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MattB 
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 Topic: SOPA !Posted: January-03-2012 at 9:07am |
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So its the new year and I am working my way through my many many emails and SOPA keeps coming up more and more...you guys in the US are on the brink of something bad and are close to being hit with massive internet restrictions and your freedom of speech (on the internet) massively restricted! If it happens to you guys then I am sure the UK will soon follow with something equally bad.
I do understand the ideas behind the bill but the wording could take the bill way beyond its original idea.
Have a read through some of the links below, there is a lot of information to work through but worth reading what some of your senators are about to support! http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57346592-281/how-sopas-circumvention-ban-could-put-a-target-on-tor/ http://david.weebly.com/1/post/2011/12/godaddy-a-glimpse-of-the-internet-under-sopa.html Happy new year guys, I would say its good to be back but to be honest I wish I was still on holiday 
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MattB
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Posted: January-03-2012 at 10:20am |
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Oh and here is an article that sums things up quite nicely and shows why the legislation is so bad.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/toms-hardware-sopa-Stop-Online-Piracy-Act-PROTECT-IP-Senate,news-37425.html
There is a link for you guys to contact your elected official: https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173 |
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eric lavine
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Posted: January-03-2012 at 10:28am |
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i thought we were fighting for freedom around the world, i didnt read the articles yet, who is behind this?
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"the things you own will start to own you"
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eric lavine
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Posted: January-03-2012 at 10:28am |
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fcc?
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"the things you own will start to own you"
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MattB
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Posted: January-03-2012 at 10:40am |
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One of its chief supporters is "Lamar Smith" but the main money behind all the lobbying is coming from the MPAA and RIAA.
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Riley
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Posted: January-03-2012 at 12:39pm |
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Hopefully, our elected officials will not go along with this, but I think it's only a matter of time before they come up with a plan to tax commerce on the internet, and then they will not hold back on restricting the whole web so they can put their hands in all of our pockets.
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On November 15, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, eBay, Mozilla, Yahoo, AOL, and LinkedIn wrote a letter to key members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, saying SOPA poses "a serious risk to our industry's continued track record of innovation and job creation, as well as to our nation's cybersecurity."