SOPA Storms Back

[Disasterpiece Press]

SOPA Storms Back

"We will continue to bring together industry representatives and Members to find ways to combat online piracy," Smith said.




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And we will continue to raise hell about this bill and anything like it until you back down. You will not break the internet and you will be reminded that you work for us and our desires, the American People, not "industry representatives".

By the way -
Pretty damn cool how Google and Wikipedia are participating in the blackout.

 

[Agayek]

Wikipedia went dark. It's begun. Let them feel the darkness!

I like how Google's blackout is to put a big black bar over their logo...

 

[Aprilgold]

Fantastic. It'd be nice if the entertainment industry justly got all the revenue it deserves whilst just asking for billion dollar empires to be more proactive in the fight against piracy. Maybe the internet is a tame-able beast?

What jobs is he talking about? Won't SOPA destory all kinds of jobs like some of the ones people on the escapist have?

Nope it won't destroy anything that isn't infringing on copyright. The Bill is so tightly worded that it really can only be used against torrent sites, tv show links and so on. Forums, youtube and so on will be safe; people just want you to believe they aren't and hope you haven't read the bill for yourself.

I read through the bill and it isn't tightly worded in slightest. Apparently, one of us is lying out of their arse. It will basically shut down any and all posters of copyright without discrimination, all that needs to be filed is a claim of copyright infringing, site shuts down and persecutors I.E. the staff have a chance to be put in jail.

Apparently doll you haven't read it through enough, or read in between the lines. A tightly worded bill would have every gap covered, here, if I say that this person took something from Cartoon Network, without even a thought, bam, the site is dead in the ground, at least under Sopa thats what will happen.

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.

Thank Zombie Jesus, someone actually said this. Its basically in a coma but can still come back if theres enough push.

 

[aPod]

We pirate their shit, they pirate our shit and we all get along. Right?

Oh shit I forgot about money well since it's not real lets just give everybody high numbers that'll work just like money.

Wait rich people won't like that? Aww fucking hell back to square one...

You managed to throw in fiat money into the SOPA argument, I think I like you

I don't think anyone really thought SOPA was dead yet (as in what it stands for).

If it does pass (and i assume it will, eventually, in some context because of all the money involved) they won't go after youtube, facebook, and sites like the escapist -at first- but overtime the internet will not be the wonderful and maddening place it is today.

Eventually, they'll start turning the lights off.

I thought they were going to let SOPA die and quickly pass PIPA before us "plebs" could rally against it.

 

[Infernai]

Goddamnit i thought this nightmare was over and we had all managed to kill this thing dead in the water like a 90's horror flick monster!

*annoyed sigh*

 

[Charli]

Urgh that guy fills me with contempt as someone who has never had to face their liberties jeopardized... It's like he doesn't even fucking realize what he's doing, it's almost adorable in a twisted, utterly dumbass sense.

I've been to countries where something like this is in effect.

Let me tell you now, the ABUSE that goes on with it...

Entire websites just flat out censored for no adequately explained reason, sites that are quality of life websites! Google. Deviantart. Twitter. Hell the Escapist I had to I.P. route for a week too.

And guess what, the government don't have to give you a decent explanation either, they just throw up their bill and give you a gigantic middle finger until the cause of the block is investigated, which can take months.

 

[Old Father Eternity]

EXTERMINATUS- The only way to be sure.

Possible pre-emptive countermeasures aside, sadly this shit will fly eventually and it will not be pretty.
Like the creeping darkness it shall come. When the stars in the night sky shine no more, everywhere you look, nothing but the dark cold void.

 

[Sprinal]

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.

There is a guide on their website on how to run Youtube with it. Yet it even then takes ages to load. So I would use it if you need to but if you don't just surf normally.

 

[klayshen]

I believe that this will be just like the prohibition act after its passed pirating will become stronger than ever

 

[keideki]

So in other words the huge mega corporations who are bank rolling this bill decided to cut another check? If you stand outside congress you can actually hear the sound of the check being torn out of the checkbook. Looks like we have to take up the crusade again.

 

[Gabanuka]

Wiki is down today so a few more people might get wise to whats going on. Hopfully Facebook and Google will follow the example

 

[lRookiel]

Good lord, time to move to England.

Good luck to you,

Our security will be like....

Because they are assholes :3

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Good lord, time to move to England.

england is just like america.
only more racist.
and it feels dirty.
it could be sparkling clean, but it just FEELS dirty. the clouds look dirty. and there are lots of clouds.

 

[Vivi22]

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

I think you're pretty optimistic. But I knew it was coming back.

...I just didn't expect it to rise in a day.

Agreed. I knew it would be back. There are too many companies and wealthy parties pulling dangling purse strings in front of politicians for it to simply disappear. But I do think the idea of it quickly being repealed is naive. Those same people pushing for this behind the scenes, and the politicians drafting the legislation especially, don't give two shits about the internet or the shit storm this would cause, and that absolutely will not change if it passes. The best we could hope for would be the Supreme Court doing something about it, and I wouldn't hold my breath. Even if they did chop it down it would be a couple of years down the line after cases go through the lower courts unless I'm mistaken.

But yeah, I really did see this coming back in one day. That's remarkably fast for the political world to move. Which really makes me wonder how much money and pressure people are putting on congress to get this through. Politicians rarely jump this high unless it's really worth their while.

 

[BlackStar42]

SOPA Storms Back

"We will continue to bring together industry representatives and Members to find ways to combat online piracy," Smith said.




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And we will continue to raise hell about this bill and anything like it until you back down. You will not break the internet and you will be reminded that you work for us and our desires, the American People, not "industry representatives".

Right people, this guy just said it all. All you Americans get quoting this to your Congressmen ASAP (Is Congressmen a word?)

 

[Zanderinfal]

Good lord, time to move to England.

Don't move here, you'll just get extradited back by our idiot government.

Wow, I forgot about that case untill now. I still can't believe they can do that!

OT:

 

[Zanderinfal]

Good lord, time to move to England.

Don't move here, you'll just get extradited back by our idiot government.

Wow, I forgot about that case untill now. I still can't believe they can do that!

OT: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
No, seriously, I feel it would be best if I slam my head into the wall. I would be doing something more productive for the internet then the White House is doing.

 

[TheSuperiorXemnas]

While there are many ways to say it, it all means the same in the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eal4fep7pK4

EDIT: I tried to embed the video, but I fail at that, so i put a link up instead.

 

[Major_Tom]

Fuck you Lamar Smith, fuck you and your stupid rhetoric, you ignorant son of a *****.

- Foreign Thief

 

[cfehunter]

I'm fuming enough volatile hatred towards these senators at this point that I'm surprised they haven't burst into flames at the thoughts alone.

None of this makes sense. Firstly, SOPA does nothing to protect IP or "American Jobs", the piracy will continue, we'll simply have handed alot of stupid Businesses a very absurd weapon for their legal divisions to use. If anything, it'll kill American jobs when Youtube, Facebook and other like internet businesses get sued out of existence. And lets not forget that the censorship is completely circumventable.

Don't forget that if facebook and youtube and other American internet giants get destroyed that you can garuntee another foreign company will move in to capitalise on the vacuum in the service market.

It'll be the republicans worst nightmare, big business going to other countries.

Perhaps when the America no longer have a comercial presence on the internet they'll repeal the law before their economy completely crumbles.