patiirc Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Sopa Strike Page  Well this is gathering some momentum with big sites like Wikipedia and twit pic joining the frey because of the draconian nature of the legislation being proposed  Things could get messy, and the net is surely going to be a very weird place tomorrow?  Any Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted January 17, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm going to post tomorrow, but the posts are going to be shit, unfunny, and very uninformative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_kahoona Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I read about this earlier on but I`ve not managed to find what they`re actually campaigning against  I know its about some copyright stuff but apart from that what else is involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Burchill's Buddy Posted January 17, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 Yeah, I'm finding the same thing. Lots of vague "it'll be an end to the open and free nature of the internet" with very little details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Brief BBC overview of the situation   Edit: Basically if there is anything illegal on the sites that you visit, whether through association or hosted or direct linking. The sites will be suspended, shutdown or DNS blocked  This would be problematic for the likes of Ebay and so on because in practice mean that one item was pulled it would be the whole site that was pulled, if taken literally.  It also bans any sites promoting work arounds to any blocks put on it.  It doesnt stop there, any sites accused of illegality, whether actual or not will also be stricken from the record. Youtube, Wikipedia and various others would be subject to all kinds of needless shite  Message Board's like this could also suffer. Link to Daily Motion to watch some wrestling, thats illegal, good bye site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Freebird Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I heard the part about Wikipedia closing down it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Galt Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 There's a few good articles up on Reddit about it and it all sounds very severe, controlling and, like a lot of American security related bills these days, really counter productive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Burchill's Buddy Posted January 17, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 I saw Reddit were one of the ones protesting too. Yeah it sounds pretty horrible. A day without Wikipedia will make my work a little trickier but it sounds well worth the protest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted January 17, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 It's all very draconian sounding - stuff like deep packet searching are scary, and sound very much like a threat to net neutrality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Galt Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 It's lucky all my essays were handed in today or I'd have been (even more) fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Your Fight Site Posted January 17, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 Basically, the corporations with the money are going to get power over the Internet and be able to shut down websites on a whim. It's not that simple, but it's not far from the truth. Â Someone made a quote, an although I can't remember who or what the quote was verbatim, it goes a little something like this: Â Imagine a 60-year-old or your grandparents being put in charge of the Internet. That's what's happening right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Galt Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 That's not far off it. My mum wanted me to ask Google to take our house off Google Earth and SOPA is basically that being able to happen on a corporate scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted January 17, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 17, 2012 Basically, the corporations with the money are going to get power over the Internet and be able to shut down websites on a whim. It's not that simple, but it's not far from the truth. Someone made a quote, an although I can't remember who or what the quote was verbatim, it goes a little something like this:  Imagine a 60-year-old or your grandparents being put in charge of the Internet. That's what's happening right now.  That's based on the point that the average US congress member is 62.  It's not just a case of sites being shut down though. The main point is that even in cases where the allegedly offending site is outside of US jurisdiction, a court can make an order for a US based third party to take action that restricts it.  For example, let's say that Ian's made a blunder and, for just one of the pictures on his Davey Boy Smith appreciation thread, has forgotten to get the formal permission of the rightsholder to reproduce it. (Hypothetical example, obv.)  As UKFF is (presumably) based outside the UK, the yanks can't touch us. However, as SOPA is written, the rightsholder could got to a US court. That court can immediately order Google to stop listing UKFF in search results, PayPal to stop processing donations, and all US ISPs to block access. If we had, say Google advertising on here, the court could immediately bar all the ads. We'd probably survive (though TigerRick would have to take paid member cheques down the bank during his lunchtime), but many sites would instantly be crippled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rule One Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 For one it is absolutely ridiculous that they even want to go forward with it. They had their chance to nip this in the bud years ago when broadband was in its infancy and piracy was on a lower scale, instead they chose to line their own pockets from the .com boom and then cry foul and stomp all over it once it's in full swing. Â Instead of adapting, they chose the route of ignorance and that's what everyone who enjoys using the internet should do to them. Â Even if it did happen to be inforced, do you think that people would just take it? I think the backlash and resulting revolt would be enough to overturn it very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 He may be a tad annoying but this is a decent watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc  Another stupid thing America has decided to put into play is NDAA, now they can just drag you away indefinately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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