So what do you think about SOPA and PIPA bills going through congress?

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   LawrenceSposted 12 years ago

   I just heard about these bills and read that they will send anyone to jail for a max of 5 years. This is if you access any content which is copyrighted more than 10 times in a 6 month period.

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      Josakposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Well there you go supposed "Mr Big Government Obama" just quashed it by saying we will veto the bills. He just secured my vote.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      What do you mean by "access"?

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         SPomposelloposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Marisa, that's what I was wondering. So if I "watch" (not UPLOAD) an illegal film online, then does that count? If so, it's stupid that they have to go after the DOWNloaders when technically it would be the UPloaders who committed the crime. This just doesn't make any sense.

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   Evan G Rogersposted 12 years ago

   If you hate these bills, then vote for the one candidate who openly fights against them: Ron Paul.

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      LawrenceSposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm not to sure that he would fight them since he tends to uphold the Constitution.

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         Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         SOPA isn't constitutional.

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         Evan G Rogersposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         http://torrentfreak.com/presidential-ca … pa-111229/

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            LawrenceSposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Good stuff I'm glad that Ron Paul slammed the bill because it's pretty crazy how congress is trying to pass laws that restrict what we can and can't do.

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   Uninvited Writerposted 12 years ago

   http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudios … gislation/

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      Ralph Deedsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, that's helpful.

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      LawrenceSposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank You that really was informative, and I'm glad to see Pres. Obama step up and not support both bills.

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   jenuboukaposted 12 years ago

   SOPA is a violation to a user's rights for the internet.  We sure as hell don't need a babysitter for what we do here, remember this is supposed to be "free".  As for the copyrights, let us not read deeper into what they are after here. 
   If you want to make you voice heard, sign the many petitions circulating the web to instill your voice and freedom.

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   I am DB Cooperposted 12 years ago

   I'm not sure if this blackout today is going to do anything. Most members of Congress are still using telegrams anyway. Maybe if a bunch of porn sites decided to do a blackout protest they would get the attention of politicians.

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   LawrenceSposted 12 years ago

   I think the black out did have an affect. It did get a lot of coverage on the news, and I'm sure a lot of people signed the petition that was posted on Google.

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   kerrygposted 12 years ago

   I'm personally strongly opposed. These bills make it frighteningly obvious how little most members of Congress know about the internet and how susceptible they are to manipulation by wealthy corporate interests. SOPA and PIPA won't do a thing to stop piracy, but they'll sure as hell make life difficult for web startups, and even behemoths like Facebook. All you need to do is get one person to post a link to a piracy site somewhere on a website and you can get the whole thing shut down. Can't tell me that won't get abused, especially when you have the idiots at the RIAA going after teenagers and little old ladies with fines in the five figures if they've so much as been in the same house as a computer with pirated music on it.
   
   Hopefully the blackout will bring the danger of these bills to the attention of casual internet users, though I'm pretty disappointed with Twitter and Facebook's decision not to do anything.

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