[16.07.12] Internet Censorship and Copyright Legislation

[WarriorMoo]

I don't think it's going to pass.
However, think is not as good as know.

As far as I heard, the government was hoping to slip these two bills under the radar, hoping that they'd pass without notice.
Well, that screwed up, and if they were hiding that, then it's obviously something back.
This further confirms the government is hiding secrets...like unicorns really do exist!
Sorry, derp moment there.

Anyways, IF the government decides it's absolutely okay despite the fact that sites like Reddit, Wikipedia, even MINECRAFT shut down to protest the other day,
Well, I'm gonna quote a creepypasta and say "Ya shouldn't have done that."

Sadly, Megaupload has already fallen victim to bills whose fates have yet to be made; granted it did have pirated files uploaded by it's users, but we don't want that happening to any innocent site now, do we?

Now then, I don't need to repeat what has already been said by others. And so, I finish off with this;

Ladies and Gentlemen, engage your weapons, fight against internet censorship! SOPA and PIPA will not pass, because this is war!!

Thirty Seconds to Mars - "This is War" Lyrics

[heartsgirl99]

I don't think it's going to pass.
However, think is not as good as know.

As far as I heard, the government was hoping to slip these two bills under the radar, hoping that they'd pass without notice.
Well, that screwed up, and if they were hiding that, then it's obviously something back.
This further confirms the government is hiding secrets...like unicorns really do exist!
Sorry, derp moment there.

Anyways, IF the government decides it's absolutely okay despite the fact that sites like Reddit, Wikipedia, even MINECRAFT shut down to protest the other day,
Well, I'm gonna quote a creepypasta and say "Ya shouldn't have done that."

Sadly, Megaupload has already fallen victim to bills whose fates have yet to be made; granted it did have pirated files uploaded by it's users, but we don't want that happening to any innocent site now, do we?

Now then, I don't need to repeat what has already been said by others. And so, I finish off with this;

Ladies and Gentlemen, engage your weapons, fight against internet censorship! SOPA and PIPA will not pass, because this is war!!

Thirty Seconds to Mars - "This is War" Lyrics

I'm with you and I just got me fire blasting gun! Sopa and pipa must die! *does the da woop face and blasted blue lasers from mouth* I made some funny words out of sopa and pipa:

Pipa:
Pee-a
Peep-a
Poopya
Pip

Sopa:
Soup
Soap
Toilet
Sopa-da-poopa

I am totally going to kill sopa/pipa if they pass.

[Lawcere]

Sadly, Megaupload has already fallen victim to bills whose fates have yet to be made; granted it did have pirated files uploaded by it's users, but we don't want that happening to any innocent site now, do we?

And consider that this was done without those bills in effect... Thankfully Anonymous has already gotten revenge for Megaupload, and a new website is underway - see page 1 for update.

[catwarrior]

I wanna shut PIPA/SOPA up! They are downright: OUT.OF.THEIR.MINDS!

[Lawcere]

I wanna shut PIPA/SOPA up! They are downright: OUT.OF.THEIR.MINDS!

Good thing is they are now shelved.

[Tanglemask]

Well now that we don't have to worry about SOPA or PIPA we have a whole nother problem. ACTA explained - Animation.flv
ACTA

[heartsgirl99]

What's acta? (I'm on my iPad so I can't see posted videos) and that's great news because sopa and pipa just died!

[Lawcere]

What's acta? (I'm on my iPad so I can't see posted videos) and that's great news because sopa and pipa just died!

Hmm, shelved doesn't mean they're dead, it means they have been put aside. Most likely they will be changed slightly and put back out there.

And as Tanglemask posted, there are other bills out there, like ACTA, that are still being pushed through.

[catwarrior]

Come on congress! Lighten up! See the consequences in the future if the bills pass....(whiiiich won't be that good)

[Lawcere]

Updated with more information on page 1.