EPTSTOP "PROTECT IP (S. 968)/SOPA (HR. 3261)" - Page 15
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ilovelings
Argentina776 Posts
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TheRPGAddict
United States1403 Posts
On November 16 2011 00:37 Galaxy613 wrote: If he didn't veto it, I think he would completely fuck himself for re-election even if he did support it. Doubt he wouldn't veto by sheer merit of the upcoming election. This bill has to get through Congress though first. Also the Supreme Court can review it and shut it down. Obama can say things, that doesn't mean he'll follow through with them after he has a nice meeting with some lobbyists to change his mind. *Edit* Which is true with any modern president. | ||
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Hattori_Hanzo
Singapore1229 Posts
How this bill can even be considered a good idea is beyond me. Killing the golden goose to get to the egg. Much of the innovation and wealth was because of the internet and freedom of sharing information. Not the other way around. | ||
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Disastorm
United States922 Posts
These bills are just ridiculous if passed not only will they devastate freedoms but they will damage the already damaged economy. | ||
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Xafnia
Canada874 Posts
Megaupload had some artists (P Diddy, Will.i.am, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West among others) make a promo song for the site; UMG issues a takedown notice on it for copyright infringement, even though it doesn't infringe on it's copyrights: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111209/11491817023/bunch-riaa-label-artists-endorse-megaupload-as-riaa-insists-its-rogue-site.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111209/14234917026/universal-music-issues-questionable-takedown-megaupload-video-that-featured-their-artists.shtml http://torrentfreak.com/universal-censors-megaupload-song-gets-branded-a-rogue-label-111210/ Felt this was relevant to the thread. Edit: The "song", it's so bad it's pretty hilarious. http://www.megavideo.com/?v=NFS30PZO | ||
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DarthGoose
United States14 Posts
SOPA is likely to pass the house committee this Thursday, meaning it is open to a vote at any time. IF it dies in the committee however, it is unlikely it will see the light of day again. Make your calls, spread the word on facebook, twitter, etc. http://americancensorship.org/ Provides form letters and a service to help in calling in to your congressmen. Call in, it takes a few minutes at most and will help save your freedom to view content like TeamLiquid. | ||
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Honeybadger
United States821 Posts
The Pirate Party in sweden is the third largest political party in the nation. Fuck yeah. If the Protect-IP bullshit passes, you know where I'll be moving. | ||
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Pretty Aluminum
United States95 Posts
On November 28 2011 11:41 TheRPGAddict wrote: If he didn't veto it, I think he would completely fuck himself for re-election even if he did support it. Doubt he wouldn't veto by sheer merit of the upcoming election. This bill has to get through Congress though first. Also the Supreme Court can review it and shut it down. For the supreme court to be able to shut it down it has to reach the court which means somebody has to challenge it and it has to get appealed to higher and higher courts. This process would take months if not years and by then our favorite sites would possibly already be shut down. I think its better if everyone just tells their representatives that if this bill passes they will no longer be receiving our vote. That way they will vote it down and we won't have to worry about it anymore. I agree though, that if Obama were to pass this bill he would seal his fate to lose the upcoming election. | ||
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Krejven
Sweden105 Posts
On December 14 2011 06:53 Honeybadger wrote: Yet again, sweden is at the forefront of sensibility. The Pirate Party in sweden is the third largest political party in the nation. Fuck yeah. If the Protect-IP bullshit passes, you know where I'll be moving. Third largest? Nah that aint right my friend  .Edit: They got 0.65% of the votes during the election last year. | ||
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MaYuu
Sweden516 Posts
Maybe that's an analogy the right wing on the other side of the sea understand. | ||
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zeross
France310 Posts
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales ask the community position about this law and said he will maybe take down wikipedia in form of protest. Thats pretty huge i think | ||
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Nizaris
Belgium2230 Posts
On December 14 2011 21:16 zeross wrote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#Request_for_Comment:_SOPA_and_a_strike Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales ask the community position about this law and said he will maybe take down wikipedia in form of protest. Thats pretty huge i think I really hope he does it. Would make Wikipedia so much more awesome. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
Video Makes me feel a little better to see that there's others against this, I'm scared for the internet future of this country now. But the companies are the ones with the $$$ which seems to be the only thing Congress cares about these days  | ||
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Pretty Aluminum
United States95 Posts
On December 15 2011 03:31 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: IDK if this has been posted yet, but I've seen this ad on the TV a few weeks ago: Video Makes me feel a little better to see that there's others against this, I'm scared for the internet future of this country now. But the companies are the ones with the $$$ which seems to be the only thing Congress cares about these days You realize that commercial was for the passing of the bill correct? | ||
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
On December 15 2011 06:53 Pretty Aluminum wrote: Yeah, I was just going to say that. It directly says to support the bills. Of course it's under the usual guise of "they took our jobs".You realize that commercial was for the passing of the bill correct? | ||
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Ryuu314
United States12679 Posts
On December 15 2011 07:11 Ben... wrote: Yeah, I was just going to say that. It directly says to support the bills. Of course it's under the usual guise of "they took our jobs". I don't have the link and I can't really go find it atm, but I think it was Switzerland who stopped a similar law from passing. The committee in Switzerland found that online piracy actually has minimal effect on the income of the music/entertainment industry. I remember it has something to do with that the people who pirate/download stuff online tend to spend more money on games/movies through legal channels in the first place. | ||
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loginn
France815 Posts
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Ben...
Canada3485 Posts
On December 15 2011 07:19 Ryuu314 wrote: I've read about that as well, I think it was a thread here with links to sources.I don't have the link and I can't really go find it atm, but I think it was Switzerland who stopped a similar law from passing. The committee in Switzerland found that online piracy actually has minimal effect on the income of the music/entertainment industry. I remember it has something to do with that the people who pirate/download stuff online tend to spend more money on games/movies through legal channels in the first place. | ||
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llKenZyll
United States853 Posts
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ixi.genocide
United States981 Posts
Thank you for your consideration and I hope you make the right choice (whether that be my choice is up to you and your fellow congressmen to decide). Sincerely, xxxxxxxxxxxx I just sent this to my congressman in regards to the SOPA act. | ||
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