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Hey, guys, do you remember SOPA

Postby *Emelia K. Fletcher » March 12th, 2014, 7:44 am

Because it's back
yet ♥♥♥♥

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petiti ... 4/q0Vkk0Zr

and this time it's serious


"The SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act) bill has resurfaced and is once again trying to be passed.

The link attached will take you to a petition. Unless this petition reaches 100,000 signatures by next week, this will happen:


All websites containing media that refers to or is owned by a company that hasn’t given its permission for the media to be displayed can and will be shut down. This means sites such as Tumblr, Wattpad, Pinterist, fanfiction.com.
People who post such media can and will be fined, with a maximum sentence of five years in prison. This includes, but is not limited to, people who own/post the following: fanfiction, fan art, roleplay blogs, fan blogs/accounts and movie streaming sites.
"The legislation would allow copyright holders and the Justice Department to seek court orders against websites associated with copyright infringement. SOPA, the House version, applies to both domestic and foreign websites, while PIPA targets foreign websites. If that court order is granted, the entire website would be taken down. Internet users who typed in the site’s URL address would receive an error message, and for all appearances, the site would never have existed. Importantly, the court does not need to hear a defense from the actual website before issuing its ruling. The entire website can be condemned without a trial or even a traditional court hearing."

This is not a joke.
This is real.

We need 100,000 signatures by next week. Make one of them yours, or all these things that make you happy will disappear."


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Re: Hey, guys, do you remember SOPA

Postby Karyete » March 12th, 2014, 8:13 am

They just don't quit, do they?
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Re: Hey, guys, do you remember SOPA

Postby SuYo1141 » March 12th, 2014, 8:40 am

If this gets passed I will seriously consider moving to Canada.
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Re: Hey, guys, do you remember SOPA

Postby NanTheDark » March 12th, 2014, 8:44 am

SuYo1141 wrote:If this gets passed I will seriously consider moving to Canada.


If SOPA gets passed, a good deal of the internet itself is screwed. And that doesn't change if you move to another country. :P This is a world matter!

...Although I do understand why you would like to go to Canada, with the US pulling stunts like this...




Besides, Canada has snow, and River City Ransom style battles which give you coins and whatnot, and playing music causes shockwaves and whatnot!

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Re: Hey, guys, do you remember SOPA

Postby SuYo1141 » March 12th, 2014, 8:47 am

That's more what I was getting at. I was already considering it, but if the US constantly shovels out stuff like this, then I'm out.
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Re: Hey, guys, do you remember SOPA

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Postby Asterocrat » March 12th, 2014, 9:21 am

*Emelia Kaylee wrote:People who post such media can and will be fined, with a maximum sentence of five years in prison. This includes, but is not limited to, people who own/post the following: fanfiction, fan art, roleplay blogs, fan blogs/accounts and movie streaming sites.

WHAT TEH FYCK AMERICA

Jail? For fanfiction? For fanart?

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Re: Hey, guys, do you remember SOPA

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Postby Raz » March 12th, 2014, 11:06 am

I don't believe any of this stuff will happen. And I'm almost completely positive it won't happen.
Also, don't move to canada. No matter where you live this'll still affect you.
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Re: Hey, guys, do you remember SOPA

Postby *Emelia K. Fletcher » March 12th, 2014, 11:55 am

Sign the ♥♥♥♥ petition or it will happen


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