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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: mightieskeeper on January 14, 2012, 11:37:58 AM

Title: internet bills good or bad?
Post by: mightieskeeper on January 14, 2012, 11:37:58 AM: I have been reading about HR 3261 (SOPA) and S 968 (PIPA) Internet Blacklist Bills. It does not sound good to me. Wondering what everyone else thinks? Here is a link if you have not heard of these. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111122/04254316872/definitive-post-why-sopa-protect-ip-are-bad-bad-ideas.shtml
Title: Re: internet bills good or bad?
Post by: JeffroM on January 15, 2012, 01:06:47 PM: I spent about 2 minutes trying to figure these out and then got bored. Here are a couple questions to figure it out without spending a lot of time:

1) Is it broke? .... Nope... Then don't fix it.
2) Is it be lobbied by big corporation? ... Yep... Then whatever the bill is it is self serving to them. Almost always not good for the population as a whole.
Title: Re: internet bills good or bad?
Post by: Frenchie on January 15, 2012, 01:29:59 PM: Vote it down !!!!! Just something Obama is trying to screw the people...
Title: Re: internet bills good or bad?
Post by: Ron on January 15, 2012, 09:46:02 PM: Political topics can often become emotionally charged - let's make sure to keep things civil so this doesn't disappear.

I definitely agree that these aren't good bills and hopefully they go nowhere.
Quote from: Frenchie on January 15, 2012, 01:29:59 PM
Vote it down !!!!!
That's just it. You don't get to vote on it. You only get to vote in the future as a repercussion to whomever didn't vote as you wish they had.

I posted this a while back. It's a direct reflection of what is started around October with regards to these bills:
(http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwdmjteBiD1qhijs6o1_500.png)
Title: Re: internet bills good or bad?
Post by: Ron on January 16, 2012, 11:11:28 AM: http://www.craigslist.org/about/SOPA
Title: Re: internet bills good or bad?
Post by: mightieskeeper on January 16, 2012, 02:22:06 PM: Jeff thats what I was thinking.
Ron I found that link on craigslist to be helpful.
Title: Re: internet bills good or bad?
Post by: Ron on January 17, 2012, 01:35:36 PM: Wikipedia, MoveOn, Reddit, Mozilla shuts down to protest SOPA/PIPA (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57360174-501465/wikipedia-moveon-reddit-mozilla-shuts-down-to-protest-sopa-pipa-how-to-prepare/)
Title: Re: internet bills good or bad?
Post by: jmelnek on January 19, 2012, 09:01:55 AM: It is a bad deal all around. Government is dabbling in very tricky waters and need to watch what they are doing.