The Internet Blackout
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I'll either be on here or skype. Although Xbox does sound like a good option too.
I do support the blackouts though, so I won't be complaining. =P
I do support the blackouts though, so I won't be complaining. =P
I just started a new game of X-COM: UFO Defense, so I'll probably do more of that tomorrow. Either that or I'll start a new character in Skyrim (I've been wanting to try out a mage build for some time now).
I wanna black out my Youtube and Newgrounds channels in protest... The only problem is I don't know how. Can someone please tell me so I can black out my stuff?
Hope you have your SPF 500 so you dont spontaniously combust.Evil Smurf said:
Personally I had forgotten about it but ill probably just watch some TV or do some housework.
Sopa was "shelved" for about a day, it's already back.
Stop Online Piracy Act Markup to Resume in February
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today said that he expects the Committee to continue its markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act in February.
Chairman Smith: "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.
"Due to the Republican and Democratic retreats taking place over the next two weeks, markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act is expected to resume in February.
"I am committed to continuing to work with my colleagues in the House and Senate to send a bipartisan bill to the White House that saves American jobs and protects intellectual property."
Stop Online Piracy Act Markup to Resume in February
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today said that he expects the Committee to continue its markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act in February.
Chairman Smith: "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.
"Due to the Republican and Democratic retreats taking place over the next two weeks, markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act is expected to resume in February.
"I am committed to continuing to work with my colleagues in the House and Senate to send a bipartisan bill to the White House that saves American jobs and protects intellectual property."
Reddit, Wikipedia and that Cheezburger thing are going offline. While I understand that it's a great way to raise awareness, I don't think Wikipedia as a site should be getting involved in any politics whatsoever - even those relating to corrupt politicians and Internet censorship. Wikipedia should be utterly apolitical, whatever Jimmy Wales does as an individual.
Yeah, SOPA's been stopped, although it might very well return later in a different form. PIPA is still up to pass though.
I do feel that people are getting a little off track though. Stopping piracy is a perfectly legitimate aim, even if legislation like this will probably do very little, but people seemed determined to stop any anti-piracy legislation, in any form. While stopping SOPA is good, the nature of the remarks of many people against it are starting to really irritate me.
Yeah, SOPA's been stopped, although it might very well return later in a different form. PIPA is still up to pass though.
I do feel that people are getting a little off track though. Stopping piracy is a perfectly legitimate aim, even if legislation like this will probably do very little, but people seemed determined to stop any anti-piracy legislation, in any form. While stopping SOPA is good, the nature of the remarks of many people against it are starting to really irritate me.
I'd like to sing The Sovngarde Song [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/miracle-of-sound/5117-Sovngarde-Song-Skyrim].FalloutJack said:
Great timing!, I'm sick and I'm planning on dedicating my entire day playing Skyrim
Pretty sure you can't. YouTube isn't a Web host where you can just hard-edit your homepage to contain whatever you want.Mr.Mattress said:
Sucks that YouTube and Newgrounds aren't just straight-up joining the blackout. Cowards, the bloody lot of 'em!
Actually, Newgrounds is, but only the Frontpage is being blocked: You can still get to individual pages and what not.Steve the Pocket said:
Tom Fulp Said so. [http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1289798]
Matthew94 said:
That's..not that dramatic, to be honest, it's like a local convenience store trying to declare independence. The fact that google searches are built into firefox and chrome URL bars is a bit more important. However, a vast proportion of sites that people actually use for content, not methods of accessing content, are still up. I mean, seriously, no one actually gets news or entertainment from wiki, reddit or google, they just find links to other places from there. The other places will still be up.
http://gizmodo.com/5876984/the-mpaa-says-blackout-protests-are-an-abuse-of-power?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed
The MPAA are saying that these blackouts being done by big websites are an abuse of power, and are being done to further their own corporate interests.
I have no words for this.
If you don't want to click on the link, here's what the chairmen of the MPAA said:
Again, I have no words.
The MPAA are saying that these blackouts being done by big websites are an abuse of power, and are being done to further their own corporate interests.
I have no words for this.
If you don't want to click on the link, here's what the chairmen of the MPAA said:
Yes, this is real and he actually said this.
Again, I have no words.
