sunfighter

The topic thread is incorrect. SOPA is not dead until it either is defeated in the Congress or Obama vetoes it. Obama hinted at a veto, but did not promise it. There is still a very real chance it will be passed.

krozar

Exactly. Until we know the bills are gone we should keep up our vigilance. Wikipedia and Reddit are about to go down in protest.

It is important to protect intellectual property. However, good intentions are often used as an excuse for tyranny. SOPA/PIPA will allow the blocking of Internet sites without due process. We have seen a similar law that was passed in Australia which, according to lawmakers, would block sites that were involved in the harming of children. What happened in reality is that thousands of sites were blocked for political and otherwise unexplained reasons with no accountability. Expansion of government powers outside of due process is a dangerous thing. Proponents argue the importance of protecting copyrights. However, that's really not the issue at hand here.

ThePepsiSyndrome

Wikipedia is now blacked out.

 Aerianne

Yep, they have a big black page and explanation now with a link to contacting your elected officials if you want to put in your zipcode:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

ThePepsiSyndrome

Google's main page has a big black stripe going across the top of the page. It's blacked out on my Android phone too.

Every single post on all 4chan boards are blacked out.*

*implying that's a bad thing

 Aerianne

http://www.webpronews.com/sopa-black...e-info-2012-01

Edit: Erowid.org is also blacked-out.

 Aerianne

"New" tune on SOPA/PIPA

relaxxx

Yet another bill to protect billionaire interests and give the shaft to the common people.

Just_Dave

I know it's a small gesture, but yesterday I posted on my Facebook wall that I will deactivate my account for January 18th as a sign of solidarity with all the companies who are doing the same.

Skip

Yeah, sorry but I didn't have time to blackout the forums.

We support the protest, but why censor everyone here?

I'd rather see you guys discussing this today. Plus ppl from overseas can't write their congressmen, can they, so why block them with a message to do that?