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 Post subject: Re: SOPA
PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:39 pm 
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Hah. This page still works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

I'm not sure I understand reddit shutting down. The others, yes, but shutting down a site where you can debate and discuss the very issue you're protesting seems kinda like a baby/bathwater situation.


Yeah, lifehacker addressed that well.

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eh, if youporn or xnxx shut down for a day there would be riots on the street

who uses those?

spankwire & 4tube are where its at.


4tube heh? thanks!


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 Post subject: Re: SOPA
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Here's some more: http://www.vice.com/read/pipa-supporter ... violations

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Here's some more: http://www.vice.com/read/pipa-supporter ... violations

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 Post subject: Re: SOPA
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http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valle ... egislation

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GOP chairman shelves Stop Online Piracy Act
By Brendan Sasso - 01/20/12 10:20 AM ET

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) announced on Friday that he will postpone consideration of his Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) until there is wider agreement on the controversial legislation.

"I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy," Smith said. "It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products."

Smith's announcement came just minutes after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced he would shelve the Senate's version of the anti-piracy legislation, the Protect IP Act.

The move is a stunning acknowledgment of failure for the powerful chairman
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Smith was the author of SOPA and its most vocal proponent. He had repeatedly said the bill did not need to be changed and accused the critics of "spreading lies."

But support for the bill collapsed after a massive Web protest on Wednesday. Major sites including Google and Wikipedia either shut down in protest or displayed messages opposing the legislation.

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 Post subject: Re: SOPA
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Was that democracy or mob rule?

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Was that democracy or mob rule?

whatever it was, i'm sure it killed jobs, wasted oil, made us less secure against Eurasia, and may or may not have ripped Morgan Freeman's larynx from his body.

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Was that democracy or mob rule?


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Was that democracy or mob rule?


That's pretty much America right now.

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I have a really huge problem with due process being thrown aside as if it were a common dead whore.


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Was that democracy or mob rule?

Redundant question.

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Was that democracy or mob rule?

Redundant question.

I work for the department of redundancy department.

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 Post subject: Re: SOPA
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I didn't think it was possible, but Bill Maher just became even less sufferable.


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 Post subject: Re: SOPA
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I watched that Bill Maher episode when it aired Friday. Everyone was against him and the bill, but he wasn't totally wrong when he said people just want free shit, and this was just caucasion looting. He should have understood the bill a bit better though, before bringing it up, so I guess he did get owned.

This was actually a really good episode. Good, fiery panel.

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Sandler wrote:
and this was just caucasion looting.


I'm pretty sure online piracy is mostly Asians looting. And Russians planting spyware. But go ahead and blame whitety to try and make your point.

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