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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/oe3mf/these_61_senators_are_refusing_to_meet_with_their/

I know if this tripe passes in the US, Europe is soon to follow.

Hound your senators, hold their feet to the fire.

EDIT: Jack Reed (D, RI) has come around. Progress. ^_^

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

Ah, Democracy to the highest bidder.

I'm rarely one for knee jerk reprisals, but voting that group of assholes out of office over this sounds pretty right to me.

Of course, if every outraged Reddit reader actually fired off a text or tweet to their Senator (and Congressman) explaining that their voting for this will cost them your vote...maybe the people's voice would match that of the lobbiests for a day....

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

Not much I can do about this yet. But rest assured, if they try to pass something like this shit in Canada, I will hound people.

Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :

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Originally posted by Fabrux:
Not much I can do about this yet. But rest assured, if they try to pass something like this shit in Canada, I will hound people.

Same here. I download old games from piratebay like Civilization 2 and other games you would never find anywhere else. If it's a new game like Skyrim, I'd rather buy a legit copy with a bitchin dragon statue and not have to have a permanent internet connection or be logged in to some security thing to be able to play (looking at Ubisoft among others)

As much as the US gov and hollywood want to eliminate online piracy it's probably going to go over about as well as the "war on drugs".

So while SOPA probably won't affect my life much, I oppose it on principle. On the principle that it's stupid to try to control the internet.

Anyways I'm going to go play that new expansion for X3: Terran Conflict, my new flagship carrier is almost done and I need to go commit some space piracy to make money for capital ship weapons and maybe buy some more fighters. [Big Grin]

Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :

A very lucid entry into the debate, by publisher Tim O'Reilly.

Excerpt:

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Any company that is providing great content online in a way that’s easy to use with a fair price has a booming business right now. The people who don’t are trying to fight that future.

Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Fabrux:
Not much I can do about this yet. But rest assured, if they try to pass something like this shit in Canada, I will hound people.

And here you go. We here in Canada are apparently in the process of passing Bill C-11, which is more insidious than SOPA/PIPA. Click here