What does everyone think about these acts? Will it truly lead to the 'death of the internet' in America and set dangerous precedents for other countries/governments? Or are people just blowing it up out of proportion?
From all the news stories that I've read about it, it seems like these acts really could be disastrous (if they manage to pass), but I want to get other peoples' views/opinions on the subject.
Many websites, such as ThePirateBay, would likely be shut down indefinitely.
ThePirateBay isn't based in the USA so the government could not shut it down. If the bill is passed, ISPs would most likely be forced to stop people in the US from going to the domain name of ThePirateBay. This would cut off the money the site receives from advertising and may cause them to be shut down of their own accord, but the US goverment simply can't shut it down.
The problem is that the US government is controlled by criminals such as drug companies, insurance companies, MPAA, RIAA. For example if you have a medical condition and you have no choice but to take medication, it'll cost you 5 times more in the corrupted USA. If you try to get them from Canada, for example, you will be prosecuted and treated like a criminal because of a law passed by a traitor who sold the American people to the drug companies. It's the same thing for the insurance companies.
The only way to stop these abuses is to bring down both criminal parties (Democrats & Republicans) and form a new party that will serve the citizen like it supposed to be and not the rich parasites who rob, deceive and ruin people's lives because of a few rich terrorists!
BTW, did you know that if you don't use an IP blocker such as Peerguardian or Peerblock, some anti Peer to Peer companies are spying on the users here. Here's one of the countless IPs used by Amazon it's called AP2P on Amazon EC2 cloud. 174.129.219.231
I don't even use P2P programs but they still try to scan my computer. Fortunately I can block them.
It seems like with this bill the government isn't even trying to hide the fact they are in big businesses back pocket.
A lot of major tech companies are actually withdrawing their support of the bill. I think that the entire thing is beginning to backfire on the bill's supporters after the flaws of SOPA were exposed. Hopefully it will be enough to stop it from passing
-- Whole sites -- from YouTube to Wordpress -- could be under threat for something as simple as a member posting a video of themselves singing a copyrighted pop song -- General-purpose social media sites like Twitter or Facebook could be forced to track and control user behavior, curbing innovation and undermining free expression -- Your internet provider could be required to monitor all of your browsing, and also to block your access to specific web addresses -- Overall, the web could become less stable and less secure ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tell Congress to Protect the Internet!!!
(202) 224-3121 - Switch board
call the number above and tell who ever responds your name and location so he/she can connect you to your Senator.(you will have to call a second time for your other senator)
Thank you for stating what we already knew about this. There is some good news coming. Legislators are making an alternative to SOPA which is far more feasible than what SOPA is proposing. Info found here.
I don't like the idea of the government being able to block certain websites. Just because they don't like it doesn't mean they should be allowed to shut it down. At least thats what I got from the article.
I completely agree unless it's a site that promotes the distribution of child pornography then the government shouldn't have the right to censor the Internet. I think the only reason the bills are getting this far is major labels and companies are lobbying against pirating.
