Internet, we hardly knew ye.
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The US bullying another country to do something that is in the countries interest but in the US's?
How unheard of....
And of course: http://www.vice.com/read/lamar-smith-sopa-copyright-whoops
Wikipedia is considering a blackout in protest of SOPA.
5th most-used site on the internet. That would certainly wake up the people who aren't aware of these bills.
5th most-used site on the internet. That would certainly wake up the people who aren't aware of these bills.
I hope they do it. Hope other large sites like Google do the same. That will really get the message out.
Are college finals going on now where you guys are too? Because if they are blacking out wiki will be very successful...
It would be brilliant that for a 24 hour period, that Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo!, etc would only post links to an anti-SOPA open letter.
College will just be starting up again next week after the winter break. Mid-terms in March, finals in May.
Or, right, you name the 2 differently... we start the equivalent of mid-terms at the end of January here... they normally last a couple of weeks into Feb...
DNS provision pulled from SOPA
Looks like the worst of it is getting stripped from the bill now.
Looks like the worst of it is getting stripped from the bill now.
figmentPez
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So it won't completely break the internet, it'll just break searching the internet and still be an effective method to quash free speech.
It breaks down the true threat that goes beyond what's in the bill--that the major media companies could say "We don't like that site; accuse them of piracy to shut them down, then keep it tied up in courts for years." We don't want them having control of the internet and removing the DNS blocking provision strips that power away.
figmentPez
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Except they would still have the power to block sites from search indexes. DNS blocking may be a bigger problem, but being blocked from Google, Yahoo, etc. is still a significant issue.
And Rupert Murdoch is pissed about it
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/15/us-murdoch-piracy-idUSTRE80E0JA20120115
Which pretty much makes the White Houses decision a good one. If Rupert Murdoch is mad at you, you've probably done the right thing.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/15/us-murdoch-piracy-idUSTRE80E0JA20120115
Which pretty much makes the White Houses decision a good one. If Rupert Murdoch is mad at you, you've probably done the right thing.
Of course he is, he's a media mogul. He's about as neutral on this as the RIAA.
GasBandit
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He was spouting crap about google earlier...
figmentPez
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MPAA calls the SOPA protests an abuse of power
Wow, the level of hypocrisy there is absurd.MPAA said:
I bet they'd love to take those freedoms away with a simple piracy accusation.
Think of it like this: MPAA is pissed that this "stunt" will inform people previously unaware of what is happening.
They are anti-awareness because they know the backlash it could have.
Fucking unreal.
They are anti-awareness because they know the backlash it could have.
Fucking unreal.
figmentPez
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It boggles the mind. A group that has knowingly prosecuted innocent people in no way has the right to talk about the dissemination of knowledge as an abuse of power.
Exactly, they're not skewing fact on their side... just hiding them...Because there's been coverage of SOPA and PIPA in traditional media outlets
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