Stop Online Piracy Act & Protect IP Act

[Stacy]

Ouch! that blows my childhood!

This probably will give rise to a boycott wouldn't it?

Edited December 18, 2011 by BW251211

[SenEDDtor Missile]

In fact, it turns out that Activision-Blizzard are explicitly against the bill, which is a pleasant surprise.

O great, looks like I have some emails to resend. I probably should not have put Activision onto the PMs

[Bria]

I'm not sure if this was posted up yet, but I'm throwing this on here.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet

[Emmett L. Brown]

I'm not sure if this was posted up yet, but I'm throwing this on here.

http://www.avaaz.org...ve_the_internet

Signed it.

I can't just lazily fall back to the argument that I'm not a US citizen. This thing affects everyone.

[No more]

Signed it.

I can't just lazily fall back to the argument that I'm not a US citizen. This thing affects everyone.

Ditto.

[Phantomime]

Signed 3 times, once for each email account.

[SenEDDtor Missile]

Do You guys think it would be better if I just created a video that LINKS to Totalbiscuits video to raise awareness instead of spamming youtube accounts with PMS? Also my vid would have to cover all of the basic details of the Act itself.

[Solly]

I'm not sure if this was posted up yet, but I'm throwing this on here.

http://www.avaaz.org...ve_the_internet

[vgmaster]

This song makes me think of the whole damn situation.

[Your Vest Friend]

Oh, I'm sure they're listening, but their reaction reminds me more of this song;

[novelty]

Oh, I'm sure they're listening, but their reaction reminds me more of this song;

This song makes me think of the whole damn situation.

Stop posting links. They will have more of a reason to censor this...

owait, Sonic Fan Forum...

[Yong]

I'm scared. I'm honestly scared that there'll be enough idiots backing this stupid bill and the internet essentially dies. I'll keep my fingers crossed since that's all I can really do.

[SenEDDtor Missile]

Where is the talk on this topic? Are just waiting for impending doom or something!?

[Milo]

Where is the talk on this topic? Are just waiting for impending doom or something!?

...pretty much, they start voting on the bill Wednesday.

[Chaosmaster8753]

We better hope it gets turned down like the other times where the entertainment industry tried to do something about VHS's or something.

[Soniman]

DO THEY HAVE ANY FUCKING IDEA HOW LONELY ILL BE IF THEY DESTORY THE INTERNET LIKE THIS!!!!?????z

I will not stand for this......

[-Robin-]

Eh, if it does get passed, I expect it to be challenged to the Supreme Court immediately.

And then considering how widely know this is becoming, and how heated everyone is over it, some of these Congressmen could kiss re-election good-bye next year.

I really don't want to see this bill passed, I'm sure no one does. But I will say that if it does get passed, I'm getting a front row seat to watch all the mayhem that follows. From court proceedings, to deliberate acts of vengeance, to an overhaul of Congressional representation, next year's going to be a blast.

[Patticus]

WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers directed the federal government to deploy radical new powers to enforce and protect copyrights on pornography.

By a vote of 9 to 18, the House Judiciary Committee rejected an amendment offered by Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), which would have barred the Department of Justice from using the new tactics envisioned by an anti-piracy bill to protect "obscene and pornographic works."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/19/jared-polis-sopa-porn-pornography_n_1158466.html

If this bill passes, I should expect that the US government will order all ISPs to modify their DNS tables in order to make porn websites unreachable by name. So, what are the alternatives?

Use a foreign DNS server?

Use an IP address?

[Emmett L. Brown]

Holy crap, if the US lose their ability to present online porn, then there'll be nothing stopping Japan from dominating the internet forever.

My god...it's full of hentai...!

[eXtaticus]

How long before someone makes a new internet?

[HunterTSF]

Well, at first I figured that if they removed all my entertainment in the form of mindless YouTube videos and discussion of video games and cartoons elsewhere, I would just waste my life away by watching porn all day.

And now they're contemplating taking that away from us.

Why are you so determined to rape the Internet, America? What am I going to do now to keep myself occupied? Buy myself some DVDs or video games or something to pass the time awa-

ohmygodthiswastheirplanallalong!

Edited December 20, 2011 by Hunter the Christmas Fan

[VO.SUPER]

The guys from Channel Awesome go to Washington: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/team-nchick/specials/33613-mr-awesome-goes-to-washington

Spoony talks about the bill: http://blip.tv/the-spoony-experiment/vlog-12-14-11-trip-to-dc-stop-sopa-5823636

If there is anything, these videos are rather frightening in a ticking clock fashion.

[Chaos Warp]

Has this been posted here already?

Edited December 20, 2011 by Christmas Warp

[SenEDDtor Missile]

I did just receive this interesting email, is this true, or just only part of the situation?

thanks to dedicated activists like you, over the last week we won two important victories:

—On Thursday, the bill that would have allowed telemarketers to robocall your cell phone was completely defeated. The main sponsor of the bill said, "we're driving a stake through its heart. Dead. Done. Buried."

—And on Friday, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which threatens the very existence of the social internet, failed to pass the House Judiciary Committee. Recognizing the intensity of the opposition to this bill, its sponsors have agreed to delay it for at least a month and explore changes.

So to the more than 50,000 of you who took part in the Daily Kos actions to stop these bills, a big shout out: Good. Friggin'. Job.

You can build on these victories by joining the conversation about what comes next. Sign up for an account on Daily Kos, the biggest discussion platform for progressive politics.

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Join the most vital discussion of progressive politics anywhere. Register to become a member of the Daily Kos blog community.

Thanks for all you do,

Chris Bowers

Campaign Director, Daily Kos

Edited December 20, 2011 by Enigma2Me

[Patticus]

I'd like to see some independent confirmations by other news sources before I'll be able to rest easy on this matter. Good news if true though...

Now, what about the NDAA?