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SOPA Blackout and what you can do.
Avatar By Haruspex
Posted 18 Jan 2012 01:59
Category: Current Events
If you haven’t been following this story, here is a quick way to get up to speed.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/wikipedia-blackout-sopa-and-pipa-explained/

Basically the bill will give the government more power over the internet in order to fight copyright infringements.

Tonight at midnight many websites including Wikipedia, Reddit, and Daily Paul will be blacked out for 24 hours in protest of this legislation. Life may suck for a day because I enjoy visiting these sites, but I’m completely in agreement that the internet must remain free.

While I could make arguments that SOPA and PIPA will be devastating to the internet as we know it, I want to make the argument that copyright law itself is based on a fallacy.

The idea of intellectual property has been around our entire lives. Its difficult to imagine a world without it. We’re told IP is the motivator for artists and inventors, without it nothing new would ever be created. We grew up being told cheating is wrong, and plagiarism is wrong. Both of which had serious consequences if you were caught. But why is it wrong?

Everyone can agree stealing physical property from someone is morally wrong because this involves taking something away from another. If I steal your television set, you have one less television set and I have one more television set. However, lets say you write a short little poem on a notepad. I see it and say “Wow, I like that poem.” I remember it and go home and write it down in a notebook. Nothing was taken from you. You still have your notepad with the poem written on it and now I have poem written in my notebook as well. People will say “what if I claimed credit for writing the poem.” True, but that is lying, a separate issue from copying. The problem is we think copying=stealing but the truth is copying isn’t stealing. We should approach them differently.

Also if you are planning on participating, please copy and paste this into your Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and whatever else you use.

My Twitter feed, Facebook wall, and Tumblr will be 'going dark' tomorrow to protest the #SOPA & #PIPA Internet bills #J18 #SOPAblackout

Thanks.
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Comments
Avatar AkoSiAko
05 May 2012 14:02
Be careful guys, CISPA might list us as threats they can also see us right now, talking...
Avatar WhaleFreak
20 Jan 2012 12:16
I think I'm going to cry.
Avatar ModdedGameV.3.0
20 Jan 2012 05:09
Quoth Waffle King:

I support SOPA


Yes you do.
Avatar Mikazuki
19 Jan 2012 22:17
Quoth Jorge96:
If this is passed, this website might be shut down.


Yeah, I thought about that. This site is based off of stuff created by Nintendo. If they pass this, I will scream! ... And I may also send them a letter with very rude comments about their moms' chest hair, their moobs, so on.

Zoey, thank you for the insult ideas. Perfect for venting at them.
Avatar a.smith
19 Jan 2012 07:35
Quoth HullBreach:
Quoth a.smith:
Stupid america... all the time they jusst make life harder for everyone else e.e


It's only because our politicians care for you as much as they do for us.

if they give us $500billion then i'll believe that =D
Avatar lilwayne1556
19 Jan 2012 05:46
Quoth Mr.Bond:
Quoth Tom633:
Im counting here, uhh Lets see,
reddit is down
minecraft
Wikipedia
Google
WordPress
Destructiod
the FSF
ICHC


WAIT, WHAT? MINECRAFT :O NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! HOW WILL I LIVE WITHOUT MY DAILY GOLDEN APPLE


If you downloaded minecraft then you can still go on but if you didnt... well too bad
Avatar Jorge96
19 Jan 2012 04:59
If this is passed, this website might be shut down.
Avatar Alpha Starfire
19 Jan 2012 04:25
Basically... If SOPA is passed...
You can be fined for having a bucket from KFC in the background. Yep, that means no more pokemon drawings or Facebook pictures.
Avatar Check176
19 Jan 2012 03:26
Yep, mobile site and stoping the loading both work. Its only a couple more hours away, so its not a huge deal though. Hope the message got through, but we'll have to wait and see if it affected anything.
Avatar PasserByGuy
19 Jan 2012 02:26
Quoth Haruspex:
Quoth PasserByGuy:
Attention:
<br><br>Haruspex lives near or on the east coast somewhere--ABC is a program aired in that area. xD
<br><br>
<br><br>(I think--not sure exactly)

<br>
<br>As usual, you are wrong. And where I live is not only none of your business, but not something you need to bring to peoples attention.
<br>
<br>If you MUST know, I live in the state capitol of California, which if you learned anything in school other than how to text, or how to Facebook, you would know that is Sacramento.
<br>
<br>ABC is a channel that is broadcasted everywhere in the US, here in parts of Cali its channel 13, in other parts its 10..


I'm just joking, man.
Have a bit of a sense of humor, please.

And may I please ask what you mean when you say, "As usual.."?
Avatar Mexter
19 Jan 2012 02:21
watch in about 5 days theyre gonna be "Oh noes! this law isnt good!" -counteract law with a new one-
Avatar Mexter
19 Jan 2012 02:12
One thing that makes our goverment idiots is that by doing this our freedom of speech over the internet is lost and they cant take away freedom of speech
Avatar DragonSlayer9
19 Jan 2012 01:47
Yes, if you're not American it will affect you too.
Avatar GRACiEgoRAWR
19 Jan 2012 01:11
Quoth EpicArtifex:
Nice point and analogy at the end, I never really thought about it like that.

Also, you can easily bypass Wikipedia's blackout if you quickly stop the page loading before it blacks out.


I've also heard that you can still use the mobile site. I dunno if it's true, though.
Avatar Aerostar
19 Jan 2012 00:22
Is it even possible to censor the Internet altoghether? I was under the impression that it was global....
Avatar AshlynLovesYou
19 Jan 2012 00:18
The government tries to make us more miserable each and every day >.>

SOPA is going to kill me.
Avatar Skitty1234567891
18 Jan 2012 23:45
Quoth Samurai Bob:
Quoth Mr.Bond:
Quoth HullBreach:Quoth Nope.avi:Students everywhere will be completely screwed the entire day.

No plagiarized term papers for an entire day!

Oh noes! Now how will I complete my science project!?


o_ô Really? Read a book. It has a neat little thing called pages. But you can't copy and paste. Sorry.


But you can, however,read the page and copy it word for word. Duh.
Avatar Winter Icefox
18 Jan 2012 23:43
Meh.
Avatar Samurai Bob
18 Jan 2012 23:32
Quoth Mr.Bond:
Quoth HullBreach:Quoth Nope.avi:Students everywhere will be completely screwed the entire day.

No plagiarized term papers for an entire day!

Oh noes! Now how will I complete my science project!?


o_ô Really? Read a book. It has a neat little thing called pages. But you can't copy and paste. Sorry.
Avatar Mr.Bond
18 Jan 2012 22:32
Quoth HullBreach:
Quoth Nope.avi:
Students everywhere will be completely screwed the entire day.


No plagiarized term papers for an entire day!


Oh noes! Now how will I complete my science project!?
Avatar Mr.Bond
18 Jan 2012 22:27
Quoth Tom633:
Im counting here, uhh Lets see,
reddit is down
minecraft
Wikipedia
Google
WordPress
Destructiod
the FSF
ICHC


WAIT, WHAT? MINECRAFT :O NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! HOW WILL I LIVE WITHOUT MY DAILY GOLDEN APPLE
Avatar SOPA and PIPA
18 Jan 2012 21:18
Why would you want to get rid of me!?!?!?!?
Avatar a.smith
18 Jan 2012 21:14
Quoth wowrofl:
SOPA sucks, and they're going to fail...

And @Metalhead, dude, no, the world will die without some websites.


Yeah x] i saw it on some movie xD
Avatar olipoko
18 Jan 2012 21:06
My teachers make us go on wiki and google all the time,the only good side is that we cant do history
Avatar wowrofl
18 Jan 2012 20:55
SOPA sucks, and they're going to fail...

And @Metalhead, dude, no, the world will die without some websites.
Avatar a.smith
18 Jan 2012 17:34
Quoth Admiral:
Quoth EpicArtifex:
Nice point and analogy at the end, I never really thought about it like that.
<br><br>
<br><br>Also, you can easily bypass Wikipedia's blackout if you quickly stop the page loading before it blacks out.

<br>
<br>Right on!

i actually did that o.e i researched black holes x]


A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing, not even light, can escape.[1] The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole. Around a black hole there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that marks the point of no return. It is called "black" because it absorbs all the light that hits the horizon, reflecting nothing, just like a perfect black body in thermodynamics.[2] Quantum mechanics predicts that black holes emit radiation like a black body with a finite temperature. This temperature is inversely proportional to the mass of the black hole, making it difficult to observe this radiation for black holes of stellar mass or greater.

seee xD
Avatar Tom633
18 Jan 2012 17:12
Im counting here, uhh Lets see,
reddit is down
minecraft
Wikipedia
Google
WordPress
Destructiod
the FSF
ICHC
Avatar Tom633
18 Jan 2012 17:09
Quoth MysticalZoey:
I HAVE AN IDEA. LETS TAKE SOPA, AND PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I just have to quote this xDDDDD
Avatar HullBreach
18 Jan 2012 17:03
Quoth a.smith:
Stupid america... all the time they jusst make life harder for everyone else e.e


It's only because our politicians care for you as much as they do for us.
Avatar EpicArtifex
18 Jan 2012 15:59
Nice point and analogy at the end, I never really thought about it like that.

Also, you can easily bypass Wikipedia's blackout if you quickly stop the page loading before it blacks out.
Avatar Moulder
18 Jan 2012 15:30
Google, and Wikipedia are protesting.
Avatar Lucas7
18 Jan 2012 14:42
Google participated in the blackout
Avatar a.smith
18 Jan 2012 12:58
Quoth MaxiMillion:
It's a good thing I don't go to these sites.

And that I'm not American.


Lucky you... > *Shoots you*

wait is role play allowed in blogs? xD
Avatar MaxiMillion
18 Jan 2012 12:33
It's a good thing I don't go to these sites.

And that I'm not American.
Avatar a.smith
18 Jan 2012 11:52
Stupid america... all the time they jusst make life harder for everyone else e.e
Avatar Lakhlan01
18 Jan 2012 09:14
SOPA and PIPA's carcass's can rot in hell for eternity.
Avatar Skittles
18 Jan 2012 06:52
*whom the law was for. As in, in what country(ies).
Avatar Skittles
18 Jan 2012 06:51
Quoth Haruspex:
Quoth Skittles:
Quoth ShadowStrike:<blockquote>Quoth Takis Teh Greek:<blockquote>That's only for America right?

<br><br><br>
<br><br><br>
<br><br><br>
<br><br><br>It's the internet as a whole.</blockquote>
<br><br>
<br><br>No, it's for America.</blockquote>
<br>
<br>It really for everyone. This affects EVERYONE as a whole. If a site goes down in the US, it is down everywhere.


The question was in regards to whom the law was targeting. True it affects many, but I digress.
Avatar Haruspex
18 Jan 2012 06:28
Quoth Skittles:
Quoth ShadowStrike:
Quoth Takis Teh Greek:<blockquote>That's only for America right?

<br><br>
<br><br>
<br><br>
<br><br>It's the internet as a whole.</blockquote>
<br>
<br>No, it's for America.


It really for everyone. This affects EVERYONE as a whole. If a site goes down in the US, it is down everywhere.
Avatar Skittles
18 Jan 2012 06:26
Quoth ShadowStrike:
Quoth Takis Teh Greek:
That's only for America right?

<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>It's the internet as a whole.


No, it's for America.
Avatar ShadowStrike
18 Jan 2012 06:16
Quoth Takis Teh Greek:
That's only for America right?




It's the internet as a whole.
Avatar Skittles
18 Jan 2012 06:14
Oh, and the fact the huge players such as Google, Wikia, and Wikipedia are against it doesn't hurt.
Avatar Skittles
18 Jan 2012 06:11
SOPA and PIPA are just...no. In their current state, they're very vague which only allows more leeway for what can be done with it if actually legalized.

STAND AGAINST IT OR THE SOCIALISTS WILL BE SHOUTING "GREAT SUCCESS!!!!!1111" >.>
Avatar DragonSlayer9
18 Jan 2012 06:10
How to vote against SOPA

1. Get on a computer

2. Go on the Google homepage (google.com)

3. Click the Google icon. Yes, it has a black board on it.

4. Scroll down and enter your name and email address and enter!
Avatar Haruspex
18 Jan 2012 05:57
Quoth PasserByGuy:
Attention:
<br>Haruspex lives near or on the east coast somewhere--ABC is a program aired in that area. xD
<br>
<br>(I think--not sure exactly)


As usual, you are wrong. And where I live is not only none of your business, but not something you need to bring to peoples attention.

If you MUST know, I live in the state capitol of California, which if you learned anything in school other than how to text, or how to Facebook, you would know that is Sacramento.

ABC is a channel that is broadcasted everywhere in the US, here in parts of Cali its channel 13, in other parts its 10..
Avatar luisjo96
18 Jan 2012 05:37
Quoth MysticalZoey:
I HAVE AN IDEA. LETS TAKE SOPA, AND PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.


lol im with you
Avatar luisjo96
18 Jan 2012 05:31
if they block wikipedia and google i'll fail in the school in a epic way o-o
Avatar DragonSlayer9
18 Jan 2012 05:28
http://google.com/landing/takeaction

Vote Now!
Avatar DragonSlayer9
18 Jan 2012 05:26
Check out Google and Wikipedia.
Avatar Fang14
18 Jan 2012 05:17
As long as this site and xbox live work I'm fine
Avatar InvaderBiZ11
18 Jan 2012 05:08
This sucks!
Avatar purplepandafish
18 Jan 2012 05:01
8am Wednesday the 18th*
Finally! Someone posts something about this. This would kill teh internetz as we know it. And very large internet hosting sites. The bill is just written so horribly that if I post a link, a LINK mind you, to a Futurama episode online, Hull and whoever hosts him get sued by the government. This bill must be stopped for the sake of America, the land of the free(dom of speech).
http://www.knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/protect-ip-act-stop-online-piracy-act ←Here is moar info and lulz.
Avatar Tom633
18 Jan 2012 04:56
Oh government, what will we do with you?
Avatar Weegee8
18 Jan 2012 04:39
But. I rely on the Internet to get my free stuffz. No moar free stuffz?
Avatar Kingpin
18 Jan 2012 04:17
I need to use wikipedia every 20 minutes or so. It's an encyclopedia without the book part.
Avatar wowrofl
18 Jan 2012 04:16
Quoth Nope.avi:
Students everywhere will be completely screwed the entire day.

Rofl. I wouldn't be suprised if teachers took advantage of this opportunity, they probably won't though. What I've noticed is my teachers know nothing about nothing about current news.
Avatar Tora.Silver
18 Jan 2012 04:14
What exactly will SOPA do? I get the general idea that it's against piracy/plagarism and all, but what specific things is it going to accomplish.
Avatar HullBreach
18 Jan 2012 04:08
Quoth Nope.avi:
Students everywhere will be completely screwed the entire day.


No plagiarized term papers for an entire day!
Avatar Lakhlan01
18 Jan 2012 03:59
Plagiarism is like stealing a car, but the car is there in the morning. If anything, it means the world gets more cars.
Avatar RinCanFlyy
18 Jan 2012 03:47
I know of this topic through history class and am not excited of what the government is planning on accomplishing. More like, i really don't know what they're planning on accomplishing. I really wouldn't like to see something like YouTube being taken down. One thing I am not entirely clear of is, will this affect the entire world's internet? Or just the internet in the United States?
Avatar Lucas7
18 Jan 2012 03:43
SOPA can shove SOAP in there mouths if they think they are doing the right thing!
Avatar Nope.avi
18 Jan 2012 03:34
Students everywhere will be completely screwed the entire day.
Avatar GuitarGodAnth
18 Jan 2012 03:31
Already had my site prepared for this.
Avatar HullBreach
18 Jan 2012 03:29
mmm... me gusta sopa con pollo.

I hadn't kept up with the SOPA legislation until a few days ago when I started reading some of the details on it. I hear bickering between people on the left and right of the political spectrum about who is to blame. The problem is that people are very misguided here. The political spectrum is multidimensional. Think of upward as being authoritarianism and downward as being individualism. SOPA is upward, meaning it places more control into the hands of the government and corporations and pulls it from the opposing side, which is the morality of the individual's decisions. Thus, you will see support from socialists and progressives (up, left) and from fascists and corporatists (up, right), but opposition will come from libertarians (down, right) and anarchists (down, left).

I tend to believe that the US Federal Government has gained too much power, especially in the executive branch. The Department of Homeland Security has already tried to shut down websites without due process of law. SOPA will just allow more of this. Theft and piracy are already addressed in numerous laws, as laid out in the US Constitution, article 1, section 8. An overbearing law like SOPA is not needed.
Avatar Moulder
18 Jan 2012 03:14
Woops! I mean D=
Avatar Moulder
18 Jan 2012 03:14
This means YouTube is in biiiiiig trouble. =D
Avatar Mrs. Lovett
18 Jan 2012 03:03
Quoth PasserByGuy:
Oh. D:
<br>
<br>I don't watch TV anymore soo...ya. xD
<br>
<br>Just read about all of this...This...Obstreperous bullcrap...
<br>
<br>You know, Google's, Wikipedia's, and Facebook's servers are all located within the United States I think.
<br>
<br>How's this for an idea?
<br>
<br>Screw the rest of the world.
<br>
<br>The people of the USA don't need the World Wide Web--we could just make a private Intranet that only we have access to. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia...They're all in the USA I think...
<br>We could also have access to a <span style="text-shadow:1px 0px 1px #888">world wide</span> web, but not before knowing the risks.

You must live under a rock if you haven't heard of SOPA and PIPA
Avatar MysticalZoey
18 Jan 2012 03:00
I HAVE AN IDEA. LETS TAKE SOPA, AND PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
Avatar wowrofl
18 Jan 2012 02:57
I hate SOPA. The Internet was, will, and always shall be free. How can they control what were downloading?
I believe the US was, is, and hopefully will remain a free country.
Avatar PasserByGuy
18 Jan 2012 02:50
Oh. D:

I don't watch TV anymore soo...ya. xD

Just read about all of this...This...Obstreperous bullcrap...

You know, Google's, Wikipedia's, and Facebook's servers are all located within the United States I think.

How's this for an idea?

Screw the rest of the world.

The people of the USA don't need the World Wide Web--we could just make a private Intranet that only we have access to. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia...They're all in the USA I think...
We could also have access to a world wide web, but not before knowing the risks.
Avatar GleeoK
18 Jan 2012 02:40
Glad you made this blog.

I live in Brazil but this will surely affect the WHOLE WORLD, and i don't want that to happen, its nonsense! If these things get accepted, the tragedy will be HUGE. Imagine the riots of people going out in the streets, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Wikipedia DOWN, internet freedom over?! Man, its gonna be the apocalypse.

And they are COMPLETELY OVERREACTING with "Illegal" downloads of mp3, many artists say when new musics get downloaded a lot they also get sales up, its a mean for people to try out something without expending any money and then buy the whole stuff, many artists are comfortable with free downloads, ITS BEEN PROVEN.

I don't have a job, but i'm sure when i get one i'll buy all the CD's of these amazing albums i have on my mp3 list, IF IT WASN'T THIS, I WOULD NEVER HAVE MET THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. Ask me, why will i buy the CDs if i already have the musics? to get my own high quality files of course!!! These "free" ones are just crappy samples : )


I think piracy CAN be fight, but no in the way SOPA and PIPA is pretending to.


If this gets accepted I HOPE IT BECOMES THE APOCALYPSE So your government realizes the CRAP they have done.
Avatar MylesMH
18 Jan 2012 02:38
Quoth PasserByGuy:
Attention:
Haruspex lives near or on the east coast somewhere--ABC is a program aired in that area. xD

(I think--not sure exactly)

ABC is a network that airs television shows. I get it here (in Illinois). It's almost always on Channel 3.
Avatar Schmelzen
18 Jan 2012 02:36
SOPA pisses me off.
Avatar PasserByGuy
18 Jan 2012 02:31
Attention:
Haruspex lives near or on the east coast somewhere--ABC is a program aired in that area. xD

(I think--not sure exactly)
Avatar link284
18 Jan 2012 02:27
Quoth MylesMH:
Quoth link284:
What do you mean by 'going dark' I don't understand that part.


Basically means they'll be 'down' for a day.
I'm never on the site, sooo yea.
Avatar Persona
18 Jan 2012 02:27
I agree. +1
Avatar link284
18 Jan 2012 02:26
I think every major social site should go down, along with google, yahoo, and bing.
Avatar MylesMH
18 Jan 2012 02:25
Quoth link284:
What do you mean by 'going dark' I don't understand that part.


Basically means they'll be 'down' for a day.
Avatar MylesMH
18 Jan 2012 02:24
I really don't have a fear of this new bill. If anything, the government is actually getting off their bums and doing something. Problem is, they're doing the wrong thing.

They should focus more on specific issues instead of pulling out something that covers a wide area. It'll create more conflict than stop it.
Avatar link284
18 Jan 2012 02:23
What do you mean by 'going dark' I don't understand that part.
Avatar BanMan
18 Jan 2012 02:16
News for the news section is nice.
Avatar Kingpin
18 Jan 2012 02:14
Interesting, and with excelent points.
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