so true, but well, politicians always take their time.Caramel Frappe said:
see it this way, at least it dint came that far that the bill passed and everything got locked down. so we still can be happy that at least action has been taken
Acknowledging Blackout, Politicians Ditch SOPA
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see it this way, at least it dint came that far that the bill passed and everything got locked down. so we still can be happy that at least action has been taken
Now, imagine if Google decided to turn off its search engine for a day. Think of how many people that would hit and how much shit Congress would be in right now.
Internet activism doesn't work. Having millions of people that rely on a service and turning it off to affect political change works.
Internet activism doesn't work. Having millions of people that rely on a service and turning it off to affect political change works.
It was obvious that bill was never going be passed. If anything it does more harm than good to the entertainment companies, especially as far as free advertising and fans forwarding trailers etc It was a sledge hammer to break a peanut. Hopefully they will edit the bill to be more specificly targeted at pirates and not those people that are true fans of a certain film, game or music and is spreading the word on the net.
I'm surprised that the blackout actually achieved what it did. If it was just sites like 4chan going down then politicians would probably have said "Oh look, the Internet is being cute again". But with big name sites like Google and Wikipidia taking part, it gets noticed!
The battle is won, now bring out the big guns to win the war!
I'm guessing the politicians that changed their minds are the ones who realized the free porn sites would be down, and the mere thought of having it down for 24 hour, during the blackout, made them flip out.
So, yay for porn?
By the way, I wrote this listening to Guile's theme, and the subject of my post and that theme go strangely hand in hand. Damn, it really fits with ANYTHING.
Take note Casanovas reading this.
So, yay for porn?
By the way, I wrote this listening to Guile's theme, and the subject of my post and that theme go strangely hand in hand. Damn, it really fits with ANYTHING.
Take note Casanovas reading this.
I think it might actually have slipped under the public radar if not for the blackout.
The fact that it's more severe than DMCA isn't something I think I need to explain. The more-easily-abused-part, however, is due to the term "rogue website" not being defined anywhere near well enough in the bill, so if someone want something down, they can just say that they considered it to be a rogue site for pretty much whatever reason they want, and get away with it.The Cool Kid said:
I mean, that's what they're doing with (and getting away with) Pro-IP and DMCA even today, and a lot of the stuff they shut down is in no way justified of a takedown. An example I can get from the top of my head is when Universal shut down a music video where several artists tried to raise awareness around the fact that they got Megaupload DNS-blocked, by claiming that it "violated their copyrights". It didn't violate their copyrights at all, yet they got the video removed from Youtube anyways. Would you seriously want to give these guys even bigger guns, especially when the gun in question is made to "stop piracy", but piracy is pretty much the only thing it won't affect?
O.O
Somebody say FIRE-FUCKING-FLY?
Where do I sign?
Oh, hurrah for sopa being pretty fucked and all...
Somebody say FIRE-FUCKING-FLY?
Where do I sign?
Oh, hurrah for sopa being pretty fucked and all...
think of all the money video game, movie, and music companies poured into sopa. now imagine that instead of trying to censure the internet, they instead invested all that cash into moving into a profitable internet based business model. Yeah, not only did they piss everyone off, but they pissed away millions that will never give them a return investment.
way to go sopa guys. take that empty pocket, fill it with Fuck You and know that We, The Internet, put it there. Can I get a "hell yeah" for properly done capitalism?
way to go sopa guys. take that empty pocket, fill it with Fuck You and know that We, The Internet, put it there. Can I get a "hell yeah" for properly done capitalism?
Posting now as I waited until the 19th to use the net, MUHAHAHAHAHAHA!
ACTIVISM RULES!
Especially the activism that only needs me to do other things.
ACTIVISM RULES!
Especially the activism that only needs me to do other things.
While this is a great victory for the right sides it feels like most of them or more or less realizing that supporting a very widely unpopular bill more or less reduces their chances to get reelected\Put back into office.
Still good if not exactly for the right reasons.
Still good if not exactly for the right reasons.
It will return. Now that they have the NDAA in place, it's only a matter of time before they censor the media. All media. Especially the internet. I give it a year, two at most before an even worse bill is passed.
I don't know folks; it seems like people are declaring victory a bit too early.
Just because a few politicians have dropped back a bit on their support doesn't mean either bill is defeated.
Just because a few politicians have dropped back a bit on their support doesn't mean either bill is defeated.