DaMonz Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I think the SOPA thing has been postponed, at any rate. Only until next wednesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinewav Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Only until next wednesday Ugh. Stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 My bad. But it's not like OCR has sponsors across the web was my point. Uh... I donate on a semi-regular interval. Not as much as I could, but I do send the poor boy some cash now and then. If I win the lotto, I'm covering OCRs costs for five years. That's a promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorax Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Only until next wednesday In which case we have to slam the PIPA act circulating in the Senate until then. http://act.demandprogress.org/act/sopa_win/%3Freferring_akid%3Da3655769.1472424.CtV1en%26source%3Dauto-e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level 99 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Despite the fact that Congress was supposed to be out of session until the end of January, the Judiciary Committee has just announced plans to come back to continue the markup this coming Wednesday. This is rather unusual and totally unnecessary. But it shows just how desperate Hollywood is to pass this bill as quickly as possible, before the momentum of opposition builds up even further. And here I thought we had reprieve to go and actually try to convince more people to speak up about this, maybe even bring it up at MAGFest and get all the nerds telling other nerds to go tell other nerds about it. Its nice that they updated the judiciary calendar with this news. Oh wait, they didn't. I still hope they stream it at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegimaSonic Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 This video helped me understand things a little better: haha...one of my friends doesn't care though because despite being one of the copyright infringing (slightly) kind of people, she says this will help her kick her internet addiction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalcyonSpirit Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Mentioned this to my mom and got told that I sound like a "radical leftist" for making a big deal about the issue. That hurt, in more ways than one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Mentioned this to my mom and got told that I sound like a "radical leftist" for making a big deal about the issue. That hurt, in more ways than one... SURPRISE! You're mom's a Republican, and in the pocket of the big businesses that want SOPA passed. Hell, she probably helped write the damn thing. VOTE HER OUT OF THE HOUSE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlouge82 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Mentioned this to my mom and got told that I sound like a "radical leftist" for making a big deal about the issue. That hurt, in more ways than one... Well, Michele Bachmann is totally against SOPA...and she's not exactly a radical leftist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalcyonSpirit Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 SURPRISE!You're mom's a Republican, and in the pocket of the big businesses that want SOPA passed. Hell, she probably helped write the damn thing. VOTE HER OUT OF THE HOUSE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! Thank you. I needed a good laugh tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion303 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Its nice that they updated the judiciary calendar with this news. Oh wait, they didn't. I still hope they stream it at least. They will try to vote under the radar, probably in the dead of night. Don't let the dirty fuckers get away with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koriantor Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 aaaaaaaaaaaaagggggGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! That is all. (for now. If I say more then I'll end up choking on my own bile) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Relevant: SOPA is bad! I've done what I can to prevent this from passing, sooo... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlouge82 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 For all the rest of you legalists out there, I just came across a great piece by Laurence Tribe, a constitutional law professor at Harvard. Some of Tribe's more notable students include Barack Obama and two sitting Supreme Court Justices, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Elena Kagan. The 23-page paper explains that SOPA is unconstitutional and why. http://www.scribd.com/doc/75153093/Tribe-Legis-Memo-on-SOPA-12-6-11-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickomoo Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 My dad apparently thinks this is a great idea. And he tells me as a creative person that this could protect me in the future... >_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level 99 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 My dad apparently thinks this is a great idea. And he tells me as a creative person that this could protect me in the future... >_< Oh don't get me started. I went to dinner tonight with my family trying to talk to them about the importance of SOPA and Protect IP never making their way into our laws, and I ended up finding out that they all became Republicans behind my back and apparently I'm a horrible human being for disliking all the GOP candidates. As a result, I'm fairly certain they're all going to call in support of SOPA. halp me internet my family are dumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 It was your fault for stirring it up. You just killed the internet Stevo. Also, I'm Republican and I sure as shit don't support SOPA. What gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level 99 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 It was your fault for stirring it up. You just killed the internet Stevo. Also, I'm Republican and I sure as shit don't support SOPA. What gives? Exactly, yeah, my family is just kinda....yeah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelCityOutlaw Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 You Americans really confuse me with the whole Republican/Democrat thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tensei Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Uh, if your family gets anywhere near a computer with internet(i.e. Youtube or Facebook), SOPA would adversely affect them as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 You Americans really confuse me with the whole Republican/Democrat thing. It is confusing. But the point here is SOPA BAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDD!!!! Stevo, we already know your family are dumb. You've explained this to us on several occasions. Help may or may not be on the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Exactly, yeah, my family is just kinda....yeah. Doesn't surprise me much. The generation above us don't use much of Youtube and Ocremix and Zophar and all that, so what would they care? It's not their problem, so their old school education is making them think that shit. As long as they get email and Facebook stalk their kids and grandkids, they don't need much else. Not like they really understood the internet much in the first place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlouge82 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Uh, if your family gets anywhere near a computer with internet(i.e. Youtube or Facebook), SOPA would adversely affect them as well. Yes. I honestly can't imagine that YouTube will still be around if SOPA passes. Facebook, too, to a lesser extent. Maybe Americans will actually wake up once they can't waste their workdays on Facebook and YouTube anymore and take a stand. Otherwise, the Supreme Court's been pretty gung ho on protecting free speech as of late, so hopefully they'll overturn SOPA (it's not a matter of the legal question of whether SOPA is unconstitutional -- it absolutely is -- it's a question of politics and, more importantly, money). It'll take several years to get there, though, but we can all hope for federal court injunctions in the meantime to protect us. Let's just hope that the damn thing never passes in the first place, though. EDIT: As for the Republican/Democrat issue in regards to SOPA, the ones on both sides of the aisle actually opposing SOPA are the ones who still stand by their political beliefs and didn't become complete whores who sell out to the highest bidder (Hollywood). Also, there are those who recognize how catastrophically bad SOPA will be for the country and the world and can't be bought out of their stance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorax Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Stevo, we already know your family are dumb. You've explained this to us on several occasions. [Grammar Nazi] family is dumb [/Grammar Nazi] [/off topic] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteo Xavier Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 That was intentional dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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