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SOPA or how America hates the Internet.

Started by Grey Fox, November 18, 2011, 01:20:11 PM

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Razgovory

#15
November 19, 2011, 05:40:26 AM
Quote from: Neil on November 18, 2011, 09:11:11 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 18, 2011, 08:33:51 PM
Second of all, WTF is gc.ca doing sharing pirated movies and videos?
American companies will claim copyright because they're dishonest and there's no incentive not to.

This is true.  Such as when Universal Studios sued Nintendo over copyright infringement concerning King Kong, despite not actually having the rights to King Kong (and having previously sued RKO claiming that King Kong was public domain).
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Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Syt

#16
November 19, 2011, 05:42:07 AM
Or Bethesda threatening to sue the guy who did Minecraft (I think that's him? Or some other Indie dev?) because he wants to call his next game (a computer card game) "Scrolls".
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grumbler

#17
November 19, 2011, 11:03:54 AM
Quote from: The Brain on November 19, 2011, 03:56:27 AM
"Sopa" means (a piece of) garbage in Swedish. Makes you thimk.

After thimking about it, I concluded it has the same meaning in the US.
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Grey Fox

#18
November 19, 2011, 11:29:17 AM
Quote from: Syt on November 19, 2011, 05:42:07 AM
Or Bethesda threatening to sue the guy who did Minecraft (I think that's him? Or some other Indie dev?) because he wants to call his next game (a computer card game) "Scrolls".

They are doing it. Bethesda, well it's Parent Company, lost the first round in Swedish court.
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viper37

#19
November 22, 2011, 10:16:54 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 18, 2011, 06:23:05 PM
So the law would require US ISPs to block access to pirate sites in Canada, it would require US search engines to not show results for pirate sites in Canada, and it would prohibit US payment companies from transferring funds to pirate sites in Canada.

What exactly is your beef Wolf?
Severe privacy invading measures
Why the broken web should stay broken

Privacy advocates are against.
ISPs are against.
Security software companies are against.
Music&film industry lobbied intensively for it.

That, in itself, without any kind of argument, makes the case for me, to be agains SOPA.
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Grey Fox

#20
January 17, 2012, 08:54:39 AM
English Wikipedia is going dark tomorrow in protest of SOPA/PIPA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16590585
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Valmy

#21
January 17, 2012, 09:36:53 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 18, 2011, 01:20:11 PM
Do something about it before it's too late.

If I lept into action everytime my Congress was considering passing a horribly idiotic and hamfisted piece of legislation I would be a fulltime political activist by now.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

Valmy

#22
January 17, 2012, 09:40:06 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 18, 2011, 08:33:51 PM
First of all, the site wouldn't be blocked by non-US ISPs.

Second of all, WTF is gc.ca doing sharing pirated movies and videos?

Heh.  Your faith the legislation is going to work to only limit the stuff it was built to combat is impressive considering the enormous number of people pointing out otherwise.  The interests of tons of people are going to be stomped on to serve a specific special interest.  But really what else is new?
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

mongers

#23
January 17, 2012, 09:40:54 AM
Quote from: Valmy on January 17, 2012, 09:36:53 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on November 18, 2011, 01:20:11 PM
Do something about it before it's too late.

If I lept into action everytime my Congress was considering passing a horribly idiotic and hamfisted piece of legislation I would be a fulltime political activist by now.

Or Dead.  :ph34r:



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#24
January 17, 2012, 09:56:16 AM
Quote from: Valmy on January 17, 2012, 09:36:53 AM
If I lept into action everytime my Congress was considering passing a horribly idiotic and hamfisted piece of legislation I would be a fulltime political activist by now.

You'd be in pretty good shape though.
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#25
January 17, 2012, 10:48:43 AM
Quote from: Valmy on January 17, 2012, 09:40:06 AM
Heh.  Your faith the legislation is going to work to only limit the stuff it was built to combat is impressive considering the enormous number of people pointing out otherwise.  The interests of tons of people are going to be stomped on to serve a specific special interest.  But really what else is new?

I see an enormous number of people complaining who have a vested interest in maintaining internet traffic to pirate sites.

Grey Fox

#26
January 17, 2012, 10:55:44 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 17, 2012, 10:48:43 AM
Quote from: Valmy on January 17, 2012, 09:40:06 AM
Heh.  Your faith the legislation is going to work to only limit the stuff it was built to combat is impressive considering the enormous number of people pointing out otherwise.  The interests of tons of people are going to be stomped on to serve a specific special interest.  But really what else is new?

I see an enormous number of people complaining who have a vested interest in maintaining internet traffic to pirate sites.

What's the interest of Google in that?
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garbon

#27
January 17, 2012, 10:58:03 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on January 17, 2012, 08:54:39 AM
English Wikipedia is going dark tomorrow in protest of SOPA/PIPA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16590585

Now I'm definitely glad that I didn't donate any money to them.
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katmai

#28
January 17, 2012, 10:58:54 AM
If it makes Grey Wolf whine like little girl, I'm all for it.
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Grey Fox

#29
January 17, 2012, 11:01:41 AM
:(

You'll be sorry when Languish & everything else you love about the internet is gone.
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