SOPA has reincarnated as CISPA

[LeonardoFM]

I may not be from the US, i'm from Brazil, but i care about those ridiculous dictatorial-like bills ... I'll help if there's a site to sign ... And i know this will still spread the fasion around the world, as many countries like to copy what the US do. Anyone with me?

 

[chrisrlink]

welcome comrade to the United Soviet states of america THIS SUCKS

 

[Gahars]

People, you don't like this proposed (key word here) law from a few of the individual members of a single branch of the government? Contact your local representatives and let them know how you feel. Want to really send a message? Encourage your friends to do the same. Want to send a metaphorical kick to the balls to any elected officials who support it? Vote against them in the upcoming election.

Simply complaining about here is going to accomplish nothing.

 

[the_randomizer]

Woot Woot for CISPA!

Not sure if trolling or just stupid.

It's about time the Government do something against piracy and anything related to illegal file sharing and/or other illegally on-line activities. It is because people are granted too much freedom that everything became the way it is today.

I'll use fake information, VPNs, proxy servers, usenet, etc to ensure they can't get any more information from me. *Sigh* The day the government stops catering to big greedy wanker corporations is the day Hell freezes over.

 

[elgarta]

I'll use fake information, VPNs, proxy servers, usenet, etc to ensure they can't get any more information from me. *Sigh* The day the government stops catering to big greedy wanker corporations is the day Hell freezes over.

This is exactly what I was wondering about.. I mean, the people who would be the biggest 'risk' I suppose, for the lack of a better word, on the internet are probably already doing this anyway. Mr. Pirate Pete who is selling burnt DVDs and games out of his car boot might not have such a setup going though, so there are certainly those people still out there

I'd like some of the vagueness to get cleared up in the information sharing part of it, but all-in-all I have never had issues with my ISP telling me to stop downloading mass amounts of illegal files whereas friends of mine here have had letters sent to them asking them to stop or their service will be terminated. If the government was to be alerted because I was planning a terrorist attack on line and some company caught onto it, that I can get. If they get reported because I downloaded the matrix from the bay of pirates when I didn't own the original disc, it seems like it'd be a waste of time considering how many people do it..

 

[Gahars]

Woot Woot for CISPA!

Not sure if trolling or just stupid.

His user name is Lex Luthor (The greatest criminal mastermind the world has ever known!). Does that help?

 

[haflore]

Ah, it's good to see this one's been noticed. I look forward to seeing this play out. Should be at least as much fun as the others, maybe even more.

 

[smile72]

Oh god, big government trying to control the internet, universal health care-no way, that's too much government intervention. Policing the internet for big corporations, just the right amount of government intervention.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

We dont know that. The only reason SOPA/PIPA were shelved originally is because the USA, and even some other parts of the world stood up against it and fought. If we dont fight, it'll get passed. I don't know how to put that any more bluntly.

If the bill is basically SOPA/PIPA 2.0 then it probably won't pass again.

Mind you the bill was defeated because our democratically elected people of power shot it down. I feel like I'm the only one giving a resounding applause to our main government. No wonder these bills keep coming up, it's because of the ungrateful pricks who do nothing but bitch about the government even when they do what you want.

 

[Hop2089]

The government should pass a bill that puts corporations on a leash hopefully a tight one.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

The government should pass a bill that puts corporations on a leash hopefully a tight one.

But that's socialism and apparently everyone hates that.

On one hand I hear everyone saying "BIG GOVERNMENT IS BAD STAY OUT OF OUR LIVES" but on the other hand I hear "WE NEED GOVERNMENTS TO STEP IN AND PUT BIG LEASHES ON CORPORATIONS", which is the exact definition of "big government".

 

[Gahars]

We dont know that. The only reason SOPA/PIPA were shelved originally is because the USA, and even some other parts of the world stood up against it and fought. If we dont fight, it'll get passed. I don't know how to put that any more bluntly.

If the bill is basically SOPA/PIPA 2.0 then it probably won't pass again.

Not to mention the fact that the Obama Administration made its opposition to SOPA/PIPA (and any other legislation similar to them in nature) perfectly clear. Even if it does squeak by both houses of Congress, that's still a big, fat veto.

 

[Frogman]

This makes me so ridiculously angry its not funny.
The American government will ultimately control most of internet if this happens.
As a lot of websites are American based there is an unfair predicament put onto us from Australia and those in England as well.
I am going to speak to my local member about how this is unfair to Australians when its an American law that is going to control the world.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

This makes me so ridiculously angry its not funny.
The American government will ultimately control most of internet if this happens.
As a lot of websites are American based there is an unfair predicament put onto us from Australia and those in England as well.
I am going to speak to my local member about how this is unfair to Australians when its an American law that is going to control the world.

I hear ya. Still i'm sure alot of people are against this just because it restricts freedom on the internet and we'll be monitored and all that crap so i'm sure this won't succeed anyway but i'm just pissed off that the rich companies out there can pull this crap when there are more important issues on the net that should've been dealt with long before trying to stop piracy by force.

 

[triassic911]

Wow the US government must be upset that the internet is the one thing they cannot control.

 

[Sir VG]

I looked at the list of co-sponsors for the bill, and it's kinda funny...in my state the ones that opposed SOPA/PIPA are on this list.

So all of my state's reps are stupid in one way or another.

Looks like if it's incumbent, NO VOTE FOR YOU.

 

[lex luthor]

I looked at the list of co-sponsors for the bill, and it's kinda funny...in my state the ones that opposed SOPA/PIPA are on this list.

So all of my state's reps are stupid in one way or another.

Looks like if it's incumbent, NO VOTE FOR YOU.

Yes, this is a common practice. People tend to switch sides when there's some gaining on the matter.

 

[ZAFDeltaForce]

Wow the US government must be upset that the internet is the one thing they cannot control.

That is so true

 

[jarejare3]

This thing again huh...

 

[Just Another Gamer]

This thing again huh...

Yep, its starting again.