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JANUARY 18 SOPA BLACKOUT
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Closeauthor=tpasmallWelcome (Back) to the Dark Ages.
The first thing I'm doing if SOPA passes is buying cd's made in china and burning every movie and cd I own and giving them out at walmart.
EDIT: Huzzah! Started a new page.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
12 hours isn't very long. The people who already care about this issue will be the only ones who even notice. For the average consumer, you would need to black out the internet for about a week before they'd notice, and a month before they'd mind.
author=Max McGee
guys is there anything were not fighting about let's fight about everything
I don't like this SOAP thing. Dirty is better.
eplipswich
2728
Just so everyone is aware, Wikipedia has officially joined the blackout for 24 hours:
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/English_Wikipedia_anti-SOPA_blackout
tpasmall
228
Now if google and facebook would do it, it might actually catch some peoples notice. It's funny how a bill this major and this controversial has not been reported on once by any of the major media outlets. Great 'journalism' there.
Youtube should do it too, THAT would get attention!
Unless they already are, or confirmed they are not.
Unless they already are, or confirmed they are not.
Otokonoko
60
welp
Now to kill the Senate equivalent (the Protect IP Act, or PIPA, which is almost literally the same bill as SOPA) and we're good to go.
Now to kill the Senate equivalent (the Protect IP Act, or PIPA, which is almost literally the same bill as SOPA) and we're good to go.
TheNecromancer
3160
Again, I don't think it's killed. Just delayed. http://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/9675/?post=330662#post330662
This thread can probably be closed now. or at least keep all information about SOPA in the other topic. This thread is supposed to be about the black out.
This thread can probably be closed now. or at least keep all information about SOPA in the other topic. This thread is supposed to be about the black out.
eplipswich
2728
author=Max McGee
Wikipedia is apparently still blacking out. :/
I'm still able to access Wikipedia without the blackout screen though...Just need to let a page load finish, press back and forward, and keep pressing Esc so as to prevent the black out screen from appearing...
They should have just closed the servers instead of blacking it out if they really want to get the message across...
Otokonoko
60
Disabling Javascript will get around the wiki blackout as well as the official code snippet that sopastrike.org has been sending around to join the strike. Of course with Javascript being a big part of most webpages nowadays it'll fuck some other shit up too.
edit: Eplip, blocking actual access to the server would be a logistical nightmare to set up and take down for a project on the scale of Wikipedia. The Javascript is quicker to implement and take down. Hell, sopastrike.org's code actually doesn't work unless it's January 18th when the page is loaded.
edit: Eplip, blocking actual access to the server would be a logistical nightmare to set up and take down for a project on the scale of Wikipedia. The Javascript is quicker to implement and take down. Hell, sopastrike.org's code actually doesn't work unless it's January 18th when the page is loaded.
ZPE
1562
author=LockeZ
12 hours isn't very long. The people who already care about this issue will be the only ones who even notice. For the average consumer, you would need to black out the internet for about a week before they'd notice, and a month before they'd mind.
Yeah, I don't think it'll do much in the grand scale of things but hopefully people have been proactive in doing the stuff the blackout was meant to do. More blackouts are probably now that February looks set to continue the SOPA push.
@tpasmall: I have but nothing's changed afaik. What happened?
I think it can have an big effect because some discover, learn about it, others look deeper into it, but mainly because it creates a wide anti pipa-sopa movement, and of course it shows the American government what is the extent of the opposition to the bills (like marching), and that, if it's really big and it was, is really effective.
You know, I don't really mind about rmn's stance on this whole SOPA charade. But couldn't the staff at least inform everybody about what decision they were going to make regarding the blackout? This thread was open for days previous to the act and there was not a hint, nor even a warning about it until it happened... Why is it so hard to do things right?
Edit:
All I know is that I wouldn't feel as disappointed as I do now at this apparent penchant from the staff to avoid being open with us. This is their site, yes, but they owe us at least that much. (That thing about who and why canned one of Craze's posts was never explained either.)
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author=Link_2112
What would you have done differently if you had known the blackout was going to happen?
All I know is that I wouldn't feel as disappointed as I do now at this apparent penchant from the staff to avoid being open with us. This is their site, yes, but they owe us at least that much. (That thing about who and why canned one of Craze's posts was never explained either.)
Yes, you can say that :
"The big question is, of course, whether this wave of protest is having any effect. The answer is an unequivocal YES." (http://torrentfreak.com/pipa-sopa-co-sponsors-drop-like-flies-120118/)
@alterego : you could have some idea of their decision considering GRS's position, but I agree, it would have been more mobilizing for all the members if the blackout had been officially announced.
"The big question is, of course, whether this wave of protest is having any effect. The answer is an unequivocal YES." (http://torrentfreak.com/pipa-sopa-co-sponsors-drop-like-flies-120118/)
@alterego : you could have some idea of their decision considering GRS's position, but I agree, it would have been more mobilizing for all the members if the blackout had been officially announced.
TheNecromancer
3160
What would you have done differently if you had known the blackout was going to happen?
