16-01-2012, 04:36 PM | #21 | ||
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Looks like SOPA got shut down:
http://www.examiner.com/computers-in...use-kills-sopa |
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16-01-2012, 07:32 PM | #22 | ||
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The funny thing is that the US government does pressure foreign governments to pass tougher laws than what they manage to pass by the Congress at home. Well anyway, the pressure doesn't negate the fact that it's the lawmakers in those countries who pass the laws, and either the public's more apathetic in those countries, or the mechanisms for the public oversight of the political caste are poorer. My experience here in Spain makes me lean towards the second thesis.
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17-01-2012, 09:19 AM | #23 | ||
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Wikipedia has announced it will be joining the Jan. 18 web blackout protesting SOPA and PIPA.
Comedy response: Tucows (holy crap, Tucows still exists) will be taking part in the blackout too. EDIT: https://twitter.com/#!/rupertmurdoch/status/158317988284596224 Murdoch is on our side... This makes me so conflicted.
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17-01-2012, 09:53 AM | #24 | ||
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I would say we should turn off our downloads...but us being online is more of a Take That then blacking the site out.
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heh good point
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17-01-2012, 10:17 PM | #26 | ||
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The Motion Picture Association of America has issued a harsh statement about the blackout:
http://blog.mpaa.org/BlogOS/post/201...kout-Day-.aspx Quote:
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18-01-2012, 04:09 AM | #27 | ||
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They really seem to think that if they keep yelling PIRACY that everyone will just go "Oh that's a great cause let us just ignore that their ideas are stupid and won't work cause it is all to stop piracy.". I learned as a kid that some of the most horrible things ever were done by people with the best intentions of stopping some other great evil, I guess this people never learned from history at all.
And the irony in that quote is just so damn huge, how dare they do what they want with their free market rights, they aren't agreeing with us that makes them evil. |
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18-01-2012, 02:49 PM | #28 | ||
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And its Back...
Apparently SOPA hasn't been shelved after all, only delayed until February.
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