Biceps

January 16, 2012 at 9:25am

Well, I hate to break it to you guys, but Obama said he would veto the NDAA (you know, that little freedom destroying bill that essentially classifies all American citizens as terrorists), and then signed it anyway.  This is just a bait-and-switch, and we need to continue fighting this - there are still PIPA and ACTA... note no one has claimed either of those bills are on hold.

h e x e n

January 16, 2012 at 5:59am

Excellent. Great news and a proud day for the interwebz.

We all need to remember the effort here though, because this kind of crap will pop up again with a different name. When it does, we need to email our little fingers off and scream at the top of our lungs, just like we did here.

Stay vigilant people!!!

 

Eoraptor

January 15, 2012 at 11:30pm

This was no victory. This bill was litterly just hours away from a vote multiple times despite public outcries from all corners. In fact, the only reason it wasn't voted on back in December without so much as one internet technician testifying about its effects was because the congress persons (if you can call them people) were tired after all their other partisan bickering sessions and not getting anything done vis'a'vis the debt super-comittee and the fiscal year budget, and they decided to go home for a long winter's nap.

In otherwords, the internet and freedom of speech didn't win, lazyness did.

Slugbait

January 15, 2012 at 11:13pm

...give yourself a pat on the back, somebody heard you.

Nah. I think somebody heard youhavedownloaded.com...

I Jedi

January 15, 2012 at 11:08pm

We may have lost our rights to the Patriot Act and N.D.A.A., but god bless us that we at least care enough to fight for the Interwebs.

livebriand

January 15, 2012 at 10:32pm

YES!!!!!!! Next up, PIPA! Take that, asshole entertainment companies!

Hey.That_Dude

January 15, 2012 at 10:17pm

PRAISE! May the good people of the internet always win in their mob-esque justice! Just as the media companies must lose in mob-esque defeat. Anyone sensing a pattern here? Isn't this why we have an Electoral College?

The Corrupted One

January 15, 2012 at 8:43pm

Good.

 

But if a similar bill that was good, that wouldn't result in an Orwellian apocolyspe was passing through Congress, people would still oppose it just as much so they could continue pirating unmolested.

damicatz

January 15, 2012 at 8:28pm

In other words, they want to wait until people forget about it and then try passing it again.

Nice try, but, no dice.

ashinms

January 15, 2012 at 7:50pm

Good work troops. The beast is not dead yet, though. SOPA is injured, but we still need to cut off its head.... and then shoot it in the knee with an arrow.

Dartht33bagger

January 15, 2012 at 7:32pm

One battle down, one more to go.  Hopefully PIPA will go the same way as SOPA.

saffy

January 15, 2012 at 5:57pm

YES. Now we gotta email rape the politicians to revoke PIPA.

Dark Blade

January 15, 2012 at 5:51pm

" but don’t let your guard down just yet. The PROTECT IP and ACTA look every bit as horrible as SOPA, and is still being pushed hard by lobbyists. " 

 

I sure hope sopa wasn't a decoy.

Nahiyan

January 15, 2012 at 5:24pm

WE WIIIIIIIIN!!

Take that -put media company here-