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| Anonymous #671194 8 months ago |
inb4 anonymous
inb4 shitstorm inb4 lol we are legion inb4 the_game inb4 fuuuu inb4 ponyponyponyponypony inb4 operations |
| SenatorSufficient #671198 8 months ago |
Yawn... |
| PonyRIG #671203 8 months ago |
orly? |
| MaroonBunyip #671204 8 months ago |
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| Anonymous #671207 8 months ago |
that makes....3 right? 3 doomsdays this year? |
| RepentantAnon #671208 8 months ago |
well im glad im not in america. i vote all of you move to brittain! or bulgaria! |
| Dragoon #671210 8 months ago |
^ So this happend before? |
| Anonymous #671212 8 months ago |
Oh shit. |
| Anonymous #671215 8 months ago |
What the hell is this? Are well all back in highschool?! Lets block this, lets block that! Let's just block life over-all! *gun to the head* |
| Anonymous #671219 8 months ago |
Well shit, i'm out! |
| Anonymous #671226 8 months ago |
@ 671207: The Religions apocalypses are less frightening to me... Ya don't need the internet if you're already dead. |
| NightJack #671229 8 months ago |
I'm really hoping Congress won't be stuped about this and won't pass this. |
| PonyRIG #671230 8 months ago |
they are going into the "knight templar" way, that is a VERY BAD IDEA |
| Anonymous #671240 8 months ago |
So when the U.s. Economy goes from Horrible to totally-lost-cause because of this, ever think they'll learn a damn lesson? |
| Anonymous #671249 8 months ago |
Looks like here's the Short version of the TL;DR site: http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html |
| Anonymous #671258 8 months ago |
Big deal...so they shut down stupid comments on the web. |
| mysterypony #671260 8 months ago |
damn you mike dawson! |
| AdrianBrony #671270 8 months ago |
EVERYBODY PANIC!
seriously, it's like I hear of one of these end of free speech bills every month. I get to the point where I have no clue if this is a previously proposed bill or a new one. |
| AdrianBrony #671275 8 months ago |
now, if someone can point me to a site that isn't mostly sensationalism, maybe I can figure out what is going on. |
| Anoymous #671297 8 months ago |
From what I understand, if the bill passes then sites like this that have copy-righted material will either have to get rid of them or be forced to shut down and/or face legal charges. |
| Anonymous #671309 8 months ago |
@ Adrian: No, this seems to be one of the same two main bills that has been "up in the air" for over a year now. But since they placed an actual date, it's not so much "Oh Lol, look at the movie industry BAWWWW" but more like "Wait....they're really serious? Fuck, really?"
All the internet protest really worried the industry, so they're trying to get this passed a.s.a.p. And even if they can't fit every nerd, tween, hard ass, or pirate in prison for five years, (Hell, we're way over crowded now), they can still sue as many people as they want for money no one but the rich still have. |
| Anoymous #671318 8 months ago |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_IP_Act |
| Anonymous #671347 8 months ago |
Oh fuck....... |
| marioandsonic #671419 8 months ago |
There's no way this should pass. It's way too overreaching and too vague.
If this passes, it could mean the end of sites like YouTube, which means...no more ponies on YouTube!!! |
| Anonymous #671616 8 months ago |
@ #671226: I like this philosophy on life. |
| Anonymous #671621 8 months ago |
@ mario - Exactly, it SHOULDN'T pass, but it's probably going to anyway.
quote from that wiki page: "The PROTECT IP Act is a re-write of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), which failed to pass in 2010. A similar House version of the bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was introduced on October 26, 2011." It's basically been an evolving threat for years that finally is ready to erupt like a volcano, killing everything we love in it's path. |
| Jackarunda #671625 8 months ago |
I'm just hoping the shit will hit the fan before the United States falls too far.
Which isn't to say I won't fight the decline every step of the way, of course. |
| Wheezie_Moonflower #671941 8 months ago |
They made manufacturers install the blasted V-chip in televisions, do they really want that crap mandatory on Internet-accessible devices worldwide, too? Thousands of online ventures will tank if that happens. |
| Anonymous #672359 8 months ago |
I give it two weeks after this is passed for programmers to develop a new means of sharing stuff... |
| Anonymous #672523 8 months ago |
Here's me, having my fingers crossed in hopes that it doesn't pass. |
| Calbeck #673111 8 months ago |
Oh for fuck's sake. It amazes me how many otherwise intelligent people either DON'T READ IT or CAN'T FUCKING COMPREHEND WHAT THEY DO READ.
Short version for the tl;dr folks: Read Section 201 (Streaming of Copyrighted Works). That's what everypony's really flipping out over. It does NOT making streaming a crime unless you do it for "commercial or financial gain", or if the "total retail value" (not "estimated value", not "value in the event I had sold tickets", etc etc) of what you're streaming exceeds $1,000 or if you released something before it was released by its own (such as the guys who broke into Skywalker Ranch to nab prequel stuff in the making). Unless you're going to argue that your MLP video collection would have cost you more than a thousand bucks or if you're trying to cash in on your streaming, this does not affect us, nor does it affect even 98% of the streaming community at large. |
| Anonymous #673387 8 months ago |
^ You've got the point. By the way, I don't give a single buck ab't it, I'm European ;p and ACTA is worse. |
| Anonymous #674567 8 months ago |
Yes, but the over-all bill itself is loosely worded, so if they wanted to, they could simply say "Oh, we lost X amount of money because you streamed an episode of something for free that costs $2.99 on itunes each". Hell, i've seen a couple thousand enter the stream chatrooms when the new ep of MLP is on in the morning.
Maybe Hasbro might not be one of the companies that'll abuse the buck outta their power, considering most of the new Bronies are hooked into the fandom via youtube, and then run out an buy tons of merch. But still, if you enjoy anything else online that is media, music, tv, comics, manga, you could very well kiss it goodbye. |
| Anonymous #814172 6 months ago |
FCUK....................................... |