SOPA and PIPA

Gosh, am I so tired of hearing about this. Seriously, leave the interwebs the heck allow you mean government!

Anywhoo, I would’ve TOTALLY forget about this stupid attempt at passing a law. But now I hear that they haven’t actually turned it down and are really turning it down, I’m a raging fit. Especially because there will be a huge “blackout” tommorow, between 8 A.M EST and 8 P.M EST, people are supposed to not log on their computers.

So WHY is this bill such a big deal? I’m pretty sure it doesn’t affect anyone outside of the U.S, but not positive. But most of the PMU Staff is inside the U.S and this could seriously affect our game and site. It also FORCES Youtube, Google, Facebook to be wary of what you post, not only are you being STALKED by the government, but you are also losing rights here.

This seriously means: no more MMOs, which means no PMU. No more cool avatars or pictures from Video Games. No more free music from Youtube, or the right to draw or write about any character aside from your own on sites like DeviantART and Fanfiction will be competely taken off the scales.

It’s basically in short: controlling the users of the interwebs, and maintaining “morality”. Trust me, if you worried about morality, then why are you online right now?

Anyway. There’s a HUGE strike tommorow (Wednesday, January 17th, 2012), in which sites such as Wikipedia, Google, and Reddit will be “blacking out” or going offline for about ten to twelve hours TOMMOROW. So yup…

Good news is that lucky for US, almost NO major game companies agree. Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Nintendo of America, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Capcom USA, Sega of America, THQ, and more than two dozen other companies! That’s great news! Right?

Anyway, this post was just to tell you guys what the heck is going on here. I’m asking you guys to try to AT LEAST supports the idea AGAINST it, even if you don’t join the strike. Or at least spread the word or something! Thanks!

~Cynder

12 hours without the computer!? lolno.

government, yurestrict us.

.-. i swear if these bills pass…im going to blow a gasket. >_< i like using my drastically overpowerd cubchoo in roleplays.

also,…12 hours without any REAL contact with people? seriously goverment? Jerks. >_>

SOPA which stands for Stop Online Piracy Act is threatening to destroy the internet as we know it.

SOPA is . . .

“The originally proposed bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who makes the request, the court order could include barring online advertising networks and payment facilitators from doing business with the allegedly infringing website, barring search engines from linking to such sites, and requiring Internet service providers to block access to such sites. The bill would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content a crime, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison for ten such infringements within six months. The bill also gives immunity to Internet services that voluntarily take action against websites dedicated to infringement, while making liable for damages any copyright holder who knowingly misrepresents that a website is dedicated to infringement.” -Wikipedia.

SOPA is just a ridiculous attempt by some of the followers of SOPA to steal money from innocent people. Some of the major companies who support SOPA gave out the downloading tools such as “Limewire” and such to many throughout the internet and where there were songs, the affiliate sites had a “Download” button near them! They wanted customers to download them and spread them throughout the internet!

Now they"re accusing those same people who just pressed the download button that those companies put up. They"re suing those people and obtaining more and more money! This is not justice against those who illegally steal stuff, this is FRAUD.

-My Comment on Char"s Journal.

Let"s just hope this Act does not get passed because tricking and planning that lengthy scheme to obtain money is definitely unjust!

~Agun.

I’m not joining the strike.

I am, however, making my own rebellion. And I ask everyone to join…

MAKE AS MANY PICTURES, ROLEPLAY POSTS, OR FANFICTION OF SOMETHING YOU DON’T OWN AS YOU CAN!!!

And what Agun says is true. No wonder Google and Reddit and Wiki are going on strike. It’s like the government is being bribed with money. So what? You make a stupid law that fights against the 1st amendment and you now make us pay fines?

JUSTICE.

By the way…does anyone know anything about PIPA?

Woah, thats crazy O.e I can’t live without the Internet D:

Thank you for spreading the word everyone. I definitely agree what has been said so far.
I am not so sure about the morality thing, I am a strong believer in morals, and just because we are on the internet does not mean they should be thrown out the window.
Things that do not belong to you should be cited. And when you use pictures and renders for a signatures, it is always good to ask for use. People do like to be credited for their work, they spend their time creating it.

At the moment, I am not planning on taking a break from my computer or internet, as it is vital for me to finish my schoolwork. But I will be taking a strike from DeviantArt and possibly PMU. We shall see.~

Thanks again for spreading the word to the community about such an influential topic.

It’s big business easily manipulating($$$) most of the dinosaurs in congress. Even Lamar Smith, the very sponsor of this bill, is lacking a lot of basic net know-how. Someone buy the poor uninformed over-lobbied twit an “Internet for Dummies” book.

I’ll leave drawings here if I can get around to it.

Sorry but I’m not rebelling much on the internet but much in real life it SOPA and PIPA pass so you might see me on the news with a group of rebel’s hope this dosent pass im going to get ticked if I see it happen. If the blackout happens im kllng whoever came up with this then going after the rest of the government,I hope their reading this write now.

Was i supposed to cencor that word?for PMU?

Got room for an ally?

I changed my siggy after hearing this… dont remove pmu!!!

For those who are confused on what it does?
This video breaks down the problem.
http://www.khanacademy.org/video/sopa-a … can+Civics

This is what i have to say to sopa…

…just dont

Sure Cynder I could always use a ally to help me,right now they are revising SOPA and PIPA to try to make it pass again I’ll be waiting.