SOPA: Stop Online Piracy Act

[grandpakhalif]

MEGAUPLOAD IS DOWN THIS MAKES ME ANGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nanees]

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[grandpakhalif]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... 07d67b674d

megaupload taken down, 3 employees arrested in new zealand after US request.

[Alphanumeric]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... 07d67b674d

megaupload taken down, 3 employees arrested in new zealand after US request.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/0 ... shuttered/

It's starting.

[Alphanumeric]

ThePirateBay comments:

The public opinion on this matter is clear. Ask anyone on the street and you'll learn that noone wants to be fed with trash. Why the US government want the american people to be fed with trash is beyond our imagination but we hope that you will stop them, before we all drown.

SOPA can't do anything to stop TPB. Worst case we'll change top level domain from our current .org to one of the hundreds of other names that we already also use. In countries where TPB is blocked, China and Saudi Arabia springs to mind, they block hundreds of our domain names.

http://static.thepiratebay.org/legal/sopa.txt

[Alphanumeric]

https://twitter.com/#!/search/YourAnonNews

Let's how far this goes. I doubt they will be able to do some actual damage, aside from taking down gov't sites. I wonder what that will achieve.

Rumour is they shut down FBI.gov ... can anyone get a connection?

[grandpakhalif]

alpha, im scared. Now I regret not taking advantage of the internet when it was free.

[Alphanumeric]

Bro, this was inevitable. Freedom has a cost. I want to see what will come of all this. Shit might be taken to the streets.

[grandpakhalif]

It's not fair, why does the US have the right to shut down websites outside of its jurisdiction? Isn't this a breach in international law!

[Alphanumeric]

gramps, this is the new age bro. Internet laws are just being made. And there's an obvious battle underway.

Yup, Anon confirms attack on FBI.gov.


Aaaaand FBI.gov is back up.

[Alphanumeric]

And FBI.gov is down once more lol. ... .nope, just connected (after 6 minutes )

We are #Anonymous. We are the voice of the voiceless. We are the hope for the hopeless. Expect us.

[Alphanumeric]

SOPA Protests Sway Congress: 31 Opponents Yesterday, 122 Now

Unfortunately, there are still more stated supporters than opponents in the Senate. There, PIPA needs 60 supporters out of 100 for it to pass, and two-thirds majority (67 votes) to prevent President Obama from being able to veto. At this rate PIPA would pass.

Here are ProPublica’s SOPA support and opposition breakdowns as of 5:15 pm PST, January 19th.

Total: 63 supporters, 122 opponents
Senate: 37 supporters, 22 opponents
House: 26 supporters, 100 opponents
Democrats (across the Senate and House): 40 supporters, 55 opponents
Republicans (across the Senate and House): 22 supporters, 67 opponents

Some other key facts:

Both of California’s Senators support SOPA-PIPAn, likely due to ties to the entertainment industry. Thankfully more California House members oppose it than support it.
25 of the 37 Senate supporters are Democrat
Opponents tend to be younger, especially in the house. So yes, old people don’t understand the internet.

Dems.

Obama has to veto this or he's done.

[Saraxnow]

And FBI.gov is down once more lol. ... .nope, just connected (after 6 minutes )

We are #Anonymous. We are the voice of the voiceless. We are the hope for the hopeless. Expect us.

I like these people.

[Colonel]

Why can the US government pass such laws and do whatever it wants? This police state really pisses me off.

A world without America would be a lot more peaceful, China and Russia need man up in order to balance the affairs of the world.