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Cirn9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1117 Posts
December 31 2011 01:35 GMT
#1641
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-largest-game-companies-in-the-world-have-dropped-their-support-for-a-bill-the-internet-hates-2011-12

Its great wen companies say they remove their support, but if only that withdrew all their money they already gave.



And ya, I heard about that godaddy bs with them not allowing, creating issues etc so people couldn't move domains. I hope someone breaks their balls over that
Unprotected sex is like fast expanding in close positions. Its risky, but feels great when it works out
genesis_crimsonheart
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States81 Posts
January 04 2012 00:58 GMT
#1642
Hey, i was sent here after trying to start my own conversation about the same subject :/ I personally think this is terrible, because the US government pretty much owns the internet and it can control what we read and pretty much end the whole internet.
Infinite in mystery is the gift of the Goddess.
FallDownMarigold
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States3710 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 17:29:07
January 04 2012 17:27 GMT
#1643
This won't happen. Why? The blowback would be... very damaging to the entire integrity of the internet (whatever that means), and would send everyone into a frenzy (including big sites likes Facebook, Amazon). Surely legislators realize this.. no? Or would something like this just pass, piss people off for a couple days, then remain -- somehow I doubt it'd be that calm
Hikari
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
1914 Posts
January 04 2012 17:56 GMT
#1644
I do not live in America, but was shocked to see search results in Google omitted for a DMCA complaint a while back.
Why do I have to live by the rules and standards of the American government?

I do not want to not be able to use facebook, mediafire, etc because SOPA decided to take down those sites.
BronzeKnee
Profile Joined March 2011
United States5225 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 18:10:27
January 04 2012 18:05 GMT
#1645
On January 05 2012 02:27 FallDownMarigold wrote:
This won't happen. Why? The blowback would be... very damaging to the entire integrity of the internet (whatever that means), and would send everyone into a frenzy (including big sites likes Facebook, Amazon). Surely legislators realize this.. no? Or would something like this just pass, piss people off for a couple days, then remain -- somehow I doubt it'd be that calm


But if you are a shareholder of a major corporation you would love this to happen. You take down Facebook and put up... Headbook a corporate sponsored website filled with advertisements that is regularly policed to stifle people from posting copyrighted information or anything else that the corporation doesn't want to see on it's website. And you can even transfer your Facebook account directly to Headbook for free!

And if the corporation sees a new website they don't like or anything that might compete with their website, they post copy righted information on said website and shut it down! Thus, only massive corporations with the money to police their website regularly can create a webpage on the internet. Don't think that is fair? Then don't allow copyrighted information on your website!

We have become so use to freedom in the free world, that we forget it can be taken away. We have to fight for it.
MrTortoise
Profile Joined January 2011
1388 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-04 18:17:46
January 04 2012 18:16 GMT
#1646
If it passes people will just start using other protocols and infrastructures that already exist adn arnt covered by the legislation.

People dont seem to get the history of the internet and how it started because there lies the answer to how it will evolve.

It was built by people donating bandwidth and machines. It is being killed by companies and idiots that think companies deserve protection when they are trying to protect obsolete *physical* supply lines and infrastructures through legislation.

Yes it will change the internet drastically but the beauty of the internet is that it is just a delivery mechanism. Many more are possible but because of the way law works new ones will evolve faster than law can keep up (which is how things got to the stage they have done today).

I hope sopa fails. But if it succeeds what will follow will not be so bad. You will just stop using the afflicted infrastructures and move onto others but with more awareness about how governments will fuck with them ... as a result everything will be distributed and encrypted. normal innocent people will be using the technology that previously was reserved for peados and criminals massively increasing the noise level.

TBH its about time all this stuff was rewritten anyway. Its about 30 years old now and is barley fit for use.

There is no reason that all the stuff that people think is the internet cannot run on top of radically different mechanisms. Granted it woudl be a hack, but who cares when you save 30 years of data.
Apom
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
France656 Posts
January 04 2012 19:32 GMT
#1647
On January 05 2012 03:16 MrTortoise wrote:
If it passes people will just start using other protocols and infrastructures that already exist adn arnt covered by the legislation.

People dont seem to get the history of the internet and how it started because there lies the answer to how it will evolve.

It was built by people donating bandwidth and machines. It is being killed by companies and idiots that think companies deserve protection when they are trying to protect obsolete *physical* supply lines and infrastructures through legislation.

Yes it will change the internet drastically but the beauty of the internet is that it is just a delivery mechanism. Many more are possible but because of the way law works new ones will evolve faster than law can keep up (which is how things got to the stage they have done today).

I hope sopa fails. But if it succeeds what will follow will not be so bad. You will just stop using the afflicted infrastructures and move onto others but with more awareness about how governments will fuck with them ... as a result everything will be distributed and encrypted. normal innocent people will be using the technology that previously was reserved for peados and criminals massively increasing the noise level.

TBH its about time all this stuff was rewritten anyway. Its about 30 years old now and is barley fit for use.

There is no reason that all the stuff that people think is the internet cannot run on top of radically different mechanisms. Granted it woudl be a hack, but who cares when you save 30 years of data.

It will be interesting to see how your rewritten, encrypted internet will reach the consumer when ISPs are forced to block it. Or maybe part of the rewriting includes rewiring millions of homes ?
Roflhaxx
Profile Joined April 2010
Korea (South)1244 Posts
January 04 2012 20:23 GMT
#1648
On January 05 2012 04:32 Apom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2012 03:16 MrTortoise wrote:
If it passes people will just start using other protocols and infrastructures that already exist adn arnt covered by the legislation.

People dont seem to get the history of the internet and how it started because there lies the answer to how it will evolve.

It was built by people donating bandwidth and machines. It is being killed by companies and idiots that think companies deserve protection when they are trying to protect obsolete *physical* supply lines and infrastructures through legislation.

Yes it will change the internet drastically but the beauty of the internet is that it is just a delivery mechanism. Many more are possible but because of the way law works new ones will evolve faster than law can keep up (which is how things got to the stage they have done today).

I hope sopa fails. But if it succeeds what will follow will not be so bad. You will just stop using the afflicted infrastructures and move onto others but with more awareness about how governments will fuck with them ... as a result everything will be distributed and encrypted. normal innocent people will be using the technology that previously was reserved for peados and criminals massively increasing the noise level.

TBH its about time all this stuff was rewritten anyway. Its about 30 years old now and is barley fit for use.

There is no reason that all the stuff that people think is the internet cannot run on top of radically different mechanisms. Granted it woudl be a hack, but who cares when you save 30 years of data.

It will be interesting to see how your rewritten, encrypted internet will reach the consumer when ISPs are forced to block it. Or maybe part of the rewriting includes rewiring millions of homes ?

and replacing millions of cables all across the world.
A game where the first thing you do is scout with a “worker”. Does that make any sense? Who scouts with a “worker”? That’s like sending out the janitor to perform recon, what general would do that? Retarded game.
Myles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5162 Posts
January 04 2012 20:24 GMT
#1649
On January 05 2012 04:32 Apom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2012 03:16 MrTortoise wrote:
If it passes people will just start using other protocols and infrastructures that already exist adn arnt covered by the legislation.

People dont seem to get the history of the internet and how it started because there lies the answer to how it will evolve.

It was built by people donating bandwidth and machines. It is being killed by companies and idiots that think companies deserve protection when they are trying to protect obsolete *physical* supply lines and infrastructures through legislation.

Yes it will change the internet drastically but the beauty of the internet is that it is just a delivery mechanism. Many more are possible but because of the way law works new ones will evolve faster than law can keep up (which is how things got to the stage they have done today).

I hope sopa fails. But if it succeeds what will follow will not be so bad. You will just stop using the afflicted infrastructures and move onto others but with more awareness about how governments will fuck with them ... as a result everything will be distributed and encrypted. normal innocent people will be using the technology that previously was reserved for peados and criminals massively increasing the noise level.

TBH its about time all this stuff was rewritten anyway. Its about 30 years old now and is barley fit for use.

There is no reason that all the stuff that people think is the internet cannot run on top of radically different mechanisms. Granted it woudl be a hack, but who cares when you save 30 years of data.

It will be interesting to see how your rewritten, encrypted internet will reach the consumer when ISPs are forced to block it. Or maybe part of the rewriting includes rewiring millions of homes ?

From what I understand, they don't actually block anything. The ISP won't take you there using DNS, but you can use the IP address.
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MasterBlasterCaster
Profile Joined October 2011
United States568 Posts
January 04 2012 21:52 GMT
#1650
This seems like blaming the bars for bar fights...

Or fining car companies for drunk driving...

Fuzzing bullsnack laws need to go away.
snakeeyez
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1231 Posts
January 04 2012 23:35 GMT
#1651
This bill is really just a symbol of politicians and our whole political system in general. The 2 party system and more specifically the policiticans no longer represent we the people. They represent big business and their own pocket pockets it gets worse as time goes on and originally it was never this bad. The big movie and music organizations knew they can not stop piracy so they make congress propose this new legislation so they can just outlaw it. Every single time they propose something outrageous like this big business wants it suddenly becomes our problem to try some huge movement to show them its stupid. Its their job to not do stuff like this not mine to tell them I already have a job to do.
ILoveAustralia
Profile Joined October 2011
Bangladesh104 Posts
January 04 2012 23:41 GMT
#1652
So we all ask it to be stop? Why dont we find an alternate solution to stop illegal download content such as music,software,games etc.. Then give it to the company... then wouldn't we all be happy?

O wait, why would we want that.. STOPPP SOPA!!!
Apom
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
France656 Posts
January 04 2012 23:55 GMT
#1653
On January 05 2012 05:24 Myles wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2012 04:32 Apom wrote:
On January 05 2012 03:16 MrTortoise wrote:
If it passes people will just start using other protocols and infrastructures that already exist adn arnt covered by the legislation.

People dont seem to get the history of the internet and how it started because there lies the answer to how it will evolve.

It was built by people donating bandwidth and machines. It is being killed by companies and idiots that think companies deserve protection when they are trying to protect obsolete *physical* supply lines and infrastructures through legislation.

Yes it will change the internet drastically but the beauty of the internet is that it is just a delivery mechanism. Many more are possible but because of the way law works new ones will evolve faster than law can keep up (which is how things got to the stage they have done today).

I hope sopa fails. But if it succeeds what will follow will not be so bad. You will just stop using the afflicted infrastructures and move onto others but with more awareness about how governments will fuck with them ... as a result everything will be distributed and encrypted. normal innocent people will be using the technology that previously was reserved for peados and criminals massively increasing the noise level.

TBH its about time all this stuff was rewritten anyway. Its about 30 years old now and is barley fit for use.

There is no reason that all the stuff that people think is the internet cannot run on top of radically different mechanisms. Granted it woudl be a hack, but who cares when you save 30 years of data.

It will be interesting to see how your rewritten, encrypted internet will reach the consumer when ISPs are forced to block it. Or maybe part of the rewriting includes rewiring millions of homes ?

From what I understand, they don't actually block anything. The ISP won't take you there using DNS, but you can use the IP address.

I did not adress SOPA specifically, as the poster I responded to did not either.
Insomni7
Profile Joined June 2011
667 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-05 00:02:01
January 05 2012 00:00 GMT
#1654
On January 05 2012 02:27 FallDownMarigold wrote:
This won't happen. Why? The blowback would be... very damaging to the entire integrity of the internet (whatever that means), and would send everyone into a frenzy (including big sites likes Facebook, Amazon). Surely legislators realize this.. no? Or would something like this just pass, piss people off for a couple days, then remain -- somehow I doubt it'd be that calm

The full effect of SOPA would probably not be felt immediately. Noone is gonna take down Youtube, at least not on the first day. The real danger is the slow encroachment on internet freedom over time. That is what is really scary about SOPA, however it is used this year, it will be used a little more forcefully the following year and the year after that as new corporate powers push the law further and further. We may not even realize how quickly the internet would change on us.
Never Forget.
Myles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5162 Posts
January 05 2012 00:28 GMT
#1655
On January 05 2012 08:55 Apom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2012 05:24 Myles wrote:
On January 05 2012 04:32 Apom wrote:
On January 05 2012 03:16 MrTortoise wrote:
If it passes people will just start using other protocols and infrastructures that already exist adn arnt covered by the legislation.

People dont seem to get the history of the internet and how it started because there lies the answer to how it will evolve.

It was built by people donating bandwidth and machines. It is being killed by companies and idiots that think companies deserve protection when they are trying to protect obsolete *physical* supply lines and infrastructures through legislation.

Yes it will change the internet drastically but the beauty of the internet is that it is just a delivery mechanism. Many more are possible but because of the way law works new ones will evolve faster than law can keep up (which is how things got to the stage they have done today).

I hope sopa fails. But if it succeeds what will follow will not be so bad. You will just stop using the afflicted infrastructures and move onto others but with more awareness about how governments will fuck with them ... as a result everything will be distributed and encrypted. normal innocent people will be using the technology that previously was reserved for peados and criminals massively increasing the noise level.

TBH its about time all this stuff was rewritten anyway. Its about 30 years old now and is barley fit for use.

There is no reason that all the stuff that people think is the internet cannot run on top of radically different mechanisms. Granted it woudl be a hack, but who cares when you save 30 years of data.

It will be interesting to see how your rewritten, encrypted internet will reach the consumer when ISPs are forced to block it. Or maybe part of the rewriting includes rewiring millions of homes ?

From what I understand, they don't actually block anything. The ISP won't take you there using DNS, but you can use the IP address.

I did not adress SOPA specifically, as the poster I responded to did not either.

Um...
If it passes people will just start using other protocols and infrastructures that already exist adn arnt covered by the legislation.

seems like he did. Either way, hopefully it made others aware since it's a common thing said in this thread.
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RabidSeagull
Profile Joined December 2010
United States220 Posts
January 05 2012 00:49 GMT
#1656
Sent in an email, thanks for the thread
I be the body dropper, the heartbeat stopper. Child educator, plus head amputator
mgl0x9
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States256 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-05 01:52:00
January 05 2012 01:46 GMT
#1657
If SOPA passes can people still stream games and get ad revenue? EXAMPLE: SC2 (destiny) WOW (Towelliee) EVEN IF they have consent from Blizzard to do so?

or would twitch.tv///own3d.tv completely shut down?

EDIT::

anyone have a date when they start discussing this again?
Zerg Ownz your face off
JOJOsc2news
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
3000 Posts
January 05 2012 04:06 GMT
#1658
I would love to see an official statement from TL on the SOPA issue.
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Myles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5162 Posts
January 05 2012 04:09 GMT
#1659
On January 05 2012 10:46 mgl0x9 wrote:
If SOPA passes can people still stream games and get ad revenue? EXAMPLE: SC2 (destiny) WOW (Towelliee) EVEN IF they have consent from Blizzard to do so?

or would twitch.tv///own3d.tv completely shut down?

EDIT::

anyone have a date when they start discussing this again?

Blizzard would have to enforce their copywrite, which seems unlikely. More possible imo is the chance that any music or other media shown on streams could result in action.
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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
January 05 2012 04:14 GMT
#1660
On January 05 2012 09:00 Insomni7 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2012 02:27 FallDownMarigold wrote:
This won't happen. Why? The blowback would be... very damaging to the entire integrity of the internet (whatever that means), and would send everyone into a frenzy (including big sites likes Facebook, Amazon). Surely legislators realize this.. no? Or would something like this just pass, piss people off for a couple days, then remain -- somehow I doubt it'd be that calm

The full effect of SOPA would probably not be felt immediately. Noone is gonna take down Youtube

Google might!

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/google-amazon-twitter-and-facebook-consider-nuclear-blackout/14307
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