SOPA Blackout Protest - Page 2

elcreative · 01-09-2012, 12:20 PM

I suspect that the millions contacting MPs, referred to by mr ploppy, is of the same validity as "thousands" of MPs as we actually have 650... slightly lower but definitely factual...

Quexos · 01-09-2012, 02:05 PM

Maybe Mobile-read should consider joining the protest and blacking out too on whatever date is decided for the protest

mr ploppy · 01-09-2012, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by elcreative

I suspect that the millions contacting MPs, referred to by mr ploppy, is of the same validity as "thousands" of MPs as we actually have 650... slightly lower but definitely factual...

Either way, it was still a waste of time because the deal had already been sewn up behind closed doors. Everything else was just a formality. Cleggy probably got a lot of new votes on his promise to repeal it until it could be discussed properly, but when he said that he probably wasn't expecting to get a sniff at Cameron's toilet seat.

anamardoll · 01-09-2012, 05:20 PM

I'd be in favor of the blackout in theory, but I wonder how much business money it will cost in practice. Maybe worth it, though.

GA Russell · 01-09-2012, 08:00 PM

I wrote my two senators and my congresswoman about it last week. One senator promptly replied that she is a co-sponsor of the bill!

anamardoll · 01-09-2012, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by GA Russell

I wrote my two senators and my congresswoman about it last week. One senator promptly replied that she is a co-sponsor of the bill!

Comeback: Well, that doesn't mean you have to VOTE for it, does it??

astrangerhere · 01-09-2012, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Quexos

Maybe Mobile-read should consider joining the protest and blacking out too on whatever date is decided for the protest

I run a radio station and website with some other folks, and we are blacking out both our site and our audio streams on the 23rd.

phcaan · 01-09-2012, 09:05 PM

Well folks, the real issue here is control. Our government, USA, has trashed our constitution, bill of rights, and our legal system. They cannot afford to have a free internet. Pirating is just an excuse they are using to attempt to control and censor the internet .
It is all about power. It is all about control, and they will do anything to stop information they don’t control.

SteveEisenberg · 01-09-2012, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Quexos

Maybe Mobile-read should consider joining the protest and blacking out too on whatever date is decided for the protest

Maybe.

One argument against is that MobileRead is Canadian. SOPA proponents might try to paint protesting web sites as foreign, and in as much as this turned out to be true, it would not help.

I don't think opposing SOPA is hopeless. Protests will push the eventual compromise in the less-bad direction. How far, that we don't know.

RainingLemur · 01-10-2012, 10:40 AM

After watching some of the mark-up hearing, I wanted to find some of the dimwits in the committee and light their ears on fire. I really can't stand this SOPA/PIPA stuff. I agree with what they're hoping to accomplish (killing piracy, or at the least slow it down), but what they're proposing...just wont work.

We don't need a net-nanny.

Quexos · 01-10-2012, 03:01 PM

What, mobileread is Canadian

Damn, I should be allowed to speak French here if I wanted to !

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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg

Maybe.

One argument against is that MobileRead is Canadian. SOPA proponents might try to paint protesting web sites as foreign, and in as much as this turned out to be true, it would not help.

I don't think opposing SOPA is hopeless. Protests will push the eventual compromise in the less-bad direction. How far, that we don't know.

anamardoll · 01-10-2012, 03:12 PM

There's a change.org petition on this that goes to the heart of one of the bill supporters:

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell...net-censorship

JSWolf · 01-10-2012, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by anamardoll

There's a change.org petition on this that goes to the heart of one of the bill supporters:

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell...net-censorship

The site is buggy. I tried to sign and it says my city is blank when it's not. I think it's not going to work with bugs like that.

anamardoll · 01-10-2012, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

The site is buggy. I tried to sign and it says my city is blank when it's not. I think it's not going to work with bugs like that.

How odd. I'm using Firefox, if that helps.

HansTWN · 01-10-2012, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by phcaan

Well folks, the real issue here is control. Our government, USA, has trashed our constitution, bill of rights, and our legal system. They cannot afford to have a free internet. Pirating is just an excuse they are using to attempt to control and censor the internet .
It is all about power. It is all about control, and they will do anything to stop information they don’t control.

Lol

Conspiracy theories are so much fun.

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01-09-2012, 12:20 PM	#16
elcreative Wizard Posts: 2,888 Karma: 5875940 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: PRS505, 600, 350, 650, Nexus 7, Note III, iPad 4 etc	I suspect that the millions contacting MPs, referred to by mr ploppy, is of the same validity as "thousands" of MPs as we actually have 650... slightly lower but definitely factual...

01-09-2012, 02:05 PM	#17
Quexos Member Retired Posts: 1,999 Karma: 11348924 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Limbo Device: none	Maybe Mobile-read should consider joining the protest and blacking out too on whatever date is decided for the protest

01-09-2012, 05:20 PM	#19
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	I'd be in favor of the blackout in theory, but I wonder how much business money it will cost in practice. Maybe worth it, though.

01-09-2012, 08:00 PM	#20
GA Russell Argos win Grey Cup! Posts: 7,678 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	I wrote my two senators and my congresswoman about it last week. One senator promptly replied that she is a co-sponsor of the bill!

01-09-2012, 09:05 PM	#23
phcaan Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 52 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Willow Springs MO Device: Google Nexus 7	Well folks, the real issue here is control. Our government, USA, has trashed our constitution, bill of rights, and our legal system. They cannot afford to have a free internet. Pirating is just an excuse they are using to attempt to control and censor the internet . It is all about power. It is all about control, and they will do anything to stop information they don’t control.

01-10-2012, 10:40 AM	#25
RainingLemur Spork Connoisseur Posts: 2,355 Karma: 16780603 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Nook Color	After watching some of the mark-up hearing, I wanted to find some of the dimwits in the committee and light their ears on fire. I really can't stand this SOPA/PIPA stuff. I agree with what they're hoping to accomplish (killing piracy, or at the least slow it down), but what they're proposing...just wont work. We don't need a net-nanny.

01-10-2012, 03:12 PM	#27
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	There's a change.org petition on this that goes to the heart of one of the bill supporters: http://www.change.org/petitions/tell...net-censorship