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Push the Button!

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"Protest SOPA"

Didn't even need to watch the video, I already approve this...

*nsfw

What about option #3: propose something controversial like SOPA so you can get a good deal on "SOPA Light".

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PLEASE. DO. THIS.

This needs to happen. Push it!

>> ^radx:

nsfw
What about option #3: propose something controversial like SOPA so you can get a good deal on "SOPA Light".


Scary thought, and your particular brand of cynicism seems rather tragically well-founded...

By the way, US officials have been pushing legislature similar to SOPA on other states for quite some time now. Latest example: Spain

Solomont’s threat was that should Spain not pass the Sinde Law (described by some as the Spanish SOPA) then the country would be degraded further and placed on the Priority Watch List. This serious step would mean that Spain was in breach of trade agreements and could be subjected to a range of “retaliatory actions”.

Conservatives are the New Mafia!? Good to know!

But I love spanish soup..

I know I'm voting for the GAZPACHO bill>> ^Edgeman2112:

But I love spanish soup..

I wrote to my Senator (Orrin Hatch-R., Utah, responsible for the Protect IP Act) about SOPA and its problems and gave them a rather "cool" scathing review about its faults and errors and the public demonstrations that have taken place like GoDaddy and the fact that three major companies had pulled out from the SOPA bill (although their political alliance group is still signed into SOPA--so they can still look good in the public eye and still, really, support the bill) and got the "printing press" release as follows (which has nothing to do with what I wrote, really--I know this bill is coming, but really, an auto-send out letter for pissed constituents?):

Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition to S. 968, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property (PROTECT IP) Act.

On May 12, 2011, Senator Patrick Leahy and I introduced the PROTECT IP Act. If enacted, S. 968 would provide law enforcement with important tools to stop foreign websites “dedicated to infringing activities.” In other words, the bill targets the most egregious offenders of online theft who profit from counterfeit products and pirated content. These goods can range from new movie and music releases to pharmaceuticals and consumer products. With this legislation, we send a strong message to those selling or distributing pirated content or counterfeit goods online that the United States will strongly protect intellectual property rights.

The bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to file a civil action against the registrant or owner of a domain name that accesses a foreign infringing Internet site, or the foreign-registered domain name itself. However, DOJ officials must first seek approval from a federal court before taking any action. In determining whether an Internet site is “dedicated to infringing activities,” a federal judge must weigh all of the facts carefully in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure – just like what happens today in shutting down an illegal bricks and mortar storefront.

Unfortunately, there seems to be a common assumption with some online users that illegal downloads and purchases online are free and harmless. This is far from true. Fake pharmaceuticals threaten people’s lives. Stolen movies, music, and other products threaten the jobs and livelihoods of many people, and drive up costs for other consumers. Every year, these online thieves are making hundreds of millions of dollars by stealing American intellectual property, and this undermines legitimate commerce.

This also has a direct impact on Utah. As you may know, Utah is considered a very popular state for film and television production activity. Nothing compares to the red rock of Southern Utah or the sweeping grandeur of the Wasatch Mountains. Utah’s workforce is also a draw to filmmakers who come for one of the most highly educated and hardworking workforces in our country. It is estimated that the motion picture and television industries are responsible for thousands of jobs and tens of millions of dollars in wages in Utah. There is no doubt that intellectual property theft has a direct, negative impact on Utah’s economy and its workforce. This same impact can be seen nationwide.

On July 22, 2011, the Senate Judiciary Committee favorably reported S. 968 by unanimous consent. While it is unclear when the bill will be considered by the full Senate, the legislation enjoys strong support with 39 bipartisan cosponsors to date. Please know that my Senate colleagues and I are committed to crafting consensus legislation and welcome suggestions on ways to improve the bill. Unfortunately there has been some misinformation circulated about what the PROTECT IP Act aims to accomplish. In an effort to be of assistance, I have enclosed “Fact vs. Fiction” information about the legislation. I hope this information will be helpful to you.

Again, thank you for writing. I welcome your continued input on issues of concern.



Complete BULLSHIT. I hate my politicians, they're fucking half-wits!

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

If a national day of protest is organized by the big guys, VideoSift will participate.

I work for one of the comapnies listed. There is ZERO plan to blackout. This list is not a list of companies who will blackout to protest SOPA.

"According to Markham Erickson, head of the NetCoalition trade association, there’s been talk of a so-called “nuclear option,” in which the likes of Google, Amazon, eBay, and Yahoo! would go simultaneously dark to protest the legislation to highlight the fundamental danger the legislation poses to the function of the internet." The 'full list' is just an image that could be used as a placeholder when sites go dark listing companies who are against SOPA.

So the story is a complete fabrication based on one dudes pipe-dream list.


Sorry.

I don't think one day will be enough. One day of blackout will be a minor inconvenience, but a week will wake people up.

>> ^jimnms:

I don't think one day will be enough. One day of blackout will be a minor inconvenience, but a week will wake people up.

Its a inconvenience millions, probably almost a billion will experience though. Mostly I think the problem is that people just don't know about SOPA. Google/Facebook/etc run a protest page in place of their website and people are at least going to educate themselves on the matter, and I think most will decide that SOPA is a bad idea. If anything I think the danger of going on strike is it could backfire, make people mad and unlikely to be sympathetic of their reasons for doing so.


Either way I think Cenk is right. SOPA likely won't pass (and if it does there will be hell to pay), its really a distraction for SOPAlite, or PROTECT-IP I think its called. The whole govt blackmailing corporations for bribes seems like a conspiracy theory, but given how corrupt things seem to be it wouldn't actually surprise me if this was the case. So much for democracy.