PIPA/SOPA Legislation

[AbuseTheElderly]

U.S. House Of Representatives’ Stop Online Piracy Act
U.S. Senate’s Protect IP Act

Today many sites are going dark to protest the PIPA/SOPA legislation that gives the US Goverment the power to control what it's citizens can and cannot view on the internet, on top of that, they do it without due process. Many sites today, including (Click any site to view their protest page) Wikipedia, Craigslist, Google, Reddit, WordPress, TwitPic, Cheezburger, BoingBoing and Mozilla are getting involved in either completely blacking out their site or censoring their logo or even content. The Bills will make it so that the Motion Picture Association of America tells the government what sites are infringing or not. We can always trust the government to have our best interest in mind, Obamacare was good right? Here is a video that explains the situation better:

[video=youtube;hLYgs0xMDm0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLYgs0xMDm0[/video]

I just ask that if you enjoy surfing the internet as it is, please visit one of the above sites to educate yourself about these bills. If you haven't already, please contact your Congressmen and Representatives to urge them to vote NO!

 

[xterror04]

sign the petition!!!!
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

 

[AbuseTheElderly]

Thanks Xterror04, didn't know that was a petition.

 

[Macland]

I'll be signing the petition later as well. I was visiting with a guy who keeps up with our fedex delivery guy the other day and we usually just talk video games. This time we were talking about Anonymous and how they are getting involved. He pointed out that if these bills go through that something as simple as posting a picture of our Nissans with the logo visible would break the law.

 

[AbuseTheElderly]

Yes sir, the internet will be a very different place for US citizens if these bills pass. Like China, they have their internet censored and they love it. Otherwise you would see protests online abou. . . thats right, IT'S CENSORED!

 

[AbuseTheElderly]

I just found out www.VoteForTheNet.com was created by Demand Progress and Don't Censor The Net. They seem to be the leading petition to sign. Well over 50,000 signatures so far, we will need many more before the day is over. If you are an internet user in the US, please sign the petition. You don't know what you have until it's gone.

 

[AbuseTheElderly]

I'll be signing the petition later as well. I was visiting with a guy who keeps up with our fedex delivery guy the other day and we usually just talk video games. This time we were talking about Anonymous and how they are getting involved. He pointed out that if these bills go through that something as simple as posting a picture of our Nissans with the logo visible would break the law.

Under the Protect IP Act, yes, not only would it be against the law to post ANY copyrighted material but if you do it 10 times, it's a FELONY! Not only are our jails overcrowded now, they will have to make room for all the kids who post youtube videos.

 

[civicjoe]

yep welcome to the united states of china...... I mean america

 

[Muadeeb]

I thought we were already in the United Socialist States of America

 

[civicjoe]

We're doing what we can to be both


Sent from the Nighthog mobile command unit.

 

[Creepy Cruiser]

We have these available. http://www.westcoastdecals.com/nosopa.htm

(**There is no black background on them**)

 

[RATTFINK]

ThanX Creepster! I purchased the first one.

 

[Creepy Cruiser]

Shipped.

Have fun!

 

[Macland]

Under SOPA you could get 5 years in jail for uploading a Michael Jackson song. 1 year more than the Dr. who killed him.

 

[AbuseTheElderly]

Gotta love being an American. That is infuriating.

Sent from my Galaxy S Showcase

 

[Diadaga]

Yeap looks like its gonna be time to go to Australia soon

 

[AbuseTheElderly]

Here we go again, SOPA became toxic and no one is for it anymore. Now there is this slap in the face titled "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act", though nothing about it protects children from pornography. It is designed to force Internet Service Providers to keep records of everything you do on the internet. They are essentially passing laws that give them the right to spy on us digitally.

"They want to force Internet service providers to keep track of and retain their customers' information -- including your name, address, phone number, credit card numbers, bank account numbers, and temporarily-assigned IP addresses."

What part of that is protecting children from pornography? Big Brother is not only watching and listening to phone calls, soon there will be no such thing as privacy.

If you want to send an email to your Representatives you can follow this link, the email will be forwarded to your local Representative:

http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/snooping/?referring_akid=a4864868.421197.r4D7Cb&source=auto-taf