On Jan 18th, websites will go dark to protest the internet censorship bills. SOPA

**Gio7707** · 01-15-2012, 08:30 PM

On Jan 18th, sites will go dark to protest the internet censorship bills. Urge the biggest sites to join the strike: Sign the Petition.

Participating? Add your site to the list, and spread the word.

STRIKE AGAINST SOPA

**Polar Cub** · 01-16-2012, 05:43 AM

Serious stuff.
Time to download that offshore VPN.

- just kidding

**Sailaway** · 01-16-2012, 11:04 AM

SOPA and PIPA are really bad ideas, and will give the government unprecedented censorship powers, but signing petitions is

WORTHLESS!

snopes.com: Internet Petitions

They make you feel good, and some politicians will pretend to care, but that's about it.

If you want to stop this monster, actually sit down and write a letter to your representative and Senators and ask them to oppose this legislation, sign it (very important) and mail it via snail mail.

**enyo** · 01-16-2012, 01:31 PM

I thought this was relevant:

Freakonomics » How Much Do Music and Movie Piracy Really Hurt the U.S. Economy?

**mixiboi** · 01-16-2012, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by Sailaway

If you want to stop this monster, actually sit down and write a letter to your representative and Senators and ask them to oppose this legislation, sign it (very important) and mail it via snail mail.

Other ways:

Stop American Censorship

**mixiboi** · 01-16-2012, 05:19 PM

SOPA is DEAD, turn back on the lights:

Sopa plans set to be shelved as Obama comes out against piracy legislation | Technology | guardian.co.uk

**AbortedWalrus** · 01-17-2012, 11:51 AM

SOPA is dead, but PIPA, which is just as bad, is not dead. So don't get complacent. PIPA is the senate version of the bill, and as of right now there is no word as to whether or not it will get passed.

**Sailaway** · 01-17-2012, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by mixiboi

Other ways:

Stop American Censorship

Email is equally worthless. I can pump out 50,000 in a couple minutes from 50,000 unique names and addresses. It takes time and money to make phone calls or to send stamped letters.

**Sailaway** · 01-17-2012, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by AbortedWalrus

SOPA is dead, but PIPA, which is just as bad, is not dead. So don't get complacent. PIPA is the senate version of the bill, and as of right now there is no word as to whether or not it will get passed.

Agreed!

**Marc** · 01-17-2012, 09:24 PM

kinda funny: I'm trying to do something with google maps and it's not really working out. I consider that google is going dark in protest but quickly assume that if it's not working to protest SOPA there'd be some indication--a message or link to an informational or outrage page. Nope, it just looks broken. If you're gonna protest, at least enlighten.

**mixiboi** · 01-18-2012, 02:22 AM

IT must be on your side, Google just put a black bar up and asking for 3 million signatures:

https://www.google.com/

**NE19149** · 01-18-2012, 02:29 AM

Originally Posted by enyo

I thought this was relevant:

Freakonomics » How Much Do Music and Movie Piracy Really Hurt the U.S. Economy?

What hurts the frikkin economy is all these assinine wars and all the free "gifts" the governemnt gives out.
It's way past time for the losers of this country to start pulling their own weight.

**Marc** · 01-18-2012, 09:48 AM

Dear Google, thank you for caching (the entirety of?) the internet, especially wikipedia pages.

**Gladys** · 01-18-2012, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Sailaway

SOPA and PIPA are really bad ideas, and will give the government unprecedented censorship powers, but signing petitions is

WORTHLESS!

snopes.com: Internet Petitions

They make you feel good, and some politicians will pretend to care, but that's about it.

If you want to stop this monster, actually sit down and write a letter to your representative and Senators and ask them to oppose this legislation, sign it (very important) and mail it via snail mail.

thanks for this!

**Gladys** · 01-18-2012, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by mixiboi

IT must be on your side, Google just put a black bar up and asking for 3 million signatures:

https://www.google.com/

google must think it's worth it to sign an online petition.

**Marc** · 01-18-2012, 10:16 AM

Originally Posted by mixiboi

IT must be on your side, Google just put a black bar up and asking for 3 million signatures:

https://www.google.com/

I wonder if I caught them mid rollout/propagation.

**Sailaway** · 01-18-2012, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Gladys

google must think it's worth it to sign an online petition.

And they'll be plenty signatures from IP Freely, Richard Head, and Mike Rotch.

**mixiboi** · 01-19-2012, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by Gladys

google must think it's worth it to sign an online petition.

ITs different, because its Google. And they can use it verses some online petition on some site that get less then the views that Google gets.

It just one of the things Google will use when they talk to their Lobby, not the ONLY thing.

**salf** · 01-19-2012, 03:52 PM

So, SOPA supporter gets caught infringing copyrighted material:

Lamar Smith Caught Infringing On Photographer's Copyright | Techdirt

http://9gag.com/gag/1932218

**Sailaway** · 02-02-2012, 08:26 PM

Well, we all know about Megaupload, but here's another biggie:

U.S. shuts 16 sports piracy websites pre-Super Bowl - Yahoo! News

Three days before Super Bowl XLVI, U.S. prosecutors said they seized 16 websites that illegally streamed live sports and pay-per-view events over the Internet, and charged a Michigan man with running nine of those websites.