SOPA hearing yesterday: There are not enough /facepalms in the world
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it,s going to effect every US site (Google,Wikipedia,Youtube,etc.) I hope The Escapist is not going to be effect (I read somewhere it,s from Australia).pyrosaw said:
I just had an interesting thought... if the SOPA bill can try to shut down websites by cutting off its funding (i.e. filing takedown notices with advertising revenue, like Google's AdSense plugins, et cetera) what would happen if they sought revenue through a company outside of America's borders?
Surely the SOPA Bill can't possibly grant the legal authority to make demands of, say, a Canadian business?
(Course, there's that whole DNS Blocking thing too, but one hopeful step at a time)
Surely the SOPA Bill can't possibly grant the legal authority to make demands of, say, a Canadian business?
(Course, there's that whole DNS Blocking thing too, but one hopeful step at a time)
Being from America, I can safely say: American government is shit. I personally think that the government is trying to draw attention away from the riots and rebellion by coming up with controversial bills in order to distract the greater public. But, that is just my opinion.
Yeah, let's not get out of hand. That has absolutely nothing to do with this bill.DragonLord Seth said:
In fact, yes this bill is terrible and the people passing it have no idea what it really does, but it doesn't help if people jump to ridiculous conclusions based on nothing. Learn what the bill is about before raging, or you're no better than the idiots in congress who haven't read it.
at least one of the congressman realized the absurdness of the supporters of this bill being uniformed and gullible, and supporting it on hearsay, without knowledge of what was actually going on. also, i assume he means by "intensely worried about the future of the uncensored internet", he means that he worries for it's continued existence untainted by gullible morons. if his condition of awareness of idiocy spreads, and people in control of preventing SoPA do so instead of letting it pass, the internet has a good chance of surviving.Glass Joe the Champ said:
So, Cable News may be changing its tune on SOPA, slowly but surely.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111216/17580817113/cable-news-finally-realizing-that-sopa-protect-ip-are-bad-news.shtml
Though reading Dylan Ratigan's tweet, perhaps they weren't for it, but just waiting for the right moment. Either way, looks like good news, hopefully. Though they've missed their window for the NDAA, which was passed two days ago...
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111216/17580817113/cable-news-finally-realizing-that-sopa-protect-ip-are-bad-news.shtml
Though reading Dylan Ratigan's tweet, perhaps they weren't for it, but just waiting for the right moment. Either way, looks like good news, hopefully. Though they've missed their window for the NDAA, which was passed two days ago...
You know, things like this make me think we need a new type of government. All this just shows that the American senate, and similar organizations in other countries, is grossly unqualified to rule the modern world.
Instead of getting people into office because they have the money and the connections, we need a system were people rule in the field they have expertise and experience in.
Instead of old men with old money deciding on things like the internet, art, science, and education, we need people who work with the internet, who are artists and scientists, and who have a history in education.
Now I know that the current rulers have a whole legion of minions to inform them, but it is more then obvious that either they don't listen, or that the minions are just as ineffective as they are.
Instead of getting people into office because they have the money and the connections, we need a system were people rule in the field they have expertise and experience in.
Instead of old men with old money deciding on things like the internet, art, science, and education, we need people who work with the internet, who are artists and scientists, and who have a history in education.
Now I know that the current rulers have a whole legion of minions to inform them, but it is more then obvious that either they don't listen, or that the minions are just as ineffective as they are.
The bill itself is way too powerful. I do think companies should have a right to protect their IP's from 3rd parties, especially when said 3rd parties are making money off the IP's that they have no permission to use, but not with this bill.
i hate how the american government is trying to pass a bill that would have a detrimental effect on the entire world. Not only are the congressmen "discussing" this bill clueless and seemingly refusing to listen to people who are knowledgable on the subject but they're also acting as if it wouldn't effect anyone else.
The hatred towards america that is still being felt in alot of countries would just increase because they effectively said fuck you to everyone and blocked all the websites.
The hatred towards america that is still being felt in alot of countries would just increase because they effectively said fuck you to everyone and blocked all the websites.
The way I see this is that everybody who votes for this is either retarded when it comes to technology or has been bribed. Probably a mix of both as a matter of fact.
Welcome to America, a place where everything is possible if you put enough money in the right pockets.
Welcome to America, a place where everything is possible if you put enough money in the right pockets.
according to news report I read about the Escapist users that got banned for promoting addblockers the Escapists servers are hosted in Australia.Vault101 said:
I hear ya.
You know, EVERY time I hear someone say "progressive", or "the progressive agenda!" as if it's a bad thing, I want to walk up to them and say "dude. What's the root word or progressive. ...That's right, it's progress. Progress is a GOOD THING. It means we are advancing as a civilization. It means we are improving. So WHY do you insist on holding us all back? Do you miss the old caveman days, or what?"
Yes, progress is exactly what they're trying to halt with this bill. By censoring the internet they will stunt innovation because risky start ups won't get the funding they'd need to get going.aegix drakan said: