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SOPA = US Government taking away the internet, from everyone
The US government is currently trying to pass a bill which essentially will result in the internet being a useless invention, they will make it were a site with the potential to have illegal links or submissions can be taken down. That would also include this site, youtube, even places like facebook or twitter. Now, as i really dont have any personal experience in anything that would require me to actually have a life i shall refer you to someone I have subscribed to on youtube who happens to be British and have some legal experience and knowledge.
Also, if you are an american citizen please click the link below and send the pre-written E-mail to your congressmen (you can edit it if you want as well)
http://tinyurl.com/writetocongress
And to those of you who don't live in America who think this doesn't affect you, it does. many of the most popular sites (Youtube for one) are hosted in the states and so if this bill passes it will pretty much be kicked around by the government and proceed to not exist.
Thanks for reading and i hope they shoot all the idiots who thought this stupid thing up.
If anyone has anything constructive and/or on-topic feel free to add you thoughts, just please no flamewars.
(apologies if I in anyway shape or form offended or annoyed anyone on this site with my save the internet rant)
Also, if you are an american citizen please click the link below and send the pre-written E-mail to your congressmen (you can edit it if you want as well)
http://tinyurl.com/writetocongress
And to those of you who don't live in America who think this doesn't affect you, it does. many of the most popular sites (Youtube for one) are hosted in the states and so if this bill passes it will pretty much be kicked around by the government and proceed to not exist.
Thanks for reading and i hope they shoot all the idiots who thought this stupid thing up.
If anyone has anything constructive and/or on-topic feel free to add you thoughts, just please no flamewars.
(apologies if I in anyway shape or form offended or annoyed anyone on this site with my save the internet rant)
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Gah. I'm getting sick of this thread. People are fighting on completely off-topic debates and like some people have said previously, SOPA is now delayed. Go ahead and make this thread again in 2012 when the bill goes back up for voting.
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Oh yes... right. Of course I believe you. *cough*
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United Forever in our great American Union.
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funny
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They take down youtube? we take over SOPA
They take down internet? we take down AMERICA :O
They take down internet? we take down AMERICA :O
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sed11I'm not saying your supporting it >:/
I'm telling him the government are actually trying to do this >:/
I'll go a head and edit it to a better example..........
ok, the way you had worded it seemed as if you were trying to say i was for the bill, i apologize for over reacting to your post
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Palaeossed11-youyummWhich idiot told you this? Whoever did obviously doesn't know what communism is.
If your referring to the guy who posted the thread then they are actually trying to get the bill passed.
so let me get this straight, you believe I, the original post, are supportive of the bill? if so i kindly refer you to my post, read it then please correct your statement, as it stands now i am offended by your poorly written response to your quote
I'm not saying your supporting it >:/
I'm telling him the government are actually trying to do this >:/
I'll go a head and edit it to a better example..........
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also, this thread has nothing to do with communism, look it up before being ignorant, yes as an american you should pretty much be opposed to it out of american pride and the like but at least know what you are talking about when you go off saying this that and the other are going to turn something into a communist thing
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sed11-youyummWhich idiot told you this? Whoever did obviously doesn't know what communism is.
If your referring to the guy who posted the thread then they are actually trying to get the bill passed.
so let me get this straight, you believe I, the original post, are supportive of the bill? if so i kindly refer you to my post, read it then please correct your statement, as it stands now i am offended by your poorly written response to your quote
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Communism isn't limited to taking away freedom, it's publicly controlling a nation under a strict set of rules that mandate a certain way of life. Pretty much it's governmental bullying, forcing people to do only what is allowed, and making them do it a certain way.
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-youyumm Whoever did obviously doesn't know what communism is.
Isnt communism taking away peoples freedome? And isnt taking away the internet killing our freedome? AKA comunism?
Just saying lol.
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well a large group of hacker not goin to say the name of the group is at this moment creating a new internet unable to be censored yes let the rebellion begin!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah but it won't include other sites :/
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actually most sites will be rebuilt andor transferred depending on how fast we complete it
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quick question. is this thing going to be hosted in/on american soil (or territories of the states)? if so, yeah, it will be censored, if not, it will be within a year or so should the bill pass that would even make this necessary
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-youyummWhich idiot told you this? Whoever did obviously doesn't know what communism is.
If your referring to the guy who posted the thread then the government *Not the poster...he's against it.* are actually trying to get the bill passed.
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Which idiot told you this? Whoever did obviously doesn't know what communism is.
Plus the government would get sued to hell if this were to happen.
Plus the government would get sued to hell if this were to happen.
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just think about it, im not worried, because millions of gamers vs 9 people in the senate.
if that bill passes, i bet the senate will be on fire in a matter of 5 minutes.
if that bill passes, i bet the senate will be on fire in a matter of 5 minutes.
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another problem i see with the gov doing this, is that if this goes through they will never be able to take away all of the sites that you can get the music from because most of the sites are not mainly for mp3 files they are for every thing.
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I am Against "SOPA" because most people make a living (Money) from the internet, So if they remove the sites used to produce cash, many people of America will be mad.
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lets take SOPA, and push it somewhere else!
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if your talking about moving the U.S. goverment idk i didnt read alot of the stuff above but really? nations will fall and rise over time dont be the one to try to destroy a one and if you live in america i am sorry you are stupid because the quicker we fall other nations will move in to take over us.
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He was referring to the bill.
Man, our own government will destroy america before we have the chance to.
Man, our own government will destroy america before we have the chance to.
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Get Patrick the SeaStar.
We need him now.
We need him now.
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Why are people even talking about this? As long as we don't have any copyrighted things (like a minecraft.jar) we shouldn't be worrying about this site!
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Wrong there. There are hundreds of skins of characters from games/movies, mods based off of other games, and texture packs from games/movies. That's alot of copyrighted material.
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Guys... even if this does ever pass, Google cannot be shut down. It is a search engine, which means it basically points to copyrighted sites. Google itself doesn't host any copyrighted content so it isn't breaking any rules.
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Now, shouldn't we go to canada? I mean, it's CANADA! Canada, the number one country in my opinion! Canada has all of the right stuff! And mostly my sister is a Canadaholic.
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Tryonkiosho42BitemeDeathI love fags that don't listen.
The voting was today. IT FAILED its gone for a year.
They try this every year.
THIS IS SO LATE ITS NOT FUNNY
Shut the fuck up. First of all, that is factually incorrect. Second, the word fag is offensive to homosexals and bisexuals and is something that violates every single ideal that this site is for. You need to apologize.
While "fag" is offensive, so is f**k. You should apologize as well, we have minors on this site.
I do apologize. I am sorry.
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Guys is google hosted in America? If it is then there goes google Nah the bill will never get passed!
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i think google has immunity to copyright laws.
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at the moment yes (and by yes i mean they dont break any by what they do), if this passes no, and also google owns youtube so if google were shut down youtube would be gone too
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kiosho42BitemeDeathI love fags that don't listen.
The voting was today. IT FAILED its gone for a year.
They try this every year.
THIS IS SO LATE ITS NOT FUNNY
Shut the fuck up. First of all, that is factually incorrect. Second, the word fag is offensive to homosexals and bisexuals and is something that violates every single ideal that this site is for. You need to apologize.
While "fag" is offensive, so is f**k. You should apologize as well, we have minors on this site.
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BitemeDeathI love fags that don't listen.
The voting was today. IT FAILED its gone for a year.
They try this every year.
THIS IS SO LATE ITS NOT FUNNY
Shut the fuck up. First of all, that is factually incorrect. Second, the word fag is offensive to homosexals and bisexuals and is something that violates every single ideal that this site is for. You need to apologize.
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BitemeDeathI love fags that don't listen.
The voting was today. IT FAILED its gone for a year.
They try this every year.
THIS IS SO LATE ITS NOT FUNNY
So, I guess we have to hold our breath again! Hooray for suspense! (Sarcasm)
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BitemeDeathI love fags that don't listen.
The voting was today. IT FAILED its gone for a year.
They try this every year.
THIS IS SO LATE ITS NOT FUNNY
It's delayed for a month. Not a year. Voting will continue in January. Consider looking it up before posting.
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HaseoGUA11volt11why is the legislative branch so dumb?
*coughdemocrats*
More like everyone, not just one party.
I know, I know... I'm forced to admit that it's everyone's fault, no matter how much I want to think it's the democrats' faults.
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PalaeosHaseoGUA11volt11why is the legislative branch so dumb?
*coughdemocrats*
More like everyone, not just one party.
^ this, politicians are pretty much guaranteed to be stupid as elections are really just popularity contests and therefore corrupted
It is sad really. Greed and corruption run rampant. This is why I think senators and congressmen and any other political figure should only be able to serve a set number of turns before they are kicked out.
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HaseoGUA11volt11why is the legislative branch so dumb?
*coughdemocrats*
More like everyone, not just one party.
^ this, politicians are pretty much guaranteed to be stupid as elections are really just popularity contests and therefore corrupted
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11volt11why is the legislative branch so dumb?
*coughdemocrats*
More like everyone, not just one party.
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why is the legislative branch so dumb?
*coughdemocrats*
*coughdemocrats*
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... or lobbyists.
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Isn't the internet used by the government? If so, why would they trash it?
This does not sound right now.
This does not sound right now.
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yea i also feel like were are being more restricted if this happens, im 98% sure it wont be passed but its just completely stupid.
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OH
And, for those saying its dead, it isnt.
They are voting for it AGAIN after the winter recess.
SOPA IS STILL ALIVE.
And, for those saying its dead, it isnt.
They are voting for it AGAIN after the winter recess.
SOPA IS STILL ALIVE.
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I'm not reading anything anyone else has already said...
I disagree with this bill first off.
But, in the video, the guy states that they have the potential to take down major websites such as facebook, youtube, twitter and so on. This doesn't mean they will.
Honestly, if they were to do something as STUPID as block facebook, the whitehouse would get torched by 5,000,000 teenagers and college kids.....
Not to mention youtube....
Blocking any of these websites will f*** the us up forever
I disagree with this bill first off.
But, in the video, the guy states that they have the potential to take down major websites such as facebook, youtube, twitter and so on. This doesn't mean they will.
Honestly, if they were to do something as STUPID as block facebook, the whitehouse would get torched by 5,000,000 teenagers and college kids.....
Not to mention youtube....
Blocking any of these websites will f*** the us up forever
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Yep, basically.
By the way, does anyone have a spare Guy Fawkes mask?
By the way, does anyone have a spare Guy Fawkes mask?
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cud NOT have explained it better
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that is what im gonna do to SOPA sed
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oh ya, i get it, hwo are u gonna get 1million people to sign the petition in jsut 3 days lol, new year, ouch, this is not cool, if the bill passes, US is cursed, pernementaly u have to be honest, their will be so many haters of the US, SOPA will not stop piracy at all, the only difference it will make is the amount of people that will die, does anyone know how much some people are sucked into the itnernet
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