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[Toasty Warrior]

For some reason all this talk of censoring the Internet, and that damned SOPA law make me think of this song:

[alexander]

that why i love brazil , i can download games in torrent , share music , and i do not get sued , because my country does not have a proper laws , becey ause 60% of the senators use torrent and share music

Half of the people here wouldn't do these things if everything wasn't so overpriced, hell, people on USA pay around 60 dollars for an console game, while in here it's about 220, that gotta tell you something.

[LegendaryArcanine42]

Indeed., A prudent question.

Of course, Mr. Densetsu/Arcanine also lives in Great Britain, so his outrage is quite a whisper back here in the US.

How bureaucratic of the congress to downplay my outrage just because of my nationality...

It affects me too, because people worldwide go to sites like Facebook and Youtube (which are American-based) and therefore the US would have to answer to these other countries as well, I'm sure of it!

That's why they should leave the internet alone, because it is a global community, not an American one ¬_¬

[shadow_Uzumaki]

How bureaucratic of the congress to downplay my outrage just because of my nationality...

It affects me too, because people worldwide go to sites like Facebook and Youtube (which are American-based) and therefore the US would have to answer to these other countries as well, I'm sure of it!

That's why they should leave the internet alone, because it is a global community, not an American one ¬_¬

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It's not because you're British, it's because you're in Great Britain that you're gonna go unheard. Way to go, yay.

[LegendaryArcanine42]

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It's not because you're British, it's because you're in Great Britain that you're gonna go unheard. Way to go, yay.

That's what I meant, because I live here they're going to downplay what I have to say... As if they don't think it affects anyone else outside of the US...

And hence leading to my old point of leaving the internet alone!

[Paradox Jast]

There's not enough time, money, or manpower to monitor every little thing that happens on the internet, especially where social media is concerned. Look at Youtube as a prime example. There is 'protected' stuff on there all the time. Sure, some of it gets taken down... eventually.

And honestly, why would I care about someone singing a pop song on facebook/wherever when I can just as easily flip over to watch the official thing for free anyway, most likely? Because they do it 'better?' Unlikely, but if they do, good for them I guess. So I'll watch it once or twice, maybe a few times over a week at most before my internet ADD kicks in and I'm moving on to something else.

Why do they waste so much time bothering with stuff on the internet when nothing of entertainment value on it lasts for more than a couple months at most anyway? There is always something new on the internet to distract people.


*sigh*

[shadow_Uzumaki]

http://www.filmon.com/cbsyousuck/

[Anguyen92]

So, any progress on whether or not, this bill gets passed?

Edited by Anguyen92, 24 December 2011 - 03:27 AM.

[Nate River]

So, any progress on whether or not, this bill gets passed?

The vote has been delayed until 2012 and the House has proposed an alternative bill.

[shadow_Uzumaki]

http://www.destructo...0--218742.phtml

So, those 3 companies have reduced their support of SOPA. However, their membership to ESA (which supports SOPA) means they still support it even if their names aren't listed in this list of SOPA supporters: http://judiciary.hou...0Supporters.pdf

[Smiter]

This e-mail made me crack up. XD

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Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, has gamers upset. DanGlozier66 over at HotBloodedGaming sent out a mass of emails to a whole host of companies.

One of them, Sega, apparently replied. Read the email exchange between Dan and Sega Customer Support (click the image above).

If true, Sega's stance on SOPA and reading customer correspondence might surprise you. Then again, maybe not. Sega hasn't been listening to fans for years.

http://kotaku.com/58...re-take-on-sopa

Oh, Sega. XD

[Toasty Warrior]

Speaking of Sega, Sonic has something to say in regards to this SOPA law:

[Derock]

We don't have to worry about SOPA... for now...

From eventhubs.com, Link here, the White House denouced the bill:

Will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.

And it faces signifcant amount of hurdles to go through.

[Nate River]

We don't have to worry about SOPA... for now...

From eventhubs.com, Link here, the White House denouced the bill:



And it faces signifcant amount of hurdles to go through.

It's effectively been killed in the house. The Senate version still lives, but if the House and White House aren't going to do anything it has nowhere to go.

[Toasty Warrior]

kitten blocked!

[Kamina-Yoshi]

Hm, campaign season must be closer than I remembered.

[Smiter]

It's effectively been killed in the house. The Senate version still lives, but if the House and White House aren't going to do anything it has nowhere to go.

Well, that's good news.

Just to warn everyone, tomorrow a lot of websites will go on a 12 hour blackout to protest against SOPA:

http://sopastrike.com/

This includes Google, so you'll most likely find your web browsing affected in some way. I'm not sure who else is taking part.

[Mik3]

H&E should totally blackout as well

[Kamina-Yoshi]

Yeah, that'll make a difference; hundreds of thousands of 1's and 0's screamed out in terror at the ignorance of the people and then were suddenly silenced. Oh, yeah, that's going to not annoy a load of people when they can't access their favourite sites.

Your President and half of your bloody Congress already said 'no', what more do you need? If it's going to pass in the House of Representatives, that's all it's going to do; PASS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Your Senate won't pass it, your President won't pass it, it will die and you will feel self-righteous about making everyone have to miss out on their favourite sites for no good reason.

[Smiter]

H&E should totally blackout as well

I've been asked about this tonight, but I cannot do this for a couple of reasons:

1. Not enough notice. It would take time to prepare H&E for a blackout, and it would also be good manners to give at least a few days advance warning to visitors so they know what to expect.

2. The SOPA blackout is for 12 hours US time, 8AM EST until 8PM EST. If I shut down H&E, it would be down for longer than those times due to work commitments.

Needless to say, we're completely against SOPA, but we can't simply do a full shutdown when we have so little time to prepare.