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12-22-2011, 05:41 PM
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Yesterday was important. Emails and phone calls poured into the US Capitol. The message in opposition to SOPA/PIPA was clear. As I was on the floor of the House yesterday, I can assure you that the actions taken were noticed by the Representatives. For myself, I was inspired that millions of Americans cared enough about freedom to contact their elected Representatives. But we have not yet prevailed. The key vote in the United States Senate is scheduled to occur at 2:15 next Tuesday, January 24th. It is on a “motion to proceed” to consider PIPA. We need at least 41 Senators to vote NO on the “motion to proceed”. Our vote count right now show us in single digits on the NO side so we have work to do. If the motion to proceed is successful it is likely that a form of SOPA/PIPA will become law this year. So this vote is a KEY VOTE on PIPA in the Senate. The concern is that Senators may try to have it both ways. They can say they are only voting “yes” on a motion to proceed to “allow the bill to be fixed.” But the truth is that moving to proceed next week will leave the proponents of SOPA/PIPA in control of the process. It will shut down further debate and preclude input from Internet experts and the public and will prevent meaningful consideration of changes to the bills. The goal of proponents of SOPA/PIPA is to pass something in both the House and Senate so that legislators can move “behind closed doors” into what is known as a “conference committee” and write what they want in secret. A yes vote on a motion to proceed is, in effect, a yes vote on getting SOPA/PIPA made into law. And that vote is scheduled to be taken next Tuesday at 2:15. Your opposition to SOPA/PIPA had nothing to do with political parties and everything to do with preserving free expression on the internet. Make sure that everyone knows the KEY VOTE in the Senate is scheduled for this Tuesday, January 24th, 2:15pm (EST). We need Senators to vote NO. |
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01-04-2012, 10:44 AM
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01-04-2012, 12:50 PM
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  | While I do not agree with censorship in any form I refuse to waste my time in signing up to any website to express my disgust therefore I have not signed it, why should I tell people who I am to protest such a thing? Besides, that story was a complete waste of my time to read, no details were given and no reasoning was presented to ask my support. |
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01-04-2012, 01:12 PM
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| You don't need to sign the petition to show opposition. I am pretty sure you're a customer of one of the companies listed below. You can e-mail or call these companies to voice your opposition:
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| I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion on the SOPA here at NamePros. Do people here not even know about it? For example, are NamePros owners aware that the bill would effectively require them to review all posts, private messages, and profile edits members submit? Not to mention shutting down the chat room completely. After all, if even one user posted copyrighted text, embedded a copyrighted image, or even used part of a copyrighted image in their avatar, NamePros could be considered a site that supports or assists in online piracy. My personal opinion on the matter is that Internet forums, message boards, and chat rooms would be forced to shut down completely if this bill passes. I also see now way for social networking sites to survive. Even Facebook and Twitter don't have enough money to survive a mandatory review of every single piece of user submitted content. This bill is serious people. It's the end of the Internet for all practical purposes.
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01-13-2012, 12:19 PM
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      | One of the problems i think is that this was posted in the warnings thread, not too many people i think are browsing here unfortunately(i could be wrong tough) Maybe a mod could make this a sticky in the discussion forum? cheers liquid |
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01-19-2012, 12:29 PM
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| More than 7 million users signed Google Petition: http://mashable.com/2012/01/19/sopa-internet/ 35 senators now oppose the SOPA bill. 41 senators got to say no to stop the SOPA bill. Fellow Americans get to work  http://fightforthefuture.org http://americancensorship.org/
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01-20-2012, 12:21 AM
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| How come no one is talking about the Piece of SH!T congressman (Lamar Smith, TX) who came up with the bill? Someone needs to look at his finances and see who is funding these types of anti-freedom, fascist bills. People of Texas need to vote this goon out of office next election! Using the CURRENT laws, megaupload.com got shut down. NO need for new asinine legislation.
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01-20-2012, 11:34 AM
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| SOPA bill gets pulled > http://mashable.com/2012/01/20/sopa-...th-pulls-bill/ and PIPA gets postponed. ---------- Post added at 02:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:11 PM ---------- ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=741303 They introduced something new now: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...r-good/242853/ Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - See how the sneaky politicians named this bill.
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    | In Europe there are already data retention laws in place. And all the data that is being accumulated will be exploited sooner or later. The ultimate aim of politicans is always the same: total control of the Internet and the individual.
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