save the internet as we know it. : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:06 am

SOPA is an act in congress pending approval. in laymans terms it will make website owners responsible for what a user puts on it, complaints could be filed and without notice a website could be taken down because of something as simple as quoting a passage from a book.
SOPA will destroy free speech on the internet.

as internet users, i ask everyone to help stop it.
More info is here
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/toms-hardware-sopa-Stop-Online-Piracy-Act-PROTECT-IP-Senate,14393.html

to help fight SOPA
https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173
also send emails to the companies supporting this terrible bill
http://www.mypcworks.net/help-stop-sopa

thank you all for your time, spread the word

post this every forum and website you can find.

» Sat May 12, 2012 1:02 pm

I'll admit, SOPA does scare me a bit.

At first I thought it was soley just to prevent piracy by blocking/banning sites that provide torrents so I thought "Oh, I don't do that. Oh well.", but when I read up on it more and what it actually REALLY does, it REALLY scares me.

That Toms Hardware article explains it really well.

» Sat May 12, 2012 7:43 pm

Not free speech. It will remove copyrighted material. You can be sure it wont pass, and wont effect me as I don't live in America. They can't regulate Canadian websites so you can always post on them.

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:24 pm

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1322085-save-the-interwebz/

» Sat May 12, 2012 11:07 pm

I got my tank of Gasoline, I'm going to put myself on fire in protest and then have my friend upload it to youtube.

» Sat May 12, 2012 6:05 pm

I got my tank of Gasoline, I'm going to put myself on fire in protest and then have my friend upload it to youtube.

Just make sure that your friends don't include background music.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:34 am

Not free speech. It will remove copyrighted material. You can be sure it wont pass, and wont effect me as I don't live in America. They can't regulate Canadian websites so you can always post on them.

They can, and they will.

From the 'Activision supports SOPA Act.' Thread

Think it will only apply to the US?

Spoiler

SEC. 205. DEFENDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ABROAD.

( a ) Resources To Protect Intellectual Property Rights-

( 1 ) POLICY- The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Register of Copyrights, shall ensure that the protection in foreign countries of the intellectual property rights of United States persons is a significant component of United States foreign and commercial policy in general, and in relations with individual countries in particular.

( 2 ) DEDICATION OF RESOURCES- The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Register of Copyrights, and the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies, shall ensure that adequate resources are available at the United States embassy or diplomatic mission (as the case may be) in any country that is identified under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)) to ensure--

( A ) aggressive support for enforcement action against violations of the intellectual property rights of United States persons in such country;

( B ) cooperation with and support for the host government’s efforts to conform its applicable laws, regulations, practices, and processes to enable the host government to honor its international and bilateral obligations with respect to the protection of intellectual property rights;

( C ) consistency with the policy and country-specific priorities set forth in the most recent report of USTR under such section 182(a)(1); and

( D ) support for holders of United States intellectual property rights and industries whose access to foreign markets is improperly restricted by intellectual property related issues.

( B ) New Appointments-

( 1 ) APPOINTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION- The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Register of Copyrights, shall appoint at least one intellectual property attache to be assigned to the United States embassy or diplomatic mission (as the case may be) in a country in each geographic region covered by a regional bureau of the Department of State. The Director of the Patent and Trademark Office shall maintain authority over hiring, personnel ratings, and objectives for the attaches, in consultation with the Secretary of State. Depending on experience and expertise, intellectual property attaches shall be designated as the diplomatic rank in-mission of First Secretary or Counselor.

( 2 ) REGIONS DEFINED- The geographic regions referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:

( A ) Africa.

( B ) Europe and Eurasia.

( C ) East Asia and the Pacific.

( D ) The Near East.

( E ) South and Central Asia and the Pacific.

( F ) The Western Hemisphere.

( 3 ) DUTIES- The intellectual property attaches appointed under this subsection shall focus primarily on intellectual property matters, including the development, protection, and enforcement of applicable law. Each intellectual property attache shall work, in accordance with guidance from the Director, and in coordination with appropriate staff at the Departments of Commerce and State and the Copyright Office, to advance the policy goals and priorities of the United States Government. Those policy goals and priorities shall be consistent with USTR’s reports under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974. The intellectual property attaches shall work with United States holders of intellectual property rights and industry to address intellectual property rights violations in the countries where the attaches are assigned.

Guess again.

Now for the depressing part: Canada and the Caribbean Islands are serviced by ARIN (American Registry of/for Internet Numbers), which is the group the bill would call for to force the tampering with the DNS servers. SOPA/PIPA will apply to you by default, with no way around it.

» Sat May 12, 2012 4:36 pm

Not free speech. It will remove copyrighted material. You can be sure it wont pass, and wont effect me as I don't live in America. They can't regulate Canadian websites so you can always post on them.

It will affect you if you use any major sites based in the US like YouTube, Facebook, pretty much anywhere where one can *maybe* post copyrighted content, and that's why this bill scares the hell out of me.

» Sat May 12, 2012 8:11 pm

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1322085-save-the-interwebz/

Yep.