terracide

January 08, 2012 at 10:37am

this is the same government that just signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law..

Happy

January 08, 2012 at 7:35am

Why isn't anyone suggesting people call their congressman and senator? I did. And since SOPA and Protect IP seem to still be going forward I'm going to call them again.

scoop6274

January 07, 2012 at 7:49pm

Realize if this passes, it will give hackers across America a reason to unite and bring websites run by these media outlets crashing down. No revenue if no one can visit their site. it happens enough and they will back off. The Constitution still says "We the people" congress hasn't changed that yet. So people, lets take back control of this internet that once was ours. Remember the days of BBS? I know it is a step backwards, but if we have to, we can go back. We as tech people are intelligent and inventive, we will overcome. Try as they might to supress us we will prevail.

win7fanboi

January 07, 2012 at 10:03am

Fight SOPA : What Can You Do? (from dyn.com)

If you’re based in the U.S. and against this act, we urge that you e-sign this petition to ‘Stop The E-Parasite Act’. The initial goal was to get 25,000 signatures by the end of November and as I write this, there are more than 40,000. Clearly, this is a movement that is gaining momentum.

For our international friends, there is a petition here that has got a tremendous following.

EFF has another avenue to have yourself heard : https://eff.org/r.C8A

CruwL

January 07, 2012 at 6:50am

1st of all thanks for covering SOPA and PIPA MaximumPC, but personally i do not think you are covering enough. Your not empowering your readers to actually do anything.

For those of  you who do not want to site ideally by here you go:

http://my.americancensorship.org/- meet with your senators, demand they dont let this pass.

http://americancensorship.org/ - email them let your voice be heard.

Do you play games? Find out what devs do and do not support SOPA and PIPA, vote with your wallet:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/esa-members-and-sopa-where-they-stand/

P.S. Rockpapershotgun is a UK based site and they are doing more then most of our U.S. based Tech sites.

Step up your game MaximumPC!!

Mr.Rager22

January 06, 2012 at 11:34pm

 

"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy"

-- Dr. Ron Paul (Your last hope) 

 

Kinetic

January 06, 2012 at 5:56pm

I for one welcome our new corporate overlords.

AntonioGarrison

January 06, 2012 at 5:41pm

Of course they won't put any press on it, they wouldn't want this to come to light.  They don't want the general public to know what this would mean.  How it's pretty much giving "Entertainment" companies control of the internet to block content and any websites in all accounts.  These sites will be shutdown without any investigation or justice.  It's like the entertainment companies having right to pull ANY video from youtube cause they think it infringes on their ability to make money.

 

It all comes down to entertainment companies not wanting to change with the ever changing market.  They want to keep their business infrastructure and by manipulating the lawyers of our government we will comply cause it will make all things better for all of us US Citizens (Sarcasm).  They will forever ruin the internet with this crap to make their money in the process.  

 

It's no wonder why are company is slowly going into the crapper.  We need to stop playing with these big corporations.  Let them invest in new technologies to fight piracy.  Gaming companies have been doing it for years, though nothing has truly become a standard in it.  Put money into coming up with something that is a standard and will be hard for anybody to crack.  Don't ruin the internet.

Teeebs

January 06, 2012 at 5:35pm

Well, enjoy Youtube (and the like) while you can.  Because after this passes (which is pretty much a given), something like 90% of the content will disappear, and we'll all be left watching videos of some yokel's flatulent wiener dog till the end of time.....progress indeed...

 

Yet another HUGE step in the full corporatization of the country.... doesn't seem like there's much the sheeple can do at this point.... "occupy" just doesn't seem to cut it anymore....."blow crap up" would seem the next logical step.....

Marthian

January 06, 2012 at 5:28pm

I find it hard to think of a reason why a NEWS outlet would support SOPA considering as far as I can tell, they don't sell anything except advertisement space. No one buys the Fox News Year 2011 Bluray Super 365 Collection.

godsdog

January 06, 2012 at 5:18pm

We just need google or any other giant to roll out their DNS, then who cares what sopa bastards do. I dont care if i need to move my domais to avoid this crap.

morefaster

January 06, 2012 at 4:34pm

Is there anything the average person can do to prevent this bill from passing. BP stone you have a nice dream but it would never come true, the only way SOPA is only going to be used when it effects major companies.

duncansil

January 06, 2012 at 4:23pm

I would also support any company or organization that blacked out for a day on this issue. Really, this just has to be done. There will be some blowback by facebook addicts and such but sometimes you need to cut out a cancer.

bpstone

January 06, 2012 at 4:12pm

SOPA was coming. One thing I do not like about the internet is misinformation or fabricated bull shit is being constantly spread on it like damn cancer. If an article does not have credible sources, it should be seen as their opinions and nothing else. Too often people believe something when it has not one single fact to back their claims up. I wish something could be done about that. A total dream I should know. : /

praetor_alpha

January 06, 2012 at 3:19pm

I bet that if Google had a blackout, this SOPA shit would be dead in an hour.