Stop Online Piracy Act & Protect IP Act

[Stacy]

Poland along with Germany, France and Great Brithain was meant to sign it next week in Tokio. They are still planing to do this but law wont go live untl EU parlament passes it. GOD BLESS EUROPEAN UNION! I mean without tthem we wouldnt be able to do anything.

You can be serious its because of the EU that stuff like this happens. EU takes the rights of idividual countries slowly turning Europe into a massive state which as the Euro is showing not a good idea.

Sadly the Corporations are putting arse to foot all because they didn't capitalize on it when they had the chance. As the late Bob Chandler would say "IMMA CUTTING HER DOWN"!

Edited January 21, 2012 by BW199148

[Neon]

ANTI-ACTA - What can you do?

[vgmaster]

This is gonna be a long war between the internet and the government.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/the-legislation-that-could-kill-internet-privacy-for-good/242853/

[Johnny Boy]

This is gonna be a long war between the internet and the government.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/the-legislation-that-could-kill-internet-privacy-for-good/242853/

I detest child porn as any other good hearted person would. But the government is going WAY to far with this shit.

[SuperStingray]

This is gonna be a long war between the internet and the government.

As far as SOPA, PIPA and ACTA go, it's as much a war between consumers and corporations with the latter trying to use the government's approval as a proxy.

PCIPA is more or less a seperate issue with related consequences. But that one's probably going to be the hardest to protest- it's just going to be very awkward to tell people to "vote NO on Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers." Can we just stop giving bills names?

[PSI Wind]

This is gonna be a long war between the internet and the government.

http://www.theatlant...or-good/242853/

Isn't there something called PARENTAL CONTROLS or BLOCKING WEBSITES!? God, I swear parents these days just want the government to babysit their kids.

[VO.SUPER]

Actuallly, the more I think of it, this seems to be a mix of the days when trusts were legal, and when the Hay's Code was implemented in 1934.

[Edward_Elric]

Ya'know man, even though I'm fully aware of how bad this is for everyone, how it could stop me from watching anime and reading manga online for free... I just don't give a damn. I just cannot bring myself to care about it. I can't help but think caring about SOPA etc. is just a waste of my time. I just don't plain give a damn.

[turbojet]

Well fuck. If they take away the porn, there will be revolts on a global magnitude. I dare those motherfuckers.

[Johnny Boy]

Well fuck. If they take away the porn, there will be revolts on a global magnitude. I dare those motherfuckers.

[SuperStingray]

They can take our lives, they can take our freedom, but they'll never take our POOOOOORRRRRRNNNNNN!!!!

Edited January 24, 2012 by SuperStingray

[The future]

This is gonna be a long war between the internet and the government.

http://www.theatlant...or-good/242853/

[vgmaster]

Something else to consider.

https://www.eff.org/action

[Johnny Boy]

Something else to consider.

https://www.eff.org/action

I've heard of overkill but this is just ridiculous.

[Nitwit_Speed]

Guys, does talking about or drawing copyrighted hedgehogs violate ACTA? If so, it's time we all learnt civil disobedience the right way, because we're going to need it.

[eXtaticus]

I think that shit needs to be done about this, IRL; maybe a mass peaceful public disobedience a la Gandhi would sort this out? Or maybe a Martin Luther King-esque march-'n'-speech?

[Phantomime]

I think that shit needs to be done about this, IRL; maybe a mass peaceful public disobedience a la Gandhi would sort this out? Or maybe a Martin Luther King-esque march-'n'-speech?

The issue with this, which otherwise I would approve of...

Is that it would be us VS. nearly every major government in the world. It would take entire armies turning against their masters to cause such global revolution.

[No more]

I have a question: What is the SSMB's stance on Anonymous? Do you think they're helping the situation or are they killing it?

Edited January 22, 2012 by iVYRAVE

[eXtaticus]

^ They're indecisive, inconsistent activist idiots with often good, though often reckless intentions - and their ability to reason logically (even, it seems, internally in the group) is truly awful.

Though they did avenge MegaUpload, which was admirably valiant - but threatening Lady Gaga on account of her record label supporting SOPA while conveniently forgetting her gay rights activism (something that, IIRC, Anonymous pertain to actively support) was a poor move, and one that earned them a lot of contempt from a lot of previous fans.

I suppose that you could call them schizophrenically benevolent. That sounds nice enough.

[JezMM]

I agree they've done good and bad. I commend their efforts and stick-to-it-iveness but I worry they will do nothing more than frighten the old government biddies who don't understand the internet, which will just lead to more poor uneducated decisions and opinions, and the cycle will just go round and round.

[Ming Ming Hatsune]

I'm only with Anonymous' side on this occasion with the SOPA/PIPA/ACTA/MegaUpload. Anything else apart from that, I'm not on their side. Most of their decisions are bad.

Edited January 22, 2012 by Spice on the Starlight

[Carbo]

What Anon has actually managed doing I find commendable. Operation Payback, Operation Chanology and the Megaupload rush is true signs of how powerful the people can be when undertaking an organized guise. While there have been splinter groups claiming they're Anon or people trying to do stuff for shits and giggles under the Anon guise, no matter what few lone dissenters try to do the fact remains that the group still have ideals, ideals that I personally can get behind. But that's a story for another topic.

I kind of like how someone once kind of compared them to that line in The Dark Knight once, how they're the heroes we deserve but not the ones we need.

[Stacy]

So has the American Government now got bored of the War On Terror, so now its the War On Internet?

EDIT: I edited it was aimed at the American Government not its people.

Edited January 22, 2012 by BW199148

[turbojet]

So has America now got bored of the War On Terror, so now its the War On Internet?

[Carbo]

lol