Oh SOPA...
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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."0 -
... too many tabs, yeah!0
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It's amazing the big sites that are protesting...Google...Wikipedia...The Oatmeal (:laugh: )
I signed the Google petition this morning.0 -
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.0 -
It is scary out there.0
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I'm still waiting for Congress to do something the people actually WANT...
hrmph.
You aren't kiddin'. Ahhhhhhh the ridiculousness.0 -
My radio station is blacked out! :sad: However, I'm willing to suffer with lesser stations because I support the effort.0
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Too bad Facebook would not participate, but it's not like they are particularly worried about their user's privacy.0
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Join the strike!
http://sopastrike.com/0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
Too bad Facebook would not participate, but it's not like they are particularly worried about their user's privacy.
So well said...0 -
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
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Welcome to the beginning of the end of the world.0
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I'm thinking the protest would be a lot more effective if the porn sites were blacked out...0
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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.0 -
I'm thinking the protest would be a lot more effective if the porn sites were blacked out...
I love your brain...0 -
...or Zynga to block out Farmville.0
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I have seen black...oh wait, that's not what you meant.I'm thinking the protest would be a lot more effective if the porn sites were blacked out...0 -
...or Zynga to block out Farmville.
No not Farmville or Frontierville. I would lose my reason for living!!!!0 -
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.0
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http://youtu.be/WJIuYgIvKsc
I really like Mike Mozart's video about SOPA. Really something to check out.0 -
and at http://americancensorship.org/Join the strike!
http://sopastrike.com/
I'm starting to think some memebers of congress will do anything to try to make "1984" a reality...0 -
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...0 -
http://youtu.be/WJIuYgIvKsc
I really like Mike Mozart's video about SOPA. Really something to check out.
love it.0 -
Just your friendly neighborhood TTT.0
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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 0 -
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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.0 -
Here's a list of lawmaers that changed their mondsWell 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.
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)*0
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