Stop SOPA, save the internet

[blackangst1]

Not quite... but almost dead, it lost a major fang.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/01/16/so-is-sopa-dead-not-exactly/

Yes. I saw the other thread.

 

[wahdangun]

its still not dead, wtf america are you really don't care about liberty anymore ?

I will laugh hard if you are turned into china 2.0

thank God I don't live in your fucked country.

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

I read this article about how the internet is allowing people to get free music and movies illegally and such piracy is killing the respective industries. Bullshit! We've all downloaded loads of pirated free porn and the porn industry is booming!

 

[dmcowen674]

I read this article about how the internet is allowing people to get free music and movies illegally and such piracy is killing the respective industries.

Must shut down the Internets.

Americans have proven they are not capable of using them right.

 

[Icepick]

Is Anandtech going to go offline today along with the thousands of other websites to support the anti-SOPA movement?

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

This is been happening for years
http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/ops/nsa-activities.htm

Whats the difference?

 

[Ausm]

Is Anandtech going to go offline today along with the thousands of other websites to support the anti-SOPA movement?

I think the forum has been practicing this for weeks. :biggrin:

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally Posted by Icepick
Is Anandtech going to go offline today along with the thousands of other websites to support the anti-SOPA movement?

I think the forum has been practicing this for weeks. :biggrin:

That's what Perk should write up top

 

[Ausm]

Originally Posted by Icepick
Is Anandtech going to go offline today along with the thousands of other websites to support the anti-SOPA movement?



That's what Perk should write up top

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Exterous]

I think the forum has been practicing this for weeks. :biggrin:

They just kept getting the date and time wrong.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Don't bitch unless you contact your Congress critters. It's more important than voting in our society these days and before you ask I did.

 

[MotF Bane]

I'm seeing a comforting sign - my representative and my junior senator's pages are both loading very slowly, as if they're getting overloaded.

Email away to the senior senator, and Obama.

And everyone, when you're writing in, you may want to make mention of preventing riders on later bills, or the return of these things as slightly different forms with more obscure names.

 

[Icepick]

Don't bitch unless you contact your Congress critters. It's more important than voting in our society these days and before you ask I did.

I contacted both of my senators and my representative this morning.

 

[Icepick]

I'm seeing a comforting sign - my representative and my junior senator's pages are both loading very slowly, as if they're getting overloaded.

Email away to the senior senator, and Obama.

And everyone, when you're writing in, you may want to make mention of preventing riders on later bills, or the return of these things as slightly different forms with more obscure names.

My fear is that they'll keep trying to ram this down our throats in more subtle ways until the big corporations get what they want. The Internet has been the most formidable threat to them. Remember what happened to Bank of America last year when they tried to enact that silly fee?

 

[wahdangun]

if SOPA becoming real, I will post some copyright link in their website.

america have become a very pathetic country, i feel very sorry for you guys

 

[MotF Bane]

My fear is that they'll keep trying to ram this down our throats in more subtle ways until the big corporations get what they want. The Internet has been the most formidable threat to them. Remember what happened to Bank of America last year when they tried to enact that silly fee?

It'll probably get tacked onto an appropriations bill later.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Don't bitch unless you contact your Congress critters. It's more important than voting in our society these days and before you ask I did.

This. Took four minutes to call my rep and senators.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

Does anyone else think this issue isn't nearly as black and white as it's made out to be? Copyrights are an important part of our economic system and they need to be enforced to be meaningful.

I think the wikipedia statement is very reasonable but many of the of the other sites like craigslist are just posting ridiculous anti-capitalist nonsense. SOPA does appear to be overaggressive and a bad piece of legislation and but seems a lot of people believe that copyrights shouldn't apply at all on the internet.

 

[BoberFett]

Does anyone else think this issue isn't nearly as black and white as it's made out to be? Copyrights are an important part of our economic system and they need to be enforced to be meaningful.

No, copyrights have become a joke. They are essentially neverending. Every time Disney asks for a copyright extension it gets one.

Also, copyright is a civil issue, not a criminal one. Corporations are attempting to foist the costs of protecting their eternal copyright on society at large.

Fuck that.

 

[Exterous]

I contacted both of my senators and my representative this morning.

Same here. Of course mine didn't come with a $5,000,000 check so I don't know if they will pay attention...

if SOPA becoming real, I will post some copyright link in their website.

Ha! Just start doing it for all of the government websites

 

[blankslate]

As Boberfett said Disney's copyright on Mickey and Co. should've ended a long while ago.

I do feel that they should continue for a reasonable (50?) number of years after the death of the creator so that if a person gets lucky their creation can provide some support for any offspring.



As for whether Barack Obama deserves credit the to death of SOPA or PIPA?

As long as corporations and owner's (looking at you Mr. Murdoch) of corporations are for those types of regulations they're not dead yet.

Although Obama does deserve credit for listening to the concerns of the tech company CEO's that he recently hobnobbed with.

 

[blackangst1]

if SOPA becoming real, I will post some copyright link in their website.

america have become a very pathetic country, i feel very sorry for you guys

lol this coming from someone in Indonesia? Please. You couldnt possibly be ignorant to your country's censorship of movies, books, and media, could you? And Lord help you if youre caught writing inflammatory things about your government online. Your penal code specifically says you could face 6 years in jail for doing so. Your president passed legislation that requires any films being produced in country scripts must be given to commitee for approval.

Ive been to Indo a few times. It is certainly no pillar of freedom for its people.

 

[woolfe9999]

No, copyrights have become a joke. They are essentially neverending. Every time Disney asks for a copyright extension it gets one.

Also, copyright is a civil issue, not a criminal one. Corporations are attempting to foist the costs of protecting their eternal copyright on society at large.

Fuck that.

Actually copyright violations can be a crime. I think the criminal copyright statute was passed in the 1970's, but I can't give you the exact year because wiki is down today.

 

[woolfe9999]

Does anyone else think this issue isn't nearly as black and white as it's made out to be? Copyrights are an important part of our economic system and they need to be enforced to be meaningful.

I think the wikipedia statement is very reasonable but many of the of the other sites like craigslist are just posting ridiculous anti-capitalist nonsense. SOPA does appear to be overaggressive and a bad piece of legislation and but seems a lot of people believe that copyrights shouldn't apply at all on the internet.

You're not alone in this opinion. Many on the internet seem to want a piracy free-for-all. SOPA does overreach and needs to be pruned back but without copyright protection, available content will suffer.

 

[Londo_Jowo]

lol this coming from someone in Indonesia? Please. You couldnt possibly be ignorant to your country's censorship of movies, books, and media, could you?

Surat lulus sensor ring a bell?