SOPA Storms Back

[Treblaine]

OK, I predicted SOPA would have a sequel... but this is more like launch-day DLC.

Only we ALL will have to pay for this.

 

[Krion_Vark]

I wish I could properly explain how the US Congress works to The Escapist community. How many of you actually know what markup is? I can tell you that markup is NOT where proponents of this bill want it to go. I can tell you that its chances of revival in this congressional term are slim and that this is a huge setback.

But you won't believe me.

Because the internet is for OMG!, not intelligent conversation.

As someone who works in legislative law, SOPA and PIPA (by proxy) are dead. Of course, anything can rear its head again, but for now it is over. Good job. You people made my work SOOOOOOOOO much easier.

Thanks.

If that is the case then thanks for bringing it to our attention, this is good news!

The confidence of the guy who is responsible for the bill is a little offputting, so I would like to get a better understanding of this before I ask pinkie pie to roll out the party cannon.

I am hoping that it gets marked up enough to come out where it does what the Cool Kid is advocating it does.

 

[IamLEAM1983]

Oh fuck, no...

So, what now? What's the game plan, past Sillicon Valley companies blacking out in protest?

 

[halobolola]

I also find his reference to "foreign thieves" to be deeply offensive, although it's hardly the first time SOPA proponents have played the "dirty foreigner" card - but being one myself, I suppose I may be a little over-sensitive to such things.

Deffinatly not, it just make me want to steal american things more....and i think i will.

 

[Scars Unseen]

Damn stubborn politicians, just let SOPA die.

"To enact legislation that protects consumers, businesses and jobs from foreign thieves who steal America's intellectual property, we will continue to bring together industry representatives and Members to find ways to combat online piracy,"

So now its only us foreign people that pirate then is it?

Nah, Americans do it too. But our legal system had no effective way of dealing with people outside the US before(unless, apparently, you live in the UK). Now we have a simple solution. No internet means no online piracy. Elegant in its simplicity. Obviously, I'm a fan.

On a serious note, as a Texan, I'd like to apologize for our crazy, incompetent politicians.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

...

I mean, really. We get a little over 24 hours of partial victory. God damnit. Oh well, better get back to fighting mode.

For my initial reaction, please consult the following video:

-snip-

I always thought Madre de Dios meant Mother of God. Just saying'.

It is. The Spanish in Red vs Blue is purposely extremely bad.

 

[Plurralbles]

you are such a bigger threat than some bootleggers in china. Stupid, corrupt politicians. They think we dont' see through their games?

 

[Frizzle]

Damn stubborn politicians, just let SOPA die.

"To enact legislation that protects consumers, businesses and jobs from foreign thieves who steal America's intellectual property, we will continue to bring together industry representatives and Members to find ways to combat online piracy,"

So now its only us foreign people that pirate then is it?

He is a Republican. He had to get in at least one xenophobic comment.

Well seeing as most of the money is lost in foreign markets (that foreign people buy from), then the only obvious legal recourse is to keep americans from reaching all those chinese/taiwanese/canadian/british/antarctic sites that we can't usually read the language of anyway (rememeber these are americans we're talking about.)
I think it's funny that once it's out into the world, there's nothing anyone can do to stop it. I think this war on piracy is going to be the "war on drugs" of the new decade..
or the new "war on terrorism"
or on gays
or the poor
or the rich
or communism
Take your pick really. Apparently America has to fight something, or we don't feel important.

 

[samsonguy920]

Well, now I don't feel so bad working the long shift tomorrow. I won't be missing anything. Hopefully at least Facebook and Youtube make sure people who see the blackout page know to whom to direct their fury. It is entirely possible, if Lamar's seat is up for grabs in November, that he just signed his resignation with this.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

...

I mean, really. We get a little over 24 hours of partial victory. God damnit. Oh well, better get back to fighting mode.

For my initial reaction, please consult the following video:

-snip-

I always thought Madre de Dios meant Mother of God. Just saying'.

It is. The Spanish in Red vs Blue is purposely extremely bad.

Ah. I've never really got the humour of RvB. Some of my friends love it, but I've never been a fan. Just not my kind of humour I guess. Well, time for some of my humour to a) balance this thread out and b) shoehorn in a British classic! (yes, shameless 80's plug):


How wonderfully appropriate...

 

[toapat]

SOPA will pass and then be repealed after the consequences are fully realized. Did anyone expect it to be completely gone?

a Month is not enough time to rewrite the entire system known as American Copyright Law. This guy is a blind moron who doesnt understand that the world runs on porn and illicitly gained entertainments, both of which easily fall withing the realm of digital copyright infringement.

i didnt expect this idiot to try to resurrect it so quickly, the bill being opposed by the people who most would benefit from it and the people who it would grind into the dust

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Spoiler: Holy Crap

Good lord, time to move to England.

We welcome you with a nice big smile and open arms.

 

[Sprinal]

So, what now? What's the game plan, past Sillicon Valley companies blacking out in protest?

Well I checked on anonops IRC and aparently there is anotherround of #OP payback so perhaps that is something.

Yet other then that all there really is to do is to tell EVERYONE about the threat of these bills and get them to write to the United States government. (and then While they're at it get them to install TOR and run as a node)

 

[babinro]

Seems odd that they'd continue fighting for the same bill.

I guess they refuse to change the wording such that this becomes an anti-piracy bill that the majority of people could actually get behind.

 

[Quaidis]

Now that we know that SOPA is going to try once again to cause folly amongst the internet world, like a bad Sunday morning cartoon villian, does that mean that Wikipedia will still black out tomorrow? http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0117/Wikipedia-blackout-Site-to-protest-SOPA

 

[Hunter65416]

ugh..
WHY CANT THEY JUST FUCK OFF!?

 

[IamLEAM1983]

So, what now? What's the game plan, past Sillicon Valley companies blacking out in protest?

Well I checked on anonops IRC and aparently there is anotherround of #OP payback so perhaps that is something.

Yet other then that all there really is to do is to tell EVERYONE about the threat of these bills and get them to write to the United States government. (and then While they're at it get them to install TOR and run as a node)

About Tor... I'm aware that it's pretty much the most privacy-friendly browser out there at the moment, but is there a way to use it without sacrificing YouTube or Channel Awesome? It seems to be a pretty bare-bones set of tools *precisely* because that simplicity enforces security, but I'd like to know I've still got a smidge more flexibility.

 

[Torrasque]

I also find his reference to "foreign thieves" to be deeply offensive, although it's hardly the first time SOPA proponents have played the "dirty foreigner" card - but being one myself, I suppose I may be a little over-sensitive to such things.

I seem to recall one episode a few years ago, covered by you no less, about the US calling all us Canadians the evil pirates of North America.

Avast ye American dogs!

Best part of SOPA: how American legislation effects me as a Canadian. Its like pissing in the wind at the beach and I'm trying to have a nap.
Don't make my government send our pirate ships to burn your white house down again!

 

[Xanthious]

. . . . . .and it still has zero, zilch, nil, fuck all, chance of being passed into law.

Although it's good to see the internet can get back together huddling like a pack of sheep scared that the sky is falling. You people really need to collectively learn to relax. This bill has a shit ton of hoops to jump through yet before it makes it out of the House never mind being elected into law.