SOPA Postponed "Indefinitely"

[VincentX3]

FINALLY!

The escapist really needs a group-hug meme or something for these occasions!

 

[falcon1985]

If you'll excuse me I'll be in my paradox proof bunker waiting for the world to explode!

OT: Good, now maybe we can solve the real problems. Like firing Congress. All of it...from a cannon...into the Sun...

There needs to be a voting off process done once every six months for Congress - but not only will a member be fired, they will be forced to work a demeaning job to finish out their term.
America would totally get behind this - it would be like American Idol but only it won't be a complete waste of fucking time.

Oh god yes, sign me up! Let's make it the standard in every country.

 

[CManator]

I really hope I'm not the only one who starts seeing a little red when the phrase "foreign thieves" gets thrown about.

[sub][sub]Yes yes, I know, "you're never the only one". Shut the fuck up, it's a figure of speech.[/sub][/sub]

After all, it's not like any American has ever engaged in a spot of piracy, and of course that fucking clown knows it. He's just trying to leverage a bit of good ol' xenophobia, the miserable, rotten little... grrr...

Or maybe, just maybe, american pirates are not seen as the bigger problem because they can be prosecuted quite legally as long as they are found. That's what this whole mess is about. People pirating american things from the safety of their own country where their actions may not even be illegal.

I'm not saying it's right, but not every racial comment stems from irrational hatred. Of course he knows there are american pirates.

Sorry I don't mean to defend him or his poor wording, but too many people focus on a single comment rather than the whole picture.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

I'll wait. I thought they were gonna kill it, then they went back to saying "We'll just vote for it later!" That p'd me off really badly, so I am a bit skeptical. So I'll wait a week. If no one talks about SOPA for the weeks time, then I'll gladly say "Sopa is Dead again!" If the next day the guy's like "No, no, I misspoke: We're gonna go ahead and vote for it in late Feb/Early March", then I will at least know it was coming.

 

[K_Dub]

Yo Adrian,
WE DID IT!I hope
http://files.sharenator.com/InternetFuckYeah_Sharenators_Current_Site_Ranking-s298x428-170173-410.jpg

My thoughts exactly. I'm glad to see that although we may all hate and fight each other at every little thing online, we can all agree, at the very least, that this was the wrong direction to take IP protection. Yay internetz! We did it!

 

[Something Amyss]

Wasn't it just postponed indefinitely a couple days ago, then brought back?

Call me skeptical, but...

No. It was 'shelved', then they said they were going to relook it in February.

But then the Blackout happened. It worked.

They claimed it was "indefinite" before they (a day later) said they might (might is a word you're missing) re-examine it as soon as (more you're missing on this front) February.

 

[Andy Chalk]

As rsacks pointed out, Lamar Smith is a Representative, not a Senator. Not sure how I ended up referring to his as a Senator since his website clearly refers to him as a Congressman, but the original report has been updated.

 

[Moosejaw]

Pft, indefinite. That means they're going to wait for the hype to die down and everyone to focus on something else, then shove it into some appropriations bill as an amendment overnight.

 

[MattAn24]

"I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy. It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products"

Stay classy, because nobody in America pirates anything, am I right?

Looking at recorded stats, America piracy rates are 20% compared to countries in Europe being around 60-90%. So.. Yeah, I can understand why the American government is pissed about it. People losing jobs due to butthurt people pirating and hacking/maliciously attacking websites.

I've heard people say that buying a product at a store is not the same as stealing/pirating a digital version of the same product. That's. Fucking. Bullshit. THEY'RE THE SAME THING.

 

[Pariah164]

Our eyes are still on you, US Congress.

If someone tries to ninja these crappy bills back in, I swear I will go to Capitol Hill and punt someone.

 

[Kakashi on crack]

Again with the copyright costs jobs bullshit

Copyright doesn't cost jobs

A crappy economy and a company trying to cut corners by getting the maximumn workload through the minimum employees costs jobs...

Get it through your heads people!!!

 

[zombiesinc]

I'll be honest in admitting that I didn't really follow this. Even so, I'm happy to hear that it's "indefinitely" postponed.

 

[CleverCover]

Well, it's good to know my emailing and calling on Wednesday did something, but I don't feel like its truly gone. When November rolls around and people find themselves employed for another two years, they might try and bring it back quietly.

I don't trust them to vote with the people on this, but as long as it is shelved they never have to admit they vote with whoever gave them the most cash.

I hope its just pessimism talking...

 

[Monkey_Warfare]

And the internet loses as everyone got distracted from the real threat, ACTA. Enjoy this phyrric victory.

 

[cahtush]

If you'll excuse me I'll be in my paradox proof bunker waiting for the world to explode!

OT: Good, now maybe we can solve the real problems. Like firing Congress. All of it...from a cannon...into the Sun...

There needs to be a voting off process done once every six months for Congress - but not only will a member be fired, they will be forced to work a demeaning job to finish out their term.
America would totally get behind this - it would be like American Idol but only it won't be a complete waste of fucking time.

So that they have to spend even more time getting campaign contrubutions from Wall Street companies that support SOPA? Yea that will work out great. The Citizen United case is a bigger issue here.

 

[Areani]

Wow, I never realized just how much I hate this Smith guy. Anyway, yay!

 

[Jhon Dew]

it's not the end http://www.stopacta.info/
ACTA can be even bigger threat and not only affecting USA but big part of the world

 

[Metalrocks]

lets hope they take their sweet time or come with a solution that doesnt interfere with sites like this, wikipedia, etc.
good to hear they realize how retarded they are with this stupid bill. all hail wiki for standing up to it

 

[Okysho]

The US needs to understand that the internet is a new entity, just like land, sea and air. People travel (relatively speaking in the internet's case) and trade over it. You can smuggle and pirate on land and in the air. The US Government has never gotten rid of the black market, or even real piracy (terror on the high seas, YARRRR) so what makes them think a piece of paper with scribbles on it is gonna keep the rest of the world from sneaking in and taking media?

I'm not really condoning piracy, it's just that these congressmen don't seem to know ANYTHING about the internet. Anyone remember the dirty 30s? Prohibition anyone? It made things worse. People will find a way.

If you want to combat piracy, you're going to have to work WITH the internet, not AGAINST it...

...
...
...
dumbass...

 

[RebeloR]

Time to Anonymous to get back to work, and this time hit them even harder! Where it really hurts (their compromising documents, bank accounts and their "good name").