Haven't seen a SOPA thread

[snwbrdr435]

I have been following this closely. Hope this doesn't pass......

In protest wikipedia is having a blackout all day tomorrow.
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Eng ... A_blackout

[TTkickedin]

I guarantee wikipedia and related blackout sites are going to win.

[Dattebayo]

Stupid idea.

[OriginalWheelman]

http://www.dailytech.com/Ding+Dong+SOPA ... e23791.htm

[the a3k]

Stop American Censorship

this cannot pass

[hitbychance]

I thought this got rejected on Jan 12

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/1 ... 06347.html

Saturday marked a major victory for opponents of proposed anti-piracy legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), which would target foreign-based websites violating U.S. copyrights.

House of Representatives bill SOPA and its Senate counterpart PIPA are designed to punish websites that make available, for example, free movies and music without the permission of the U.S. rights holders. Opponents of the bills, however, worry that the proposed laws would grant the Department of Justice too much regulatory power. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has called the measures "draconian." Other Internet giants who oppose the bill include Facebook, eBay, Mozilla, Twitter, and Huffington Post parent company AOL.

The White House on Saturday officially responded to two online petitions, "Stop the E-PARASITE Act" and "Veto the SOPA bill and any other future bills that threaten to diminish the free flow of information," urging the President to reject SOPA and PIPA.

The statement was drawn up by Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget, Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and Howard Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President and Cybersecurity Coordinator for National Security Staff. They made clear that the White House will not support legislation that disrupts the open standards of the Internet.

"While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet," the statement read in part.

for more follow the link.

[Jesda]

Reddit's take on it:

http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technica ... a-and.html

[the a3k]

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

[szh]

I have been following this closely. Hope this doesn't pass......[/url]

It is being discussed in our Politics forum: sopa-dies-t550040.html ... please post comments in there (best to lock this thread)!

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