KidsHappen Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 It is their own personal thumbs up to Wiki's blackout against SOPA. Yahoo's main page also has an article about Wiki's blackout which mentions several other companies that are against SOPA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennsmile Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Check out your local Craigslist too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Check out your local Craigslist too! Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 What is SOPA?? The only sopa I know is the one you can eat. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laundrycrisis Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Signed, posted on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Signed, posted on Facebook. Me too! Love their personal thumbs up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abeille Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 SOPA is scary stuff. I hope that today's blackouts help raise awareness and get people thinking about what the internet in this country will look like if it and the other bill (PIPA?) pass. Kudos to Google for taking a stand along with Wikipedia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 And I'll be the 2nd person to ask what SOPA is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oasis Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Protect IP Act (PIPA) Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) I tried to sign it, but clicking the "Sign the Petition" button isn't submitting my info! I'm going to try again later. Here's the info which Google has posted: More about SOPA and PIPA Members of Congress are trying to do the right thing by going after pirates and counterfeiters but SOPA and PIPA are the wrong way to do it. 1. SOPA and PIPA would censor the Web The U.S. government could order the blocking of sites using methods similar to those employed by China. Among other things, search engines could be forced to delete entire websites from their search results. That’s why 41 human rights organizations and 110 prominent law professors have expressed grave concerns about the bills. 2. SOPA and PIPA would be job-killers because they would create a new era of uncertainty for American business Law-abiding U.S. internet companies would have to monitor everything users link to or upload or face the risk of time-consuming litigation. That’s why AOL, EBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo and Zynga wrote a letter to Congress saying these bills “pose a serious risk to our industry’s continued track record of innovation and job-creation.†It’s also why 55 of America’s most successful venture capitalists expressed concern that PIPA “would stifle investment in Internet services, throttle innovation, and hurt American competitivenessâ€. More than 204 entrepreneurs told Congress that PIPA and SOPA would “hurt economic growth and chill innovationâ€. 3. SOPA and PIPA wouldn’t stop piracy To make matters worse, SOPA and PIPA won’t even work. The censorship regulations written into these bills won’t shut down pirate sites. These sites will just change their addresses and continue their criminal activities, while law-abiding companies will suffer high penalties for breaches they can’t possibly control. There are effective ways to combat foreign “rogue†websites dedicated to copyright infringement and trademark counterfeiting, while preserving the innovation and dynamism that have made the Internet such an important driver of American economic growth and job creation. Congress should consider alternatives like the OPEN Act, which takes targeted and focused steps to cut off the money supply from foreign pirate sites without making US companies censor the Web. Edited January 18, 2012 by oasis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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