possible." But, realistically, the consensus is that DNS blocking, in spite of its tendency to fracture the Internet geographically, is the technique ISPs are most likely to use.

SEARCH

Under the Internet Blacklist Legislation search engines would be required to remove blacklisted sites from their results. PIPA uses the term "information location tools", which refers to section 512(d) of the DMCA. SOPA refers to "Internet search engines", and requires them to "prevent the serving, in response to a query, of a direct hypertext link" to a blacklisted site."


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THEN READ BELOW:

TL;DR - Many sites will get blocked and it's even possible sections of this site may get blocked, even the off-topic section given the description of SOPA. If you like posting pictures of ponies then vote against SOPA.
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  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
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  • Fuuuuck this. Bump.
  • Nitachi
    Nitachi Posts: 142
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    Spend the whole day signing petitions and changing my profile pics on all the forums, seriously is this *kitten* as bad as they say it is? I'm not even an American and you guys got me all stoked up
  • DreamLittleDarling
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  • capaxinfiniti
    capaxinfiniti Posts: 367 Member
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    bump! I will keep bumping all day if I have to!

    I was on wikipedia when it blacked out on me!!
  • capaxinfiniti
    capaxinfiniti Posts: 367 Member
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    http://youtu.be/WJIuYgIvKsc


    I like Mike Mozart's video on SOPA! You all should watch this!!!!
  • 1a1a
    1a1a Posts: 761 Member
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    Could I have a reader digest version please?

    (Based in Australia so hands are tied but watching with interest, good luck fighting the good fight).
  • I_give_it_2_u_str8
    I_give_it_2_u_str8 Posts: 680 Member
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    was nothing learned from the napster ordeal?

    there are alot of naive people in this world..
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
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    FYI - They are talking about rewriting the part that will remove DNS filtering in the bill. This is a small victory.

    Ask GoDaddy how important is this topic. Wikipedia is shutting down for a day in protest. I'd love to see Facebook do the same.
  • capaxinfiniti
    capaxinfiniti Posts: 367 Member
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    FYI - They are talking about rewriting the part that will block DNS filtering. This is a small victory.

    Ask GoDaddy how important is this topic. Wikipedia is shutting down for a day in protest. I'd love to see Facebook do the same.

    There are tons of sites doing it! Heck! Even 4chan is blacking themselves out (not fully, just the stuff they say)
  • Shizzman
    Shizzman Posts: 527 Member
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    If you like the internet just say no to SOPA/PIPA! Also probably should let your elected officials know your feelings on the matter
  • chunkiedunker
    chunkiedunker Posts: 144 Member
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    FYI about wikipedia. if you really need to use wikipedia today you just have to hit escape key at the exact time that the blackout shows up.
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
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    A friend just shared this with me, too.

    https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
  • capaxinfiniti
    capaxinfiniti Posts: 367 Member
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    LOL! If you search SOPA and PIPA on wikipedia. They don't black those out.

    Well played.
  • _binary_jester_
    _binary_jester_ Posts: 2,132 Member
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    Imgur is down in protest. This makes me happy but damn...no pic links.
  • violetness
    violetness Posts: 131 Member
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    Readers Digest Version for the one who requested it: SOPA is BAD. It will take away our freedom of speech and commerce on the web, allow monopolies to form and put big business even more in control of our every day lives.