SOPA

[Qazox]

Even if this passes woulden't there just be like an underground internet or something?

Not all of us wanna go on 4chan

[Vurtunia]

Even if this passes woulden't there just be like an underground internet or something?

Not all of us wanna go on 4chan

Also SOPA would be declared unconstituntional by like nineteen judges in five seconds flat.

[Qazox]

Not all of us wanna go on 4chan

Also SOPA would be declared unconstituntional by like nineteen judges in five seconds flat.

Depends on where it is challenged. If It is in LA or NYC (where the majority of the companies that want SOPA to pass are located); then odds are it wouldn't be upheld. Odds are the challenge would have to be filed in SF or Seattle where most fo the companies that are against SOPA are located.

[Qazox]

BTW: less than 1 minute before Wikipedia reopens.

[Vurtunia]

Also SOPA would be declared unconstituntional by like nineteen judges in five seconds flat.

Depends on where it is challenged. If It is in LA or NYC (where the majority of the companies that want SOPA to pass are located); then odds are it wouldn't be upheld. Odds are the challenge would have to be filed in SF or Seattle where most fo the companies that are against SOPA are located.

Please LA is a joke, it's one procopyright city in a sea of pissed off ones with more judges than it.

[Azrael]

Wikipedia's reopened; over 150 million+ people were part of their protest.

[Mirrodinia]

If SOPA passes, not only does it ruin about every big thing there is to love on the Internet and many small things, but I hope EVERYONE here realizes that this would most likely shut down Nation-States for all of the copyrighted pictures in many peoples flags, and more for the many links that I'm sure are on here somewhere linked to vids and other things full of copyrighted material.

[Azrael]

Even if this passes woulden't there just be like an underground internet or something?

Not all of us wanna go on 4chan

I would
And I'm not sure SOPA would apply to the darknet (aka where lots of people get kiddie porn and drugs from, ugh.. *shudders*).

[Vurtunia]

Truth be told, I just don't want all the let's plays taken down from teh youtubs.

[UnitedStatesOfAmerica-]

Romney, Gingrich, Ron Paul, and Obama oppose SOPA. That is good news because the 4 serious presidential candidates are on record opposing SOPA.

[Vigilantes And Knights]

I'm not against censorship per-se, but censoring the internet goes against the very principle of its creation.

I agree entirely.

[UnitedStatesOfAmerica-]

If SOPA passes, not only does it ruin about every big thing there is to love on the Internet and many small things, but I hope EVERYONE here realizes that this would most likely shut down Nation-States for all of the copyrighted pictures in many peoples flags, and more for the many links that I'm sure are on here somewhere linked to vids and other things full of copyrighted material.

This is truth. Nationstates would be banned from the internet because of the fans of Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and other popular TV shows/movies. Nationstates could be targeted if you use orks or millennial falcons in your rps. Using the M1Abrams or the M16 in your rp, as many rpers do, could cause the US government to shut down Nationstates as far as US users are concerned.

This is but one of the problems created by SOPA and it's Senate version PIPA.

[Mirrodinia]

If SOPA passes, not only does it ruin about every big thing there is to love on the Internet and many small things, but I hope EVERYONE here realizes that this would most likely shut down Nation-States for all of the copyrighted pictures in many peoples flags, and more for the many links that I'm sure are on here somewhere linked to vids and other things full of copyrighted material.

This is truth. Nationstates would be banned from the internet because of the fans of Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and other popular TV shows/movies. Nationstates could be targeted if you use orks or millennial falcons in your rps. Using the M1Abrams or the M16 in your rp, as many rpers do, could cause the US government to shut down Nationstates as far as US users are concerned.

This is but one of the problems created by SOPA and it's Senate version PIPA.

And probably one of the most important to everyone out here on the forums! Or anywhere else on here for that matter!

[Qazox]

Depends on where it is challenged. If It is in LA or NYC (where the majority of the companies that want SOPA to pass are located); then odds are it wouldn't be upheld. Odds are the challenge would have to be filed in SF or Seattle where most fo the companies that are against SOPA are located.

Please LA is a joke, it's one procopyright city in a sea of pissed off ones with more judges than it.

Hollywood is one of the biggest supporters of SOPA and as such a judge from LA would be inclined to favor them.

[Vurtunia]

Please LA is a joke, it's one procopyright city in a sea of pissed off ones with more judges than it.

Hollywood is one of the biggest supporters of SOPA and as such a judge from LA would be inclined to favor them.

LA and NYC against most other american citys? Guess who my money's on.

[The Rich Port]

Truth be told, I just don't want all the let's plays taken down from teh youtubs.

I'd particularly miss That Guy With The Glasses.com

They're great and they really deserve all that "free" money they get.

[Mirrodinia]

Think about this. SOPA could cause super-strict copyright infringement to extend outside of the internet! Pandora? Hmmm...free copyrighted music=censor. Music radio stations? More free copyrighted music=illegalize. Television? Oooo MTV=shut down. Libraries for Pete's sake? Hey! Did you just download music onto your computer from that album you borrowed from the Library for free?=demolished. Life as we know it? One word:GONE!

[Vurtunia]

R.I.P. the internet 1996-2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si9jtxDZ ... ata_player

[UnitedStatesOfAmerica-]

I forgot to mention that SOPA eliminates the Fair Use doctrine. Under SOPA/PIPA, there is no such thing as Fair Use. This is major and serious change from American tradition and values.

Adolf Hitler has responded to SOPA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM

[Genivaria]

Just made a thread that asks weather the Free flow of information can replace the gun as a check on government tyranny.
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=160680&p=8215073#p8215073

[Christmahanikwanzikah]

I forgot to mention that SOPA eliminates the Fair Use doctrine. Under SOPA/PIPA, there is no such thing as Fair Use. This is major and serious change from American tradition and values.

Adolf Hitler has responded to SOPA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM

"Don't cry; Disney has the rights to that emotion."

Classic.

[Tubbsalot]

I forgot to mention that SOPA eliminates the Fair Use doctrine. Under SOPA/PIPA, there is no such thing as Fair Use. This is major and serious change from American tradition and values.

Adolf Hitler has responded to SOPA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM

"Don't cry; Disney has the rights to that emotion."

Classic.

I just about crapped myself when I saw that.

[Wiztopia]

Does anybody here seriously support SOPA?

[Bythyrona]

Does anybody here seriously support SOPA?

FreeLaannds, I think.

[Dyakovo]

Would Nationstates be blocked by SOPA?

I already know my friend's site (Gaiaonline) is Censored by SOPA.

Fuck them. Seriously, the people who designed it should be executed.

No, it isn't. Nothing is censored by SOPA.