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Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
SOPA and PIPA may be more or less dead, but there will always be more bills like them so long as the people that want these kinds of things passed hold any sort of power. Point being, if you are a rational human being that believes in Freedom of Speech, Thought, etc, (And live in the US) you owe it to yourself and others… -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
Just came across this http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/ngqko/list_of_gaming_companies_supporting_sopa/ -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
Looks like the petition is gaining traction. Over a million so far (from Reddit) https://secure.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/ http://www.reddit.com/r/SOPA/comments/nglzo/sign_the_petition_500000_more_signatures_needed/ It was definitely a sneaky move to try to move the bill while a lot of the opposition is not there.… -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
SOPA is not killed... Obama is doing nothing but run a re-election campaign now. http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/old7e/sopa_is_back_it_has_not_been_shelved_and_its/ No matter, Reddit is in the top 100 websites of the internet, and it along with others are going to start their black outs tomorrow, instead… -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
"Despite the fact that Congress was supposed to be out of session until the end of January, the Judiciary Committee has just announced plans to come back to continue the markup this coming Wednesday. This is rather unusual and totally unnecessary. But it shows just how desperate Hollywood is to pass this bill as quickly as… -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
I think it's more that most are completely oblivious to the inner workings of European politics, largely because very little information is actually made available to anyone wh wants it without having to jump through real hoops to get hold of it. -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
RexM, all those sites are somehow connected to pirated movies and tv shows. Again, not SOPA shutting them down, but the sites being "oh shit! we're gonna get sued hardcore soon. get rid of the evidence!" -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
For those that don't like to read: [ame=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ56UNL5zeo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ56UNL5zeo[/ame] -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/jon-stewart-rips-sopa-pro_n_1215689.html Around the 3:35 mark, it really sums up why congress shouldn't be writing laws relating to the internet -
Re: Anyone else worried about SOPA?
I agree totally. I'm not a rabid "free internet" type of guy who thinks its ok to download anything and everything. I do think piracy eats into our industry and others like it, I don't think its the number one issue we face and no one has really come up with a good plan to combat it other than design around it. I think…
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