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A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet.
Jan 18^th, 2012 at 9:00am

I guess most of you know about this new Bill trying to be passed to censor the Internet, it's in the U.S. now but eventually could effect World Wide, a lot of sites are going black to protest it, for instance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

Here is the petition to protest it, I live in Canada so can't sign it.
http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/

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steel driving hammer Ex Member	Re: A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet. Reply #4 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:12am Um, were the one's wanting to censor. Us, America.
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Re: A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet.
Reply #7 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:45am

Edith Grove wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:38am:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:12am:

Um, were the one's wanting to censor.

Us, America.

Obviously not all of us.
I'm guessing some far right-wing wackos are behind this.

Anyone know which lawmakers are sponsoring this?

Lamar Smith R-TX
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Reply #8 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:45am

Edith Grove wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:38am:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:12am:

Um, were the one's wanting to censor.

Us, America.

Obviously not all of us.
I'm guessing some far right-wing wackos are behind this.

Anyone know which lawmakers are sponsoring this?

I could be wrong but I think Obamas government is sponsoring this or simply the US Government.

They can't censor freedom of speech though.

All though the Holy Trinity can. Smiley

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Re: A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet.
Reply #10 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:46am

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:45am:

Edith Grove wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:38am:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:12am:

Um, were the one's wanting to censor.

Us, America.

Obviously not all of us.
I'm guessing some far right-wing wackos are behind this.

Anyone know which lawmakers are sponsoring this?

I could be wrong but I think Obamas government is sponsoring this or simply the US Government.

They can't censor freedom of speech though.

All though the Holy Trinity can. Smiley

You are wrong.

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Re: A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet.
Reply #11 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:48am

SOPA — the Stop Online Piracy Act — has been presented in the House of Representatives as a way to protect movie studios, record labels and others whose music and films are taken and copied online. There was a hearing on it today. Its Senate counterpart is called the Protect IP Act.
But others are calling them flawed bills that would lead to Internet censorship.
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, said the bills would overdo it — giving copyright holders and government the power to cut off websites unreasonably. They could be shut down, and search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo could be stopped from linking to them.
“The solutions are draconian,” Schmidt said Tuesday at the MIT Sloan School of Management. “There’s a bill that would require ISPs [Internet service providers] to remove URLs from the Web, which is also known as censorship last time I checked.”
That said, Schmidt granted that Hollywood studios have a real problem — people are pirating their movies and threatening their business. The Motion Picture Association of America has posted promos on YouTube to plead its case.

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who chairs the House Judiciary Committee and sponsored SOPA, has said his bill will help “stop the flow of revenue to rogue websites and ensures that the profits from American innovations go to American innovators.”
Now Tumblr, the microblogging website, has joined the opposition to the bills with a page called “Protect the Net.”
“As written, they would betray more than a decade of US policy and advocacy of Internet freedom,” said a statement on Tumblr, “by establishing a censorship system using the same domain blacklisting technologies pioneered by China and Iran.”

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Re: A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet.
Reply #12 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:48am

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:45am:

Edith Grove wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:38am:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:12am:

Um, were the one's wanting to censor.

Us, America.

Obviously not all of us.
I'm guessing some far right-wing wackos are behind this.

Anyone know which lawmakers are sponsoring this?

I could be wrong but I think Obamas government is sponsoring this or simply the US Government.

They can't censor freedom of speech though.

All though the Holy Trinity can. Smiley

Dude, you gotta quit watching Fox news! We are actually winning!

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Re: A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet.
Reply #13 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:53am

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:45am:

I could be wrong but I think Obamas government is sponsoring this or simply the US Government.

They can't censor freedom of speech though.

Better guess again.

This administration will use any devious method they can think of to get what they want.

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“What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there,” he says. “All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they’re happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can’t tell one note from another.” - Keef

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Re: A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet.
Reply #15 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 11:01am

Edith Grove wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:53am:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:45am:

I could be wrong but I think Obamas government is sponsoring this or simply the US Government.

They can't censor freedom of speech though.

Better guess again.

This administration will use any devious method they can think of to get what they want.

Here we go with this crap again.. Puke all over me (wait that is BLEED)

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Re: A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet.
Reply #16 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 11:59am

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 11:01am:

Edith Grove wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:53am:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 10:45am:

I could be wrong but I think Obamas government is sponsoring this or simply the US Government.

They can't censor freedom of speech though.

Better guess again.

This administration will use any devious method they can think of to get what they want.

Here we go with this crap again.. Puke all over me (wait that is BLEED)

If y'all call back Riffy, I'm putting the bat signal out for brainy.

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Re: A new U.S. Bill to Censor the Internet.
Reply #17 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 12:31pm

The MPAA is the real culprit...their outdated business models have BOX OFFICE tallies and DVD sales as the main
income maker...why they don't just look at
iTunes and realize the internet can make a shitload of money for you w/ virtually
no cost to them is beyond me...

DIRECT TO NET is the way to go...Paying $75.00 minimum for a family of 4 to go see a first run
disney movie has now become a luxury...w/ ticket prices at $10 bucks and a "family size popcorn" at around 7 bucks...add drinks, gas...parking...and whatever incidentals like a babysitter for the
one in diapers...and of course the after movie activities/snacks that pop up...you are at the $100.00 mark for what...CARS 4??

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Reply #18 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 12:44pm

Paranoid Android wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 12:31pm:

The MPAA is the real culprit...their outdated business models have BOX OFFICE tallies and DVD sales as the main
income maker...why they don't just look at
iTunes and realize the internet can make a shitload of money for you w/ virtually
no cost to them is beyond me...

DIRECT TO NET is the way to go...Paying $75.00 minimum for a family of 4 to go see a first run
disney movie has now become a luxury...w/ ticket prices at $10 bucks and a "family size popcorn" at around 7 bucks...add drinks, gas...parking...and whatever incidentals like a babysitter for the
one in diapers...and of course the after movie activities/snacks that pop up...you are at the $100.00 mark for what...CARS 4??

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Reply #23 - Jan 18^th, 2012 at 1:49pm

Edith Grove wrote on Jan 18^th, 2012 at 1:29pm:

Check out Google's header for today: http://www.google.com/

That's no different than making a Christmas motif on Dec 25...it's business as usual for them...there are many sites that are DOWN for the day, ie: Wiki, Demonoid, others...

If FACEBOOK blackeout...it would be anarchy abound...

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