Kayvaan7472 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Alright bro no need to go all "jerk-mode engage" on me, geez It seemed weird that i just happened to me right now, i was about to lose it since im not in the US. because it is apparent that you are not on the internet either.how the hell could you not have known about SOPA if you use the internet? and SOPA sucks, if it passes, jerk companies can jsut shut down sites if there was just a link to a copyrighted material. hell, they don't even need proof, they can just shut a site down and make the owner prove that there are no copyrighted materials on the site.so say goodbye to youtube, facebook, twitter, Nexus, wikipedia, all sites that have torrents of any kind, all forums that even allows posting of pictures/screenshots of movies/tv shows, etc etc.that bill will basically shut down the internet Edited January 18, 2012 by Kayvaan7472 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueblue1878 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 As I said if there was even away to express my views then I wouldn't mind, but instantly it asks for a zip code. Thats really ignorant of them considering they are shoving their protest down the throats of all of us. And UK isn't part of the EU in a lot of ways.. I don't think that bill affects us. Thankfully. Yes I initially had the same reaction. I just think its kind of pointless making the whole world see it when we can't even do anything to help. @faith - I think any treaties and organisations will have been well informed about this by now. The only thing this is doing is pissing off the public of the rest of the world who can't do anything about it. wait a minute, SOPA didnt pass yet right ? so whats that picture the op posted ?/facepalm Its a message the wiki owner put up to protest SOPA, its a joke version of he actual thing and if you click on it it takes you to a site that details SOPa and how much it sucks. Read the thread before you respond. Alright bro no need to go all "jerk-mode engage" on me, geez It seemed weird that i just happened to me right now, i was about to lose it since im not in the US. Id rate anyones freedom over a little gaming related erudite anytime, it pies you off? get your priorities right. Take a look how your country takes On this, the EU for example recently passed a very similar bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvinkun Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Alright bro no need to go all "jerk-mode engage" on me, geez It seemed weird that i just happened to me right now, i was about to lose it since im not in the US. because it is apparent that you are not on the internet either.how the hell could you not have known about SOPA if you use the internet? and SOPA sucks, if it passes, jerk companies can jsut shut down sites if there was just a link to a copyrighted material. hell, they don't even need proof, they can just shut a site down and make the owner prove that there are no copyrighted materials on the site.so say goodbye to youtube, facebook, twitter, Nexus, wikipedia, all sites that have torrents of any kind, all forums that even allows posting of pictures/screenshots of movies/tv shows, etc etc.that bill will basically shut down the internet Well, you're making it a bit more dramatic than it is - it's not like it threatens youtube's existence, even tho it could be deadly for smaller sites. It just opens doors for a lot of lawsuits, more profit for certain companies and possibly censure. Which is pretty bad, but not as bad as you made it sound. The dramatic part is, if this passes, what will be there in the future? Only goverment (read as entertainment companies) aproved people get acces to internet? (yes, that's called a hype, please don't catch the sentence and troll about it) And don't compare this to the EU one, while it might sound similar, it's not. Not that much. Not at all, actually. Now, thinking about it, which one you mean, only kinda-similar thing to SOPA is in France, no? @Trueblue: Have bad news for you. UK is part of the EU as much as it gets :biggrin: Edited January 18, 2012 by elvinkun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trueblue1878 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 No, those sites will just move their content abroad and anyone in the US will just need to use a proxy. And because of that proxies/VPN's will go down in price and everyone will use one after a while. I think all the bill will do is make the music/movie industry some money at the expense of taking away a huge chunk of America's economy. Alright bro no need to go all "jerk-mode engage" on me, geez It seemed weird that i just happened to me right now, i was about to lose it since im not in the US. because it is apparent that you are not on the internet either.how the hell could you not have known about SOPA if you use the internet? and SOPA sucks, if it passes, jerk companies can jsut shut down sites if there was just a link to a copyrighted material. hell, they don't even need proof, they can just shut a site down and make the owner prove that there are no copyrighted materials on the site.so say goodbye to youtube, facebook, twitter, Nexus, wikipedia, all sites that have torrents of any kind, all forums that even allows posting of pictures/screenshots of movies/tv shows, etc etc.that bill will basically shut down the internet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Mankind can be so oblivious... youtube could be one the first to get an arrow to the knee due the amount of "contestable" content uploaded there. The excuse it can't be responsible by user's abuse or just by what users upload will not help for it could be used for any p2p site too, since one the stated reason for the bill is granting rights to shutdown sites without due trial (don't even try to understand what was "not explicitly said there, you know: half truth can be more deceptive than a complete lie). Edited January 18, 2012 by nosisab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faifh Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) And UK isn't part of the EU in a lot of ways.. I don't think that bill affects us. Thankfully. Dude, you got no idea. Its called ACTA here, and in core the UK is part of the EU making all legislation apply, the UK just didn't sign much of the extra treaties, like the Euro or the Schengen treaty. Edited January 18, 2012 by faifh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) The beauty is: if those guys are crying for the "sample" of what is to come, imagine the howls of despair when the "real thing" falls over them :) Edited January 18, 2012 by nosisab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faifh Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 The beauty is: if those guys are crying for the "sample" of what is to come, imagine the howls of despair when the "real thing" falls over them :) +kudos :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvinkun Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 And UK isn't part of the EU in a lot of ways.. I don't think that bill affects us. Thankfully. Dude, you got no idea. Its called ACTA here, and in core the UK is part of the EU making all legislation apply, the UK just didn't sign much of the extra treaties, like the Euro or the Schengen treaty. Mind you, ACTA is not "EU SOPA", mainly because it's not EU bill and because it's a whole lot different than SOPA. Potentially dangerous, but different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosisab Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) To you too, faith, despite being relatively new to the forum you are displaying far above than average consciousness of the underlying implications of the situation. PS: to those unaware of the reach of that bill lets repeat something already said in similar thread: "Remember IP means Intellectual Property, if you can't see where the current situation is leading you are losing or already lost the property of your intellect". Edited January 18, 2012 by nosisab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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