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SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 18 Jan 2012, 14:05
by Stuart
So Wikipedia is down for the
SOPA blackout. Some smaller players have joined the party--see
Web Hosting Solutions for example. Will it achieve anything?
Edit: Does this belong properly in the Piracy section?
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 18 Jan 2012, 14:15
by rustypup
fark is being unique again...
by unique i mean getting drunk and flooding itself with delicious spam...
so... monday...
what will it achieve? nothing. the denizens of the interwebs aren't pouring money into capital hill, (ie, informed opinions)... RIAA and their ilk are... let's see who wins...
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 18 Jan 2012, 16:11
by StarBound
Obama is against SOPA.
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 18 Jan 2012, 16:15
by rustypup
obama was 'against' gitmo...
obama was 'against' involvement in foreign wars...
obama's track record says SOPA is a cert?
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 04:50
by hamin_aus
Yes, Fark was not worth the effort yesterday and today isn't looking good either with rickrolls getting green-lit.
There have been some anti-SOPA/PIPA developments as a result of the outcry, but not enough I fear.
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 10:26
by GreyWolf
jamin_za wrote:Yes, Fark was not worth the effort yesterday and today isn't looking good either with rickrolls getting green-lit.
There have been some anti-SOPA/PIPA developments as a result of the outcry, but not enough I fear.
Heard / read that congress is scraping it. You cant argue with Google.
Senators dropping support
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 10:49
by Tribble
Just heard that too
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 11:33
by StarBound
Good that it is scrapped. Now they need to come up with a real solution though. So that 38mil they would have wasted can now be used for proper research/thinking into finding suitable solutions that doesn't breach privacy.
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 12:02
by GreyWolf
If you are presenting my stuff as your own and using it to directly make profit, then you go to jail.
If you are re-selling my stuff without my permission, then you go to jail.
Done and done!
When do I get my cheque?
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 12:23
by StarBound
GreyWolf wrote:If you are re-selling my stuff without my permission, then you go to jail.
2nd hand games or do you believe in after you buy something your the owner and its your stuff?
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 12:25
by hamin_aus
GreyWolf wrote:If you are presenting my stuff as your own and using it to directly make profit, then you go to jail.
If you are re-selling my stuff without my permission, then you go to jail.
Thats pretty much what SOPA started out as.
ITT: people who think making laws are easy
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 12:27
by ADT
Glad someone actually made a thread about this
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 12:32
by GreyWolf
StarBound wrote:2nd hand games or do you believe in after you buy something your the owner and its your stuff?
My (legitimate) copy is MINE!
I did not RENT it from the store, I BOUGHT it.
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 12:34
by StarBound
GreyWolf wrote:StarBound wrote:2nd hand games or do you believe in after you buy something your the owner and its your stuff?
My (legitimate) copy is MINE!
I did not RENT it from the store, I BOUGHT it.
Tell that to EA and the rest of the publishers in the industry.
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 12:42
by GreyWolf
With all due respect, they can go **** themselves.
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 13:40
by StarPhoenix
ooops!
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 14:12
by ADT
GreyWolf wrote:With all due respect, they can go **** themselves.
Well said
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 15:42
by Stuart
GreyWolf wrote:jamin_za wrote:Yes, Fark was not worth the effort yesterday and today isn't looking good either with rickrolls getting green-lit.
There have been some anti-SOPA/PIPA developments as a result of the outcry, but not enough I fear.
Heard / read that congress is scraping it. You cant argue with Google.
Senators dropping support
Senators dropping support for the bill is no guarantee that it will be scrapped entirely.
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 15:50
by Stuart
Numerous websites, including heavyweights like Google, Wikipedia and Craigslist, were blacked out Wednesday to take part in the protest against SOPA and PIPA. The blackout protest was not just an impressive show of force, it also seemed to succeed in making millions of people who don’t usually follow every single piece of tech news aware of the bills.
Equally impressive was that so many different sites joined in on the protest, ranging from tech news sites like Wired to the usually much less serious Cheezburger network to even Greenpeace’s online presence. And the protest seemed to spark lots of creativity, with people exploring many different visual ways to take a stance against SOPA and PIPA.
Check out our gallery below to see who blacked out their site, and how they did it:
SOPA website gallery: The day the Internet went dark
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 15:54
by rustypup
Stuart wrote:Senators dropping support for the bill is no guarantee that it will be scrapped entirely.
that and the fact that this is
not the first attempt to shove this down our collective gullets, nor will it be the last....
<edit>
huge inforgraphic dealing with the source of the silliness</edit>
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 17:47
by StarBound
We should get a some arab guy to run around the congress building with some nuke bombs attached to him, paint his face blue and let him shout "For freedom!" then boom! Although since everything is in the US they might not get the right message out of it.
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 20 Jan 2012, 09:57
by ADT
So the FBI shut down Mega Upload
, and it seems anonymous isn't too pleased with them now, this will get interesting
http://tinyurl.com/6rhztc7
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 20 Jan 2012, 10:11
by GreyWolf
SOPA and PIPA dead.But what does it mean?
Re: SOPA and the Blackout
Posted: 20 Jan 2012, 15:53
by rustypup
