SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and other assorted Internet censorship. : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:12 am

Isn't that kinda a political discussion?!

I don't want this thread to be locked, but I'm still wondering why my thread was locked.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:27 pm

Acta is an international trade agreement. IT IS WORSE THAN SOPA AND PIPA. The U.S. and Japan have already signed it. Help spread the word about this threat to internet freedom.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:09 pm

Blame the provider not the user!

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:12 pm

It's this use of silly acronyms that need to be stopped.

America, Cut The Acronyms.

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:15 pm

So many bills (trade agreement??) lately. :ahhh:

What's this one about? The article is way to long, I just want a quick summary.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:03 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't surfers paradise where the three big sewage pipes are? Might be Bondi, I haven't been to a big beach for a while.

I hope not or the smell would be terrible

Isn't that kinda a political discussion?!
I don't want this thread to be locked, but I'm still wondering why my thread was locked.

Kind of but because these acts affect the whole internet and our freedom to use it, the mods are being lenient about them - so long as the don't dip right into more unrelated politics.
Yours was locked because it was directly poltical and for some there would have been no avoiding the political aspect of it.

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:38 pm

I don't care anymore, I'm gonna go play my pacman machine down the arcade....

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:57 am

The only plus about ACTA is that they are using the correct terminology.

The use of the word "Software Piracy" is incorrect in about 99% of all cases. They are not pirating (stealing) anything, they are making and selling counterfeit copies of software. They are (the significantly less dangerous sounding) Software Counterfeiters, not pirates.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:05 am

The people need to be informed of this. I'll assemble the people of Ontario under the big tree in the exact center of our province.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:53 pm

So many bills (trade agreement??) lately. :ahhh:

What's this one about? The article is way to long, I just want a quick summary.

Its an international agreement basically outlawing any "potential" copyright infringement. So basically a [censored] excuse for the government to regulate the internet.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:42 pm

Its an international agreement basically outlawing any "potential" copyright infringement. So basically a [censored] excuse for the government to regulate the internet.

Curse you Julian Assange, CURSE YOU!

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:53 am

All I know is major download sites got screwed hard..

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:53 am

I've already rounded up the Albertans in the the barn in the center of Calgary.

I will fight SOPA until my last breath!

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:25 am

All I know is major download sites got screwed hard..

And with ACTA, The very concept of Open Source will be grounds for imprisonment without trial.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:11 am

is sopa does come to canada it will block all illegal content in canada like putlocker movie 2k and many more if this does pass in canada it will later on go to the USA so fight SOPA until it is no more

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:18 am

You know what? I changed my mind about having kids. To have kids in this era is punishing them. In about a few decades we wont be able to do much of anything anymore ~_~.

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:40 am

Seems like everyday corupt, geedy, and evil corporations keep trying to pass bills like this. They can turn the world into one big evil police state and people will still pirate and hack.

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:19 am

Seems like everyday corupt, geedy, and evil corporations keep trying to pass bills like this. They can turn the world into one big evil police state and people will still pirate and hack.

Well they stopped people pirating tv.

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:48 pm

Seems like everyday corupt, geedy, and evil corporations keep trying to pass bills like this. They can turn the world into one big evil police state and people will still pirate and hack.

In other words, big companies will be (or are) our overlords in some way... :bolt:

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:23 am

Awww but I wanna keep getting my free music and movies for free....

» Sun May 13, 2012 5:13 pm

Wel its to late for us we already signed a free trade agreement with the US years ago, and we got screwed over right royally, in it are the protection of the copyright and patent laws for the US.

» Sun May 13, 2012 4:53 pm

Well they stopped people pirating tv.

Nope they haven't.

In other words, big companies will be (or are) our overlords in some way... :bolt:

Yes.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:53 am

Yes.

Honestly, I should not be suprised :wacko:

» Sun May 13, 2012 12:24 pm

Deus Ex: Human Degeneration

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:14 am

Damn them! All of them!