SOPA Blackout protest have started

[Recus]

bakabt is down. No anime for me today. : (

 

[sno.lcn]

Add http://videosift.com to this list.

http://fmitracks.com/ is participating as well (somewhat)

 

[Mindweaver]

xda-developers is down as well.

 

[f22a4bandit]

Too bad twitter or facebook didn't join in on this. I think that would have made a huge difference.

You are absolutely right. If they had gone black, people would actually find out about the bill and do something about it. Too many Americans remain uninformed of the bill, which is a sad reality.

 

[Completely Bonkers]

I say STOP ALL EMAIL SERVERS AND RELAYS for 24hrs. After all, we don't know if they might have a word, phrase or link to something copyrighted! Stop email esp. to .gvt organisations ;-) That will get the message across...

 

[Widjaja]

Still waiting for Facebook to participate
Young people in crisis because the US government may away their ego over-inflater.

The thing I worry about most with this act is the potential hate towards not just the US government but what people from other Countries could potentially want to do towards the US as a whole.

 

[Solaris17]

http://www.razerzone.com/sopa

lold

 

[happita]

Damn right. Take my neighbor to jail he throws crap in my yard anyway. But take away my pirated movies and there will be hell to pay

I do not condone piracy in any form, but I also do not support SOPA/PIPA. You are part of the reason that has pushed these crooked ass politicians to take action against not only piracy, but now they feel they need to police the entire internet. Good job.

 

[Crx15]

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It does seem that There is a very elevated awareness compared to yesterday. Regardless of how the blackouts where done they seem to of done the job

 

[newtekie1]

Saddly I've received two calls today from people that thought they had some kind of virus because several sites they go to weren't working right, but others worked fine. The ones that didn't work displayed some kind of "weird message" instead of the correct website...:shadedshu

Neither bothered to actually read the message.

 

[_JP_]

There's a certain word to describe that kind of person....
what is it...

uhh...











...ah yes!

ig·no·ra·mus

 

[DannibusX]

SOPA and PIPA are very bad things, but where was the outrage when the NDAA was signed into law allowing the government to detain American citizens without due process? I'm a little more worried about that.

 

[niko084]

www.fark.com you need to watch the video.
http://www.asofterworld.com/

I did enjoy theoatmeal greatly.

 

[_JP_]

Yes, SOPA needs to die. While many Americans sit in their prison cell (due to too many not giving a shit about the NDAA) we'll have uncensored internet. YAY! While I'm totally against SOPA and PIPA, I find it sickening that Americans didn't really seem to care if the government can just arrest and detain you for no reason, yet we be shuttin' down the internet to protest this. Super awesome job America.

SOPA and PIPA are very bad things, but where was the outrage when the NDAA was signed into law allowing the government to detain American citizens without due process? I'm a little more worried about that.

Well, take it form a foreigner's point of view.
I've been hearing all this fuss about SOPA/PIPA since it's incarnation. I only heard something about the NDAA after it was signed by President Obama (*). Somebody made a better job making sure the masses were kept without knowledge about the law and, by extension, incapable of doing anything to prevent it from being signed.
And yes, I do visit various sources of world-wide news regularly.

EDIT: (*) In fact, that was exactly what I heard. That it was signed by President Obama. Nothing more, nothing less.Only on the day after did I found some additional information about what it was and what it could do to American citizens. It's pretty fu***d-up, I have to agree.

 

[AphexDreamer]

I find this even funnier cause SOPA in greek is what you say to someone to tell them to SHUT UP!
Spelled just like that.

 

[NinkobEi]

In spanish its half of a delightful desert. Sopapilla

 

[qubit]

Saddly I've received two calls today from people that thought they had some kind of virus because several sites they go to weren't working right, but others worked fine. The ones that didn't work displayed some kind of "weird message" instead of the correct website...:shadedshu

Neither bothered to actually read the message.

Hey, yeah. This sounds like the kind of retarded user I come across at work all the time. :shadedshu You wonder how these people get through life. Some of them are eligible for the Darwin Awards, I swear.

 

[Sir B. Fannybottom]

http://www.reddit.com/ is also down to protest SOPA/PIPA

 

[AphexDreamer]

 

[ViperXTR]

 

[AphexDreamer]

I guess we better start (R), TM, and (C) all are comments. TM

 

[trickson]

Yep even though some web sites have gone offline most are still up . The ones that could have made a huge impact are sitting idly by . Face book and ebay and Youtube could have turned the tide but they are just going to go with the flow and let the chips fall where they may . Well so much for our rights people of America wake up ! How much more will you let them take before you say enough is enough ? Tm

 

[ViperXTR]

 

[Iceni]

It was a forgone conclusion that at some point the governments would want to police the internet.

At the start of the 20th century just after the 1st world war, governments started to loose control of information. This was due to communications devices becoming cheap to use and global travel becoming affordable. In order to police information they let advertising take hold in a big way.

The mechanics are simple, If you publish unembellished hard fact then you have a harder paper to read. Added to that advertisers can in effect boycott your paper. This reduces your publications availability, and is the ultimate downfall of free information.

The papers that got a boost from advertising published trash, or politically minded news with a bias, Favouring consumerism, and the new capitalism that we live in today.


Look at the TV industry, the "filler" is actually the content your watching. The "content" is the advertising. The more people want to watch your programs the more the channel gets to charge for the advertising. You put on a program about hard fact, your ratings drop to a smaller audience, You show mindless violence and the odd splash of a nice ass your ratings and advertising rates go up.


Now back to the SOPA debate.

The businesses that drive advertising, Forcefully in most cases, And the revenue that generates is been lost to a free internet. You think the government want to control content your only half right, They actually want to get an audience, something they can sell. And with that they bring business back on board.

The main drive is and always will be the money in your wallet. They don't want you to have it. Spend it you need these items. A free internet lets you see what's real, Cut the crap from advertising, and learn about things for free that you would otherwise have to pay to train up in. As a free internet user you are unmarketable, And with that you gain power.

Who wants to place a bet with me that if this does happen and you guys get an automated censor, that the page it links off to will have advertising, lots of it, High in value, and very very profitable.

 

[trickson]

One thing is for sure this passes this site and many others will be shut down . I really think that if this passes TPU will no longer be here . The government has NO RIGHT to do this and it will fail ! Even if past it will have to be repealed . The very essence of the American constitution is at hand ! Time to stand up for it NOW ! Americans are seeing rights being taken away every day , Every day we watch as the Government ( The People we elect to up hold the constitution ) take away rights little by little they are taken away ! Americans must take a stand , We have to draw a line in the sand and say this is it NO MORE ! People please wake up do not let them take the internet and transform it into a Government controlled bureaucracy ! TM