Help stop SOPA/PIPA

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Help stop SOPA/PIPA

Post by trucker2000 » Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:17 pm

I try not to talk politics here, but this is too important.
How does sopa or pipa affect you?
Simple. If you post a link to a site that has a link to a site that "May" sell/give away pirated software, the government could literally shut this site down.
Google put it's best:
google wrote: Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.
Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.

The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.
The bills are written in such a way, the "offending" site would get shut down, (along with any supporting sites) until the "offending" site proves the government wrong. Please sign the petition and help stop our government for taking away our rights of free speech.
Thanks for reading.
Mike

Edit to add: oops. Forgot the petition link... :? https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
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Re: Help stop SOPA/PIPA

Post by Xjmt » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:47 pm

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Re: Help stop SOPA/PIPA

Post by lswot » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:55 am

Annnnd the petition is where?
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Re: Help stop SOPA/PIPA

Post by trucker2000 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:05 pm

lswot wrote:Annnnd the petition is where?
oops. :oops: Forgot to add it. It's in the first post now.

The good news is, the petitions and blackouts are working. :-)
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Re: Help stop SOPA/PIPA

Post by lswot » Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:14 pm

Ok....done and done
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