[16.07.12] Internet Censorship and Copyright Legislation

[KovuKovu]

I REALLY wanna kick SOPA's buttcheeks right about now. I can definitely live without FH but have a  hardtime with the forums being gone... But then the CHAT will be flooded. I think we should shut off the GAME ONLY. Chat is going to be very full but I agree with your decision about SOPA. Mind your beeswax SOPA!!

[Thierry]

I'm totally against SOPA and PIPA, is a way to control people and i don't trust in any government.

[Robin_Wolfieh]

The Internet can't be contained, it's beyond their control.

Why try to start the impossible or the "Near impossible"? I mean, sure I can survive weeks if I wanted to without the internet, but really. Youtube? Facebook? Most sites link to either one of those. If those are gone, how else people will contact with one another...other than mailing letters, but mail people aren't going to be pleased with all that paperwork.

Don't you know you can't keep a good guy down? *facepaw*

[Lawcere]

Hmm, Reddit users have been discussing the construction of a darknet, in case laws such as SOPA have their way. But once the government starts restricting access to certain websites, or taking them down altogether, it will be difficult to make an impact, to reverse the law, without those social media websites to easily contact and organize our efforts. This is why it's best to protest before things get out of hand.

[Lawcere]

I REALLY wanna kick SOPA's buttcheeks right about now. I can definitely live without FH but have a  hardtime with the forums being gone... But then the CHAT will be flooded. I think we should shut off the GAME ONLY. Chat is going to be very full but I agree with your decision about SOPA. Mind your beeswax SOPA!!

They could "blackout" the forum, leaving only a message similar to this http://protestsopa.org/ so that users will not be completely confused.

[Redlinelies]

I wonder if these threads on the forum is the cause of the major chaos that went on in general the few minutes I were there. I find this slightly amusing cause this has been a discussion since around November, and now people almost start to "panic" about the whole thing.

There's even those jumping onto the subject barely knowing what this law means and what could happen, yet they sit and  preach about it in general chat xD

Interesting how it works.

[wolffox]

Welcome to General chat. xD

[JazzForLife]

Apparently SOPA was shelved, meaning they aren't on it any longer. But PIPA, the Senate's version of SOPA which is basically the same thing, is still in action. Read this for more info:link.

It's so stupid. The piracy sites will just jump adresses every once in a while and keep their business running. Meanwhile the law-abiding sites will hurt because of the piracy sites that aren't even being stopped. It's infuriating.

Edit: Urg, let me fix that link.

[Lawcere]

I wonder if these threads on the forum is the cause of the major chaos that went on in general the few minutes I were there. I find this slightly amusing cause this has been a discussion since around November, and now people almost start to "panic" about the whole thing.

There's even those jumping onto the subject barely knowing what this law means and what could happen, yet they sit and  preach about it in general chat xD

Interesting how it works.

And I wasn't there to see it! D:

[Lawcere]

Apparently SOPA was shelved, meaning they aren't on it any longer. But PIPA, the Senate's version of SOPA which is basically the same thing, is still in action. Read this for more info:

It's true that SOPA has been "shelved", and considering this PIPA will most likely follow suit, but don't believe for a second that they will drop the issue altogether. Governments are sneaky - they'll just find another way to mess things up.