SOPA and PIPA

nkiay • 18 January 2012 at 8:18 PM

What do you think?


Don't know what that is?
www.google.com
www.wikipedia.com
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57360665-503544/sopa-pipa-what-you-need-to-know/

gvantsa • 18 January 2012 at 8:18 PM

Me no likey. Signed the petition against it today.

dotfox • 18 January 2012 at 8:20 PM

Yes, I signed the petition on Google.

Deleted • 18 January 2012 at 8:21 PM

I understand one
Art about looking at what some people search sometimes, if it's like really nasty, inappropriate, or something terrorist related. But the underlying message is the government's pushing their limits to how far they can take away our rights. Did you know they recently passed a bill saying that if they find you a threat to the government, they can withold you for however long they want without access to a lawyer or trial? They're walking all over the Bill of Rights!

gvantsa • 18 January 2012 at 8:23 PM

^ yeah heard about that. From this video.
http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh9a8RL9RH2cNhU1Vl

sakura2596 • 18 January 2012 at 8:24 PM

i dont like it. i cant even go on one of my favorite sites!

lonewolf • 18 January 2012 at 8:25 PM

I don't like it. A lot of stuff should be free, and some shouldn't. But overall, I say no to SOPA/PIPA. :/

rileytibbles • 18 January 2012 at 8:26 PM

I signed the petition
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politics...

nkiay • 18 January 2012 at 8:31 PM

@iridescent

Yeah, that's not really recent though, Bush signed the Patriot act in 2001. Obama just recently said he disagreed with it, before he signed an updated one.

dragonfriend • 18 January 2012 at 8:34 PM

I'm not from the US but this can affect everyone.
The English Wikipedia blacked out for 24 hours in protest and other major sites are against it.

Been signing petitions since early November.

pipkitten • 18 January 2012 at 8:37 PM

I signed Google's petition.
SOPA and PIPA must be eliminated.

nkiay • 18 January 2012 at 8:39 PM

@dotfox
@gvantsa
@lonewolf
@rileytibbles
@dragonfriend


I'm not so sure. If you read the actual bill its not that bad. It just holds sites responsible for what they put on their sites.

sky • 18 January 2012 at 8:41 PM

I signed the petition earlier today.
At first I didn't know what SOPA meant.
Felt awkward when I read it because the first four letter of my name is Sopa.

SOPA shall go down!

briseis • 18 January 2012 at 8:45 PM

Both bills are unconstitutional but will not be ruled as such. It's rather unfortunate, which way this country is going.

I would sign the petitions, but you can never trust how your name and email will be used, despite the disclaimers on the websites in question. Online petitions do not seem to garner as much support or influence as other petitions, either.

Deleted • 18 January 2012 at 8:45 PM

@nkiay idk, the news was recent to me^^"

dragonfriend • 18 January 2012 at 9:18 PM

@nkiay "Worded as it is, if your website used a song segment or created a screenshot GIF from a TV show or movie, which may be perfectly legal under Fair Use provisions of existing copyright laws, then you may be subject to association given SOPA restrictions. Potentially, the charged website could be sued, fined, face criminal penalties, or have its? site removed entirely contingent upon not meeting SOPA guidelines."

Taken from http://blog.rankpay.com/what-does-sopa-mean-for-your-website/

Not sure if this is entirely true, but it's taking it a bit far....

lonewolf • 18 January 2012 at 9:19 PM

@nkiay

I don't know... If it wasn't so bad then why would Google and Wikipedia, two of the biggests sites, get involved? It must be pretty bad.

gvantsa • 18 January 2012 at 10:06 PM

Looks like Tumblr is doing the blackout thing too ~.~
-just went on because i felt like reblogging stuffz and yeah.. -

PS here's a video explaining this too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBy7yooz3MM

cafe • 19 January 2012 at 5:56 PM

Not cool,

here's the petition for anyone wanting to sign it
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

leopardclaws • 19 January 2012 at 6:00 PM

@lonewolf Correct! It is really bad. Apparently some people in New Zealand and the the USA have already been arrested for using something called 'Mega Upload.'


PLEASE DON'T ARREST ME FOR MENTIONING M*G* U*L*A*

scarlettsong • 19 January 2012 at 7:33 PM

PIPA and SOPA must DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@dreamer

icymuffin • 19 January 2012 at 7:40 PM

I thought it got opposed or something...?
I remember seeing someone saying something like that & a link really early this morning...

Orderedchaos • 19 January 2012 at 7:58 PM

@icymuffin You are correct. Many of the backers of both bills pulled their support yesterday and neither bill has even been voted on.

gvantsa • 20 January 2012 at 6:13 PM

^ True but it's no time to ease up on keeping the word alive. They could easily be sneaky and while most of us are not paying attention push again for it.

PS here's 3 people who support it. One of them helped WRITE them >.>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eChRH9XA8o&feature=channel_video_title

Update: CONGRESS DROPS THE BILLS
http://tech.pnosker.com/2012/01/20/sopa-and-pipa-dropped-by-congress-in-wake-of-largest-online-protest-in-history/

But note: this could happen again, bills like this could reappear so let's keep our eyes open