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Wikipedia Offline to protest SOPA
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 9:21 PM
ANTHONYT
Freedom is Important because People are Important
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:47 AM
AURAPTOR
America loves a winner!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:39 AM
GEEZER
Keep the Shiny side up
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:58 AM
BYTEMITE
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:13 AM
NIKI2
Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:07 AM
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:37 PM
WHOZIT
Quote:Originally posted by Geezer: Without Wikipedia available, I cannot do the research needed to respond to this thread. "Keep the Shiny side up"
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:19 PM
WISHIMAY
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:44 PM
DREAMTROVE
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:28 PM
RIONAEIRE
Beir bua agus beannacht
Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:42 AM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:09 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SignyM: So is Enenews, one of my "go to" websites for all things Fukushima. So, do YOU know what SOPA. PIPA is about? And, if so, did YOU contact your Congresspeeps? And if not... now you know why democracy is failing.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 5:24 AM
Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:18 AM
Quote:As with most of the time where govt is concerned, it starts w/ a valid, well intentioned concern, but then goes about it all the wrong way in trying to 'fix' the problem.
Quote:Some lawmakers are rethinking their support of controversial anti-piracy bills that led to some websites shutting down in protest. The protest was in response to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) bill, a piece of proposed legislation that is working its way through Congress. A Senate committee approved a similar bill in May called the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which is now pending before the full Senate. The protest seemed to change the minds of lawmakers, including those that had strongly backed the bills in the past. "We can find a solution that will protect lawful content. But this bill is flawed & that's why I'm withdrawing my support. #SOPA #PIPA," Republican Sen. Roy Blunt wrote on his official Twitter page. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, who was an initial co-sponsor of PIPA, reversed his position. "I have decided to withdraw my support for the Protect IP Act. Furthermore, I encourage Senator Reid to abandon his plan to rush the bill to the floor. Instead, we should take more time to address the concerns raised by all sides, and come up with new legislation that addresses Internet piracy while protecting free and open access to the Internet," Rubio wrote on a Facebook post. Rep Lee Terry (R-Neb.), an original co-sponsor of SOPA, also said he had changed his view. "Thank you for your concern about #SOPA. I have asked to have my name removed from the bill. However, the economic impact of IP theft is real and a solution is needed," Terry wrote on Facebook. Wikipedia, one of the websites that shut down on Wednesday, returned Thursday with the message: "Thank you for protecting Wikipedia. We're not done yet." Clicking on that message takes a Wikipedia viewer to a thank you letter and instructions on how to continue fighting against anti-piracy bills that critics say could amount to censorship. "Your voice was loud and strong," the message said. "Millions of people have spoken in defense of a free and open Internet." http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/19/tech/sopa-blackouts/?hpt=hp_bn3 about the reversals last night; seems they're running as fast backwards as they can, and I think it partly has to do with the fact that legislators often don't read the bills they back, and/or don't recognize the potentials. I'm glad it's had an effect and hope they both die quickly and quietly. Details on what SOPA and PIPA do and the potential effects can be found at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57360665-503544/sopa-pipa-what-you-need-to-know/
Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:04 AM
Thursday, January 19, 2012 9:43 AM
Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:59 AM
STORYMARK
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: If Ambercrombie and Fitch makes a shirt that costs $100, and someone else makes a similar shirt and sells it for $15 dollars, they probably have a better and more efficient production process and deserve to be successful.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:07 AM
Quote: Thank you for contacting me about H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and S. 968, the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). Protecting intellectual property on the Internet is a complicated issue with several different proposals pending before Congress. The bills which have received the most attention -- SOPA and PIPA -- are pending before the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, on which I do not serve. I understand your concerns about the importance of protecting intellectual property without harming free speech, innovation, or creativity. This is a delicate balance to strike and I am committed to ensuring no Americans' rights or freedoms are infringed upon. I believe that a consensus on the issue between the content and technology industries is achievable. Until this is achieved, I cannot support the current forms of SOPA or PIPA The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the bill with witnesses from all sides of the debate in November and began marking up the bill last December. After two days of discussion and amendments, the House Judiciary Committee indefinitely delayed action on SOPA. Recently, the House Speaker announced that this legislation will not be considered in the full House of Representatives until consensus is reached, and the many outstanding issues are resolved. It is unclear what, if any, action is expected in the Senate. In order for a bill to be signed into law, the identical legislation must pass through both bodies of Congress and much work remains. Again, thank you for taking the time to share your concerns with me; I truly value your perspective on this important issue. As always, please feel free to visit my web site at - http://www.house.gov/johnlewis for more information on legislation that interests you. Sincerely, John Lewis Member of Congress
Thursday, January 19, 2012 11:48 AM
Quote:Not that I support SOPA, but that's not really an apt comparison. Media pirates aren't producing their own product that is remarkably simmilar to someone else's - they are distributing the actual films/music/books/etc.
Sunday, July 21, 2024 7:05 AM
JAYNEZTOWN
Sunday, July 21, 2024 11:43 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Quote:Originally posted by Bytemite: Quote:Not that I support SOPA, but that's not really an apt comparison. Media pirates aren't producing their own product that is remarkably simmilar to someone else's - they are distributing the actual films/music/books/etc. Again, the bill in question doesn't just address piracy, but also web stores for counterfeit products. I am of course talking about the later one. "rogue websites dedicated to infringing or counterfeit goods" -PIPA "The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a law (bill) of the United States proposed in 2011 to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods." -SOPA Definition of counterfeit goods in a similar bill which this is based off of: "(ii) to sell or distribute goods, services, or materials bearing a counterfeit mark, as that term is defined in section 34(d) of the Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes', approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the 'Trademark Act of 1946' or the 'Lanham Act'; 15 U.S.C. § 1116(d))" So, yeah, actually the two scenarios I mentioned are exactly an example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOPA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combating_Online_Infringement_and_Counterfeits_Act A problem also exists where an Indy movie studio and big movie studio could be producing similar movies, and the big movie studio could shut the other down because of it.
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