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#2 2012-01-21 11:23:54
- my-chemical-romance
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Re: A new internet censorship bill?
Why don't we just turn off all the computers in the world and pretend we've all moved past the internet, then when they give up we can use it again.
It's act after act.
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#3 2012-01-21 11:24:36
Re: A new internet censorship bill?
my-chemical-romance wrote:
Why don't we just turn off all the computers in the world and pretend we've all moved past the internet, then when they give up we can use it again.
It's act after act.
Hmm... This act doesn't seem as bad as the other ones, though...
Besides, something has to be done about online piracy.
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#4 2012-01-21 11:25:50
- veggieman001
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Re: A new internet censorship bill?
OPEN is a MUCH better idea and makes a whole lot more sense. Even Google and Facebook support it. While it still has flaws, it is better in like every way.
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#5 2012-01-21 11:27:37
Re: A new internet censorship bill?
veggieman001 wrote:
OPEN is a MUCH better idea and makes a whole lot more sense. Even Google and Facebook support it. While it still has flaws, it is better in like every way.
That's what it seems to look like. Finally, the government is making some kind of sense.
Goodbye mediafire, though. That means goodbye, some scratch modifications.
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#6 2012-01-21 11:28:23
- veggieman001
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Re: A new internet censorship bill?
Mediafire can already legally be taken down
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#8 2012-01-21 11:31:29
- veggieman001
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Re: A new internet censorship bill?
MediaFire won't be shut down. They actually deal with piracy when it's brought up, unlike sites like Megaupload who don't (well, didn't) care
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#9 2012-01-21 11:34:26
Re: A new internet censorship bill?
veggieman001 wrote:
OPEN is a MUCH better idea and makes a whole lot more sense. Even Google and Facebook support it. While it still has flaws, it is better in like every way.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
As part of it, they should make it so that the uploader is responsible for copyright infringements, not the site that the file is uploaded to. That way, file hosts (Mediafire, TinyUpload, Megaupload (too late for it though), etc.) can't be taken down for something that isn't their fault.
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#10 2012-01-21 11:35:04
- veggieman001
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Re: A new internet censorship bill?
But other sites actually regulated things. Megaupload just didn't do anything.
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#14 2012-01-21 12:10:28
- veggieman001
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Re: A new internet censorship bill?
wiimaster wrote:
They should turn off the internet for a year
What an act that would be
I AGREE
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#15 2012-01-21 20:26:56
- cheddargirl
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Re: A new internet censorship bill?
Huh, interesting. It seems that the companies who opposed SOPA and PIPA support the OPEN Act whereas the companies who supported SOPA and PIPA oppose OPEN.
It looks like OPEN addresses the flaws of SOPA and PIPA, and it's still in draft mode. That I find to be pretty good news - OPEN is argued to be not quite perfect, so seeing an open draft form allows us to keep track of the changes and suggest any more changes until it's voted on.
This website seems to enumerate the differences between OPEN, SOPA, and PIPA.
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#16 2012-01-22 08:30:58
- Kileymeister
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Re: A new internet censorship bill?
You know, I'm thinking that a ton of these kinds of bills are proposed all the time, however SOPA and PIPA simply received a bit more attention for whatever reason. I wouldn't worry too much about them.
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#17 2012-01-22 08:38:13
- agscratcher
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Re: A new internet censorship bill?
I still don't trust it (hey, it a censorship bill), but this influx of said bills worries me.
In the Internet world, the government is technically ICANN. Unfortunately, it is influenced by our government. Even without these bills, there is still some corruption thereof.
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