Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

[rockytop9808]

SOPA has been shelved by the House.

Best link I could find for it:
SOPA shelved after Obama announcement - SlashGear

 

[vols4sure]

1. SOPA was overly broad and poorly worded. Terrible bill.

2. It was not merely about downloading pirated content but also about shutting down foreign websites that sell counterfeit goods (big problem and clearly hurts the US economy).

3. Get ready for the Open Act. Currently has support from Google, AOL, eBay, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Mozilla, Yahoo!, and Zynga

 

[lumberjack4]

From the little I've read on the Open Act, it looks to be a much more reasonable bill than SOPA.

 

[vols4sure]

From the little I've read on the Open Act, it looks to be a much more reasonable bill than SOPA.

Agree. Appears to be an example of how the legislative system should work.

 

[lumberjack4]

Agree. Appears to be an example of how the legislative system should work.

I don't know enough about it yet to be in favor or against it, but I thought this was a good article to introduce me to the big picture.

The OPEN Act: significantly flawed, but more salvageable than SOPA/PROTECT-IP

 

[vols4sure]

I don't know enough about it yet to be in favor or against it, but I thought this was a good article to introduce me to the big picture.

The OPEN Act: significantly flawed, but more salvageable than SOPA/PROTECT-IP

Pretty good article. Generally agree with most of it but the last section which is not surprising considering it is written by a law professor.

Also, imo he is incorrect with this assertion - "OPEN replicates one of SOPA's sins. If a player is engaged in legitimate and illegitimate activity and its money supply is cut off, both activities go down the tubes." He even recognized the part that solves this problem in giving the definition of a rogue website which requires that the website "has only limited purpose or use other than engaging in infringing activity and whose owner or operator primarily uses the site to willfully engage in infringing activity."

Although "primarily" should probably be changed to "substantially." If a website's main purpose is to traffic infringing goods, it should be considered a rogue website even if it sells a small amount of legal goods. Otherwise, they would offer a couple of legal products just to exclude themselves from the law.

 

[rockytop9808]

In addition to reddit, Wikipedia is now having a protest blackout.

Wikipedia's will be from midnight tonight until midnight tomorrow night, and reddit's will run tomorrow from 8 am to 8 pm (I believe).

 

[VOLatile]

Craigslist has an anti-SOPA message on their page, too.

 

[rockytop9808]

Google is also joining the protest with an anti-SOPA/PIPA message.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Right on, Wiki and Reddit!

 

[milohimself]

I hope professors in all English speaking regions of the world will push back paper deadlines by 24 hours. haha

 

[DinkinFlicka]

I hope professors in all English speaking regions of the world will push back paper deadlines by 24 hours. haha

I was just thinking "somewhere, there's a class full of a late papers this morning."

 

[KiffinKiller]

We haven't set off a nuke in a long time. Why not test one on the internet?

 

[n_huffhines]

The only page on wikipedia that I've found to be currently working is the one about SOPA

 

[PuntBamaPunt]

just hold down the esc key before it redirects and it works like normal

 

[n_huffhines]

This is awesome:

TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA - The Oatmeal

 

[volinbham]

This is awesome:

TheOatmeal.com blacked out in protest of SOPA / PIPA - The Oatmeal

Interesting that the website advocates for better copyright protection - just not the way SOPA/PIPA is doing it. I concur.

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

Big time government over reach IMO

Our Internet - YouTube

 

[utvolpj]

Google is also joining the protest with an anti-SOPA/PIPA message.

yeah not really

 

[n_huffhines]

yeah not really

For real. Nice effort google.

 

[milohimself]

The world would explode if Google shuttered up for a day

 

[n_huffhines]

That's why they need to do it.

 

[volved]

The Day The LOLcats Died - YouTube

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Still pissed I'm gonna actually have to buy my pornography.

 

[n_huffhines]

Rand Paul had a FB status blasting SOPA. His rant contained a typo, and his next status claimed the missing "s" had been censored. LOL