American Censorship SOPA & PIPA

[BaronBonBaron]

"Yesterday's internet-wide protest may not have killed Congress's anti-piracy efforts completely, but a lot of legislators (including some co-sponsors) suddenly can't run away from the bills fast enough. According to Ars Technica's count, 18 Senators, mostly Republican, have withdrawn their support for the Protect IP Act in the last 24 hours, including seven former co-sponsors. Roy Blunt of Missouri (pictured), is another one of the co-sponsors who turned on the bill, following Marco Rubio's lead. Most are now calling PIPA "flawed" or "not ready for prime time," but since they didn't seem to feel that way on Tuesday, it's pretty clear that Wednesday's public protests have had at least some of their desired effect."

http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-ba...121420287.html

[CWMV]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

Will a views of people outside the US count?

Hell, they don't even listen to we citizens anymore, so your totally out of consideration.

[BaronBonBaron]

Last month I contacted my local Representative and state Senators telling them to fight against SOPA/PIPA, I'll do it again soon.

IMO these bills are bad, bad, bad.

[Thee_oddball]

"There was once a nanny-goat who said,
In my cradle someone sang to me:
"A strong man is coming.
He will set you free!"

The ox looked at her askance.
Then turning to the pig
He said,
"That will be the butcher."

Bertolt Brecht

[Jatta Raso]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Ok firstly let not get too political but discuss the ramifications of the effect on media sites.



Anyone signed up yet ?

http://americancensorship.org/

can't do that, this is a political issue from surface to core; information control (of any sort) is, along with repression, a fascist's government main weapon and censorship is the prime ammunition

[JG52Uther]

So, megaupload is gone, expect more sights to follow. The 'net is changing in a big way.