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SkinnyPupp
01-17-2012, 09:59 PM
#stopsopa

The RS thread: http://www.revscene.net/forums/660074-stop-online-piracy-act-sopa.html

A good 4 minute quick interview with boingboing about why this bill needs to be fought by EVERYONE not just Americans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLQCNbTZsFY

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Although this is a US specific law, it is guaranteed to affect all of us. What we can do outside the US is sign the petition (http://americancensorship.org/#petition-state-department) that is being put together to the State Department. They constantly speak of censorship outside the US, and they should be pressured into bringing it up to congress themselves.

Sign the petition here (http://americancensorship.org/#petition-state-department).

CP.AR
01-17-2012, 09:59 PM
Just loaded and site and I was like whoa wtf

lol

inevitably if it passes in the US it will affect us...

SkinnyPupp
01-17-2012, 09:59 PM
PS bbm users will have to reset their cache to view the site #fuckblackberry
Posted via RS Mobile (http://www.revscene.net/forums/announcement.php?a=228)

jeedee
01-17-2012, 10:00 PM
PS bbm users will have to reset their cache to view the site #fuckblackberry
Posted via RS Mobile (http://www.revscene.net/forums/announcement.php?a=228)

:okay:

CorneringArtist
01-17-2012, 10:00 PM
:okay:

PiuYi
01-17-2012, 10:01 PM
my province isn't on there... :okay:

b0unce. [?]
01-17-2012, 10:01 PM
http://www.jjsilverdesigns.com/_Conch_Shell_J/black%20bar%20for%20pics.jpg

Jgresch
01-17-2012, 10:02 PM
What exactly is censored on RS now? I see the little black box...

SkinnyPupp
01-17-2012, 10:02 PM
It's us legislation, Canada isn't directly affected. But it's still important to raise awareness
Posted via RS Mobile (http://www.revscene.net/forums/announcement.php?a=228)

Death2Theft
01-17-2012, 10:04 PM
SOPA is DOA bro

Lomac
01-17-2012, 10:06 PM
SOPA is DOA bro

Hardly.

And I have no idea what's being censored... lol

AzNightmare
01-17-2012, 10:09 PM
wait, what are you guys talking about?
Twanger JB and NSFW threads censored??

pawdregry4g
01-17-2012, 10:11 PM
wait, what are you guys talking about?
Twanger JB and NSFW threads censored??

:ahwow:

Culverin
01-17-2012, 10:17 PM
SOPA is DOA bro

It's back on the floor on the 24th...


Thanks Skinny for helping to get the word out.
:fuckyea:

Mr.HappySilp
01-17-2012, 10:20 PM
should shut down RS for a day like Wiki....... It will raise awareness for sure!

sindragon
01-17-2012, 10:22 PM
should shut down RS for a day like Wiki....... It will raise awareness for sure!

:seriously: u know how many people including myself will get withdrawal? not a single chance

Spartacus
01-17-2012, 10:23 PM
List of sites that will be closed tomorrow in protest of sopa

Websites Confirmed for the Jan 18 Blackout Protesting SOPA | NLB Creations (http://nlb-creations.com/2012/01/13/websites-confirmed-for-the-jan-18-blackout-protesting-sopa/)



Major update: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales just confirmed that Wikipedia is joining in on Blackout Day!

Update #2: Google, while not planning to go dark, will still be participating in the Blackout Day protest.

Reddit.com
Tucows.com
The entire Cheezburger Network
Destructoid.com
Hacktivist group, Anonymous
Red 5 Studios, developer of the Firefall MMO
Mojang.com and Popular MMO, Minecraft
NLB Creations – my own site
Webmaster community Admin Forums
Web design company, Skytemple.com
Gaming site Video Game Generation
Right Angle Recording
All sites in Major League Gaming’s network
GamingBus.com
Errata Security
XDA Developers
Gaming site, GOG.com
Hey It’s Free! – confirmed via email
Harder Blogger Faster
Colossal Mind
Sonic Retro
BrentAnderson.info
Working It Out
e-cloudy.com – confirmed via comments
Seibertron.com
NewGrounds
Through the Eyes of a Pirate – confirmed via Pirate Party
Cynical Brit
Platform Nation
Digital Suicide – confirmed via comments
Kahn Labs
Jamacast
CryptoCat
Joyblind – confirmed via email
A Much Better Way – confirmed via comments
[H]ard OCP Gaming Community – confirmed via comments
GamersTube.com
Boing Boing
Inkerro – confirmed via comments
The Weekly Gripe – confirmed via comments
Leslie Networks – “We will not be preforming a full black out but will be displaying a SOPA message on our site and possibly more.” – via comments and Twitter
WordPress for Business Websites – confirmed via comments
Simply Fixed – confirmed via comments
FriendStream – confirmed via comments
TacticalCraft – confirmed via comments
RedStoneHost.com – confirmed via comments
EcchiDreams (link NSFW) – confirmed via comments
RaGEZONE – confirmed via comments
Raspberry Pi – confirmed via comments and site
LazySlob1
GeNyaa – confirmed via comments
Rational Responders – confirmed via comments
Brian Sapient – confirmed via comments
Celebrity Atheists – confirmed via comments
Purpose of Christmas – confirmed via comments
Atheism United – confirmed via comments
Emerald Angel Comics – confirmed via comments
Fairy Tail Episode – confirmed via comments
Vanilla Forums – confirmed via comments
Icrontic – confirmed via comments
New Buddhist – confirmed via comments
This is Xbox
CnC Fansite – confirmed via comments
Castle-G.com – confirmed via comments
Faio.org – confirmed via comments
egoArchive – confirmed via comments
Olivero Broadcasting Group – confirmed via comments
BHR Hosting – confirmed via comments
Red Dawn Movie News
Splitkick – via Twitter
Kona’s Korner
Radioactive Nerd – via Twitter
Talking About Games
Avast!
Cheapitarianism – confirmed via comments
Shaking the Tree – confirmed via comments
Hypocrites In Politics – confirmed via comments
Queeffr.com – confirmed via comments
Farttr.com – confirmed via comments
Quandu – confirmed via comments
PieceOfTheWorld.org – confirmed via comments
The Damned – confirmed via comments
Ian’s Brain – confirmed via comments
BitBid – confirmed via comments
Open Of Course – confirmed via comments
Tech Humanity – confirmed via comments
The Freelancer Today
Nerd Reactor
Stumble Down Under
Sfera Hosting – confirmed via comments
Tekeremata – confirmed via comments
Secta Hentai (link NSFW) – confirmed via comments
Partido Pirata – confirmed via comments
Jovenes Piratas – confirmed via comments
Pirata Salocin – confirmed via comments
Amanecer Sombrio – confirmed via comments
Kobra Photography – confirmed via comments
Wikipedia – confirmed via Twitter
Super Seed Box – confirmed via comments
YourDegree.com – confirmed via comments
RootzWiki – confirmed via comments
Regretsy - confirmed via Facebook
LoganMifflin.com – confirmed via comments
What Time In – confirmed via comments
SubGurls.com – confirmed via comments
NimBusters.com – confirmed via comments
RivitCity.com – confirmed via comments
Eclipse Guild – confirmed via comments
Mobile Express DJs – confirmed via comments
RyanWhitman.tk – confirmed via comments
GirlGamer.com – confirmed via comments
Ani.Me – confirmed via comments
JoHarrington.co.uk (and also her Wizzley and Suite 101 profiles) – confirmed via comments
The House that a Girl Called Johnny Built – confirmed via comments
Jo’s Library – confirmed via comments
Merch Gwyar’s Blog – confirmed via comments
Council of Elrond – confirmed via comments
3World
MemeStreams
DoodleKit
Political Buddies
John Shaw Computers – confirmed via comments
John Show for Florida State Senate – confirmed via comments
The Economic Populist – confirmed via comments
That’s Wut She Said – confirmed via comments
Bollywood Chat – confirmed via comments
Double Cross Reviews – confirmed via comments
Blamonet – confirmed via comments
Anonymous Iberoamerica – confirmed via comments
The Grindery – confirmed via comments
ROCKET-IT and subdomains – confirmed via comments
AfterLifeLochie – confirmed via comments
Sanguinus.org – confirmed via email
TechnoBuffalo – confirmed via comments
Brony Farm – confirmed via comments
MLPF.im – confirmed via comments
Stiffy Style – confirmed via comments
GTA Police Mods – confirmed via comments
Tech Direct Services – confirmed via comments
GTWY.net – confirmed via comments
Civilized Disobedience – confirmed via comments
One Good Year – confirmed via comments
LOL Bucket – confirmed via comments
Din Studio – confirmed via comments
Krisp Visions – confirmed via comments
HosterBlog – confirmed via comments
The Longest Way Home – confirmed via comments
SuMob – confirmed via comments
English Forums – confirmed via comments
Enfew.com – confirmed via comments
PostLibertarian – confirmed via comments
SHPodcast – confirmed via comments
UltraStudio.org – confirmed via comments
Translate-Protein.com – confirmed via comments
Reverse-Complement.com – confirmed via comments
Jcink.com – confirmed via comments
Fellowship of Minds – confirmed via comments
Mizozo – confirmed via comments
Razer – confirmed via comments and Reddit
Vantam.lt – confirmed via comments
Reality Rejection – confirmed via comments
Haunted Nations – confirmed via comments
AmpleFM – confirmed via email
Bodhi Linux – confirmed via comments
Cultural Transmogrifier – confirmed via comments
Arabist Blog
CUNY Academic Commons
Free Frag – confirmed via comments
DevBlank.com – confirmed via comments
PSPWarez.org – confirmed via comments
Ninja Promo – confirmed via comments
TheShockWav YouTube channel – confirmed via comments
Conversify.net – confirmed via comments
BlizzPlanet – confirmed via comments
Lapse Radio – confirmed via comments
DuckDuckGo – confirmed via comments
F & R Computers – confirmed via comments
North Decoder – confirmed via comments
Omnimaga – confirmed via comments
KimHunter.ca – confirmed via comments
Rangerboard – confirmed via comments
TotallyDreamer.com – confirmed via comments
Poeta Portis – confirmed via comments
Klockenstein.se – confirmed via comments
Klock-N-Craft – confirmed via comments
Bustoidejos.lt – confirmed via comments
Penguin George – confirmed via comments
Dan’s Computer Service – confirmed via comments
DanielWilson.me – confirmed via comments
Beyond Online – confirmed via comments
Political Idiots – confirmed via comments
Calamities of Nature – confirmed via comments
Looking for Detachment – confirmed via comments
Left Hemispheres – confirmed via comments
Shakespeare Monologues – confirmed via comments
SandSite.org – confirmed via comments
SandSecurity.org/ – confirmed via comments
XBMC – confirmed via comments
The Internet Archive – confirmed via comments
Rock Paper Shotgun – confirmed via comments
SocialMeds.com – confirmed via comments
Colorado Pols – confirmed via comments
MailExpire.com – confirmed via comments
Treeskunk Productions – confirmed via comments
InfoTurtle.ie – confirmed via comments
Crit Craft, along with user’s YouTube and twitch.tv accounts – confirmed via comments
MapleTimes.tk – confirmed via comments
Freebie Professor – confirmed via comments
Bermudez Hosting – confirmed via comments
JBermudez.com – confirmed via comments
Reggaeton News – confirmed via comments
MAKE and all of O’Reilly Media – confirmed via comments and site
Victoria H.’s school website – confirmed via comments
First Network Group, Inc. – confirmed via email
Marxist Internet Archive – confirmed via comments
The_Doctor’s blog
Action Coders
Naoisgaming.com
Surviving the World
BeefJack
Metal Delirium – confirmed via comments
Alternet.org – confirmed via comments
Quiet Waters – confirmed via comments
Mind of Me – confirmed via comments
GigDig – confirmed via comments
Year of the Novel – confirmed via comments
MichaelMoore.com – confirmed via comments
Nightwyn.com – confirmed via comments
2600.com
Hope.net
NotiHack – confirmed via comments
Tecnomundo – confirmed via comments
ValleDeGuadalupe.info – confirmed via comments
Cuatromas1.info – confirmed via comments
Xora.org – confirmed via comments
Consolloadingcrew.com – confirmed via comments
Cronicas klaydark – confirmed via comments
abisora – confirmed via comments

Additional sites via Reddit (thanks Cori!):

GOOD Evening
Rage Maker
FreakOutNation
TheLeakyWiki
Doxie Lovers Club
Twitpic – They won’t be going completely black, but will be posting censored versions of their site.
Age of Coins – A Minecraft server and forum
A Softer World
This Is Why Im Broke
Cake Wrecks (via Twitter: Cake Wrecks will be joining @reddit in going dark on 1/18 to protest #SOPA. Have a blog? Then join us! blog.reddit -- what's new on reddit: Stopped they must be; on this all depends. (http://bit.ly/z2KkSx))
Dance Top 40
Code Labs
MediaMyriad.com
The Ikids Blog
MMO Melting Pot
Inficron Technologies
SeekMyBeat.com
Geek Culture and the Joy of Tech comic
Identi.ca
Quiet Speculation
Shdon.com
IHateVodafonEgypt.com
AnimeWallpapers.com
AnimeForum.com
AnimeLyrics.comAnimeGalleries.net
Trigger Pit
SmokeE
Random Software

Sky_High
01-17-2012, 10:24 PM
Is the "CENSORED" thingy on the top right suppose to show up on every page/thread?

Cause it isn't right now...

Manic!
01-17-2012, 10:24 PM
Pop up for the petition only lists US states.

SkinnyPupp
01-17-2012, 10:30 PM
I think our cache is interfering :fuckthatshit:

I'll fix it when I get home.
Posted via RS Mobile (http://www.revscene.net/forums/announcement.php?a=228)

Redlines_Daily
01-17-2012, 10:38 PM
#stopsopa
Posted via RS Mobile (http://www.revscene.net/forums/announcement.php?a=228)

This post is very misleading, might want to ad some info here as not everyone is familiar with SOPA nor follows the related threads on RS

TOS'd
01-17-2012, 10:39 PM
How do I twitter this out?

SkinnyPupp
01-17-2012, 10:58 PM
This post is very misleading, might want to ad some info here as not everyone is familiar with SOPA nor follows the related threads on RS

I will when I get home. Also there's a lot of info in the big button at the top, including a way to tweet it.
Posted via RS Mobile (http://www.revscene.net/forums/announcement.php?a=228)

MelonBoy
01-17-2012, 11:56 PM
Doing my daily revsceneing when i was on the http://www.revscene.net/forums/485621-twanger-honger-asian-thread-nws-435.html and all of a sudden I noticed the Censored at the top right.. >.> almost gave me a heart attack.. was like yyyyy censored asian goodness?!@! ..

But on a serious note.. just make the twang/white girls threads censored for 1 or 2 days... I bet more revscene trolls would pay more attention to the subject.

SkinnyPupp
01-18-2012, 03:55 AM
To see how the censor effect is SUPPOSED to look, click on the "CENSORED" bar at the top, and click the "I like the black bars" button

For some reason it's not showing up on first load, for me at least

ae101
01-18-2012, 04:03 AM
so usa is trying to be like china:seriously::fuckthatshit:they will never be as good as them when it comes to censoring the internet like china

SkinnyPupp
01-18-2012, 06:03 AM
Updated OP with what we can do to help prevent this from happening, and a video with some more info.

Psykopathik
01-18-2012, 06:46 AM
goddamn, i thought i had a virus when i saw the banner lol!

GLOW
01-18-2012, 07:16 AM
goddamn, i thought i had a virus when i saw the banner lol!

nice new avatar! :fullofwin:

ruthless
01-18-2012, 08:12 AM
I thought it was my avatar :fullofwin:

hotjoint
01-18-2012, 08:40 AM
first thing I noticed when I logged on today. I was like wtf is this :lol

freakshow
01-18-2012, 08:46 AM
it's so hard to know which threads to read when you can't see who posted them..

jpark
01-18-2012, 09:47 AM
goddamn, i thought i had a virus when i saw the banner lol!

same...:badpokerface:

Jgresch
01-18-2012, 10:01 AM
my rs is no different.. :(

twitchyzero
01-18-2012, 10:16 AM
what's the implication of SOPA on canadians?

yes I know majority of the sites that i'm on are american....but will is it likely we'll see our federal gov't passing a similar bill?

7seven
01-18-2012, 10:20 AM
I agree that something needs to be done about online piracy, the illegal downloading/sharing for media content is just getting out of control these days. However as much as I support the need for stiffer punishment and controls I cannot support SOPA because it is too broad in its powers and definitions, it needs to be amended.

Death2Theft
01-18-2012, 11:23 AM
Sneaky bastards trying to pass this again.

TheKingdom2000
01-18-2012, 12:02 PM
This always puzzled me...
Why is there ALWAYS lag when they do interviews like this? This is for ANY show on TV.
Shouldn't they have technology that is better than this?
I mean, when I skype with my GF there isn't any lag (well, doesn't appear to be anyway)?

This is especially noted at the very end of the OP youtube video...

Gridlock
01-18-2012, 01:37 PM
what's the implication of SOPA on canadians?

yes I know majority of the sites that i'm on are american....but will is it likely we'll see our federal gov't passing a similar bill?

It's never any fun to be the only one at the party. It would only be a matter of time.

RRxtar
01-18-2012, 02:03 PM
lol at censor bar.


was reading a thread and glanced up at the sensor bar on the top left. my page was in a good spot. haha

http://i40.tinypic.com/hre8th.jpg

http://cdn.revscene.ca/forums/customavatars/avatar39367_1.gif

donjalapeno
01-18-2012, 02:13 PM
should shut down RS for a day like Wiki....... It will raise awareness for sure!

Next days news paper headline

" 16 members of a local street racing forum committed suicide after the forum was closed for 24hrs for the SOPA awareness. The cause of the suicides is unknown."

Nlkko
01-18-2012, 02:36 PM
Next days news paper headline

" 16 members of a local street ricing forum committed suicide after the forum was closed for 24hrs for the SOPA awareness. The cause of the suicides is unknown."

fixed

Everymans
01-18-2012, 04:12 PM
I agree that something needs to be done about online piracy, the illegal downloading/sharing for media content is just getting out of control these days. However as much as I support the need for stiffer punishment and controls I cannot support SOPA because it is too broad in its powers and definitions, it needs to be amended.

I agree entirely. I hate when someone tells me that they never go out to see movies and they download all of them. You're stealing a lot of business away from an industry that "Needs" that money. Soon, everyone will be pirating and watching movies for free if something critical isn't done. Unfortunately SOPA is trying to regulate everything on the internet, when it should only be working to shut down the problematic file sharing site. Anything where ILLEGAL activity is happening should be shut down at the people responsible should be punished. Places like piratebay and limewire. Lets say someone uploads tramsformers onto piratebay. Why isn't it legal to go and arrest him? He does not have copyrighted permission to upload it and therefore he should be punished? Why is it not that simple?

RRxtar
01-18-2012, 04:16 PM
my feelings 100%

N.V.M.
01-18-2012, 05:02 PM
i was just watching the news and Canada has plans of its own in this issue. Bill C11 is just the start of copyright reform in this country. to me it looks like every possible corporation, business, conglomerate will be backing this bill.

twitchyzero
01-18-2012, 05:54 PM
It's never any fun to be the only one at the party. It would only be a matter of time.

they can sit nicely with the DPRK and PRC :ilied:

LIKEABOSS
01-18-2012, 06:27 PM
what's the implication of SOPA on canadians?

yes I know majority of the sites that i'm on are american....but will is it likely we'll see our federal gov't passing a similar bill?

If SOPA gets passed you bet the rest of the world (including Canada) will start passing these kinds of laws because the US will make them. The entire western world is controlled by Washington.

The scary thing about SOPA is that once it gets implemented, the US gov't will use it to censor any site that it doesn't like (ie. anything related to Occupy Wall Street). Also, they will keep expanding and adding new laws like SOPA until the entire internet is censored like China. Once that happens, the people of the world will loose their only free outlet of information and communication. Without a free internet, we cannot know the truth, we will only know what the overlords (gov't/corporations/media) want us to know. It will be exactly like China and Iran.

We must put a stop to SOPA now and not let it spread.

PS. About pirating, those who pirate wouldn't have spent the money to watch all those movies/music they stole anyways. It's a moot point. And besides, these studios are "losing" money not because of the internet, it's because they're stuck in the past with their out-dated business models. Instead of innovating, they just want to be greedy and lazy.

Case in point, iTunes is now the #1 music retailer in the US. This is how you get with the times, you innovate, you don't lobby the gov't to do the work for you.

50 Cent is another example, he could see early in his career that the music industry losing money because they were outmoded so he devised his own business strategy which was to use his music to make him famous but his real money would come from selling/merchandising his name (50 cent) and that of his companies like G-Unit.

PPS. The studios and their CEOs have been making record profits in the past few years, so don't be conned into thinking that they're in any financial "trouble" because of the internet.

Excelsis
01-18-2012, 06:27 PM
how long is RS going to stay censored?

greendb7
01-18-2012, 06:32 PM
Isn't it just for today?

SkinnyPupp
01-18-2012, 06:51 PM
Yes, just for the 18th

LIKEABOSS
01-18-2012, 07:11 PM
Co-founder of Reddit says SOPA Blackout "Resounding Success" :woot2:

Reddit Co-Founder: SOPA Blackout 'Resounding Success' - YouTube

SpuGen
01-18-2012, 07:16 PM
So.. whats with this FAVRIS thing I see on the right side? it's a little tab with a Green/Red F.

SkinnyPupp
01-18-2012, 07:18 PM
Wow took like 12 hours for someone to notice that

Try it out :)

Excelsis
01-18-2012, 07:18 PM
good informational video

WTF is SOPA ? aka The American Government trying to ruin the internet - YouTube

1exotic
01-18-2012, 07:20 PM
:fuckyea:

Black Man Angry at SOPA - YouTube

tiger_handheld
01-18-2012, 08:08 PM
If you guys press 'esc' right after the page loads - the black censors will not activate.

european
01-18-2012, 09:54 PM
I tweeted!! :buttrock:

SkinnyPupp
01-19-2012, 07:28 PM
http://i.imgur.com/GrUfD.jpg

:fuckyea:

ruthless
01-19-2012, 07:38 PM
Wow took like 12 hours for someone to notice that

Try it out :)

It doesn't work, when i press play nothing happens....

freakshow
01-19-2012, 07:40 PM
I tried it out yesterday afternoon.. pretty hard cause everything is so small.. haha

Wow took like 12 hours for someone to notice that

Try it out :)

Death2Theft
01-24-2012, 08:24 AM
SNEAKY MOTHERFUCKERS
Activist Post: SOPA and PIPA Fully Alive -- And a New Bill Joins Them (http://www.activistpost.com/2012/01/sopa-and-pipa-fully-alive-and-new-bill.html)
Many of us breathed a sigh of relief when an overwhelming amount of Americans banned together and voiced their opposition to Congress over both the Stop Online Piracy Act, and Protect Intellectual Property Act.

Sites that dimmed the screen for a day or two have gone back to normal -- Facebook users have swapped their anti-SOPA images for their previous profile pictures.

We may have even believed that the postponement of the vote originally scheduled for January 24th was some sort of white flag of capitulation. But that is certainly not the MO of most lawmakers.

While the outcry did get the attention of Congress, they are simply returning unflinchingly back to the drawing board to wait out our attention spans. Articles whirled that SOPA was dead and the bill was pulled when the bill's sponsor Lamar Smith said in a statement that there would be no further action “until there is wider agreement on a solution.”

Lamar isn't really listening. “It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products.”



Actually, SOPA is set to be reformulated in February. PIPA will be revisited with possible amendments in the coming weeks. Case in point, all is still open and possible -- nothing is dead, pulled, or cancelled. If that wasn't enough to keep us on our toes, a new, similar bill has surfaced.

Déjà Vu in the form of OPEN -- The New Anti-Piracy Bill

As an alternative to SOPA-PIPA, Representative Darrell Issa (CA-R), and 24 co-sponsors introduced the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) H.R. 3782 on Wednesday, during the Internet blackout.

From PCWorld:

OPEN would give oversight to the International Trade Commission (ITC) instead of the Justice Department, focuses on foreign-based websites, includes an appeals process, and would apply only to websites that "willfully" promote copyright violation.
The bill pretends to only target foreign websites, while keeping Americans free to surf and post, but the bill's wording is wide open to pursue American sites. Just one example: when describing an infringing site, it starts with those "that are accessed through a non-domestic domain name," but continues in section (8)(A)(ii) for any site that "conducts business directed to residents of the United States."

It sounds like, "in general," copyright holders will be the ones filing complaints to the Commission, but the writing leaves it open for any complainant to file. The ITC would still have the ability to coerce payment processors and ad networks to cease funding and linking the accused in question. Who could determine "willful" infringement?

Also, none of these bills had been decided before the U.S. Government took down New Zealand owned $$$$$$$$$$.com during the commotion. To which, Anonymous responded by shutting down the websites of the U.S. Department of Justice, Universal Music, Recording Industry Association of America, the U.S. Copyright Office, Broadcast Music Inc. and the Motion Picture Association of America.

"The [DOJ's] action 'demonstrates why we don’t need SOPA in the first place,' points out PCWorld’s Tony Bradley." The government was enforcing a previous anti-piracy law called PRO-IP signed by Bush in 2008.

OPEN is gaining support from groups like Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Consumer Electronics Association and more.

While it seems admirable that the bill is transparent and open for public comment, most laws of this nature are broad and allow for bigger, no-common sense crackdowns later. Plus, there might only be a couple concessions and the pacifying effects of "being heard."

One commenter of the bill aptly noted:

'Reasonable belief' and 'credible evidence' are too vague and have the appearance of inviting highly subjective interpretation with the option for the commission and/or the provider to exercise sweeping powers with impunity.
Whenever any group is appeased after a battle, it cannot be emphasized enough -- the lawmakers' modus operandi will be: aim high, brace for the outcry, make a couple alterations and sneak the bill back in when no one's looking. Keep it going and going. Call it by a different name. Haggle. It appears there is compromise and reasoning now, but once the bill passes into law, reason goes out the window, and we are the only ones compromised.

Theft is a reality -- although not one that has seriously damaged the growing entertainment industry, or caused massive death and devastation. If Hollywood, pitching the biggest fit, were actually going down, why should we go down with it?

It is more unfortunate that Americans must be so tirelessly vigilant to protect their online activities from the same lawmakers who are tanking the country in so many other truly devastating ways.

The dismantling of Internet freedom will not stop here. Let's borrow an MO and not let up.

To SOPA -- Say NOPA!

To PIPA -- Pipe down!

To OPEN -- Shut it!

Additional Sources:

Gridlock
01-24-2012, 08:56 AM
Thats alright, anon is going to take down facebook this week. That'll show 'em!