Sopa

[CrazyHorse]

Another reason to hate the USA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuXNv8fJM

[taz1stP]

gtfo you forgin mother fucker.

[CrazyHorse]

Watch the video you dumbass. Your government might not let you watch youtube for much longer. Watch it while you can. This affects you, so watch it before you comment. And it is a 20min video, so it's not likely you watched it before commenting. You don't even know what it's about. Good fucking job, show your ignorance a bit more. You part of the government?

Who knows, they might even block you from playing counter strike if this nonsense continues.

*EDIT*

forgin
LMAO, and you call me foreign, you can't even spell and you're american, oh wait, that could be why

[taz1stP]

i hate people like you. but i guess that you are like the other county's if you ante us you hate us or wana be like us. XD

[CrazyHorse]

People like me? That is a pretty generalized statement. No country wants to be like the usa, or is jealous of it, but a lot do hate it. And since the usa has a lot of control over the internet, a lot of servers are in the usa, blocking content like communist china does will only make more countries hate the usa even more. You should be outraged at your government for taking this step towards censorship.

[taz1stP]

im pretty sure that the reason why we have so many severs is b/c were awesome XD and you dont know how our gov. works or you would know this bill is a fail.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

Another reason to hate the USA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuXNv8fJM

The problem with people like your self is that you rely on information from one source of radical media. The chances of this bill even remotely coming close to being passed is slim to non and it would not effect you tube or are ability to use it. I the bill it specifically states that it would exist only to regulate non US sites and that it would not touch .com, .net, .org. I mean i usally get all angry about a topic after watching one video from a democratic extremist, but then i take an arrow to my knee and do alot more research.

[taz1stP]

holly hell this must be a Christmas miracle i am gana agree with mikey says completely there. i know im shocked also but the fact is that if you know anything is that this bill tryed going threw once they put in new things and are trying again

[CrazyHorse]

If the usa feels the need to block popular sites like megaupload and youtube to prevent piracy in the united states, believe me they will do it. The american government has done a lot of stupid things in the past, and even talking about a bill like this just goes to show you that they are still thinking up new stupid ways to make themselves look like an ass.

One source of "radical" information is all that is needed on this topic btw. He never says that this will happen, he says that they are considering it. And it is hardly radical when it is true.



im pretty sure that the reason why we have so many severs is b/c were awesome XD and you dont know how our gov. works or you would know this bill is a fail.
What is wrong with these sentences (other than grammar and spelling)?

1) being awesome does not grant a country servers, the usa thrives on media and would be one of the reasons for so many servers, there are a lot of other valid reasons as well, yours not being one of them

2) im canadian, i know full well how your government works, why, because we learn about that stuff here in this great country I call home. how much of the canadian government do you americans learn about? so you are ignorant of our government and you are also ignorant of the fact that we learn a lot about the usa in school.

3) it is true that the bill is fail, but your government is the one that came up with the idea, so guess what, that makes your government full of fail


Don't hate the messenger, it is your government that came up with this crazy idea of a bill. If it passes, you're no better than china. The fact that they are trying this again doesn't help with the situation either.


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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as H.R.3261, is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of 12 initial co-sponsors. The bill expands the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.[2] Now before the House Judiciary Committee, it builds on the similar PRO-IP Act of 2008 and the corresponding Senate bill, the Protect IP Act.[3]

The 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 requests the court orders, the actions could include barring online advertising networks and payment facilitators such as PayPal from doing business with the 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 felony. 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.[4]

Proponents of the bill say it protects the intellectual property market and corresponding industry, jobs and revenue, and is necessary to bolster enforcement of copyright laws especially against foreign websites.[5] Opponents say it infringes on First Amendment rights, is Internet censorship,[6] that it will cripple the Internet,[7] and will threaten whistle-blowing and other free speech.[8]

The House Judiciary Committee held hearings on SOPA on November 16 and December 15, 2011. A vote is presently scheduled for Wednesday, December 21.
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[Steamer]

Fuck this bill, it angers me, but I really see no chance in hell of it being passed... Congress can't even pass a 12 month payroll tax cut extension atm...

[ZERO]

Wow just finding out about this now... rofl those of us that actually had our eyes opened have already saved the internet for now.

I have been sending messages to congress and the senate for a few weeks now. I actually even got a letter back from my congressman.

The bill failed to come to a vote a week ago in the house subcommittee. If it had passed committee there was talk about shutting down Wikipedia in protest. It was hoped that Google and others would follow.

Reid is still committed to giving the US government ultimate power in the universe and has sworn to make this bill his top priority in the new year.

Also everything they say about the video on youtube is true about the video take down. See: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/universal_music_says_it_can_pull_content_it_doesnt _own_youtube

[Steamer]

I demand you to pull down your post Zero, I don't own the copyright to your words, but it is what I want. :icon_mrgreen:

Some of this shit going on is definitely sickening.

[Chikun]

4655

Yar har deedely dee.

[Carmichal]

4656

why can't we fire them, and hire internet stars?

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

4656

why can't we fire them, and hire internet stars?

Because ignorant Canadians will continue to actually think there better then us and make fail "why to hate America" threads in a USA based gaming community.

[maynard]

mikey is jelly

[acolyte_to_jippity]

mikey is jelly

no, micky speaks the truth

[maynard]

hardly. America does nothing but shit talk the rest of the world non stop, you can't take a little back your way without getting offended? even more so when it's truth being pointed out? pplleeaassee...

not 2 mention MANY threads have been made over the years about how fucked America is or 2 point out various retarded things the politicians are trying 2 pull...... he's only taking offense 2 this because apparently a Canadian made the thread.

buck up...

[CrazyHorse]

Because ignorant Canadians will continue to actually think there better then us and make fail "why to hate America" threads in a USA based gaming community.
I think someone is a SOPA supporter, which would make him less of an american than he thinks. I'm not even sure if he understands the situation the internet would be in for americans if this bill somehow passes.

Btw, the main reason to hate america is the people like you that insult others for no reason. I am Canadian, but am not ignorant of what goes on in the states, albeit, the information gets to me a bit later than those living within the usa, but I still learn about it. You can't handle the fact that your government is doing something incredibly stupid and someone from another country has to point it out to you. Don't be mad at me, it's your government being retarded.

[Chikun]

Oh god these lolz are delicious.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

I think someone is a SOPA supporter, which would make him less of an american than he thinks. I'm not even sure if he understands the situation the internet would be in for americans if this bill somehow passes.

Btw, the main reason to hate america is the people like you that insult others for no reason. I am Canadian, but am not ignorant of what goes on in the states, albeit, the information gets to me a bit later than those living within the usa, but I still learn about it. You can't handle the fact that your government is doing something incredibly stupid and someone from another country has to point it out to you. Don't be mad at me, it's your government being retarded.

You took offense to my statement, that is true. I did not take offense to yours. I was simply stating that your ignorance is that you take something like SOPA to pot shot at Americans and our influential country. When it would behoove you to sympathize a bit more as SOPA would not just fundamentally change the fabrics of the internet for America, but the rest of the world too. To state that i support a bill that is being passed by people who think the internet is a series of tubes, is completely absurd as well. Even people who have no idea how the internet works defend the cause against it because they at least understand that the internet provides a variety of measures to prolong a humans right to the first amendment and to express it openly over the internet threw blogs, websites and forums like ours here. The governments ideology regarding this bill is that it will provide jobs and media content security, when at the end of the day it will only make it harder for artists to express there individuality, creativity, and communication to fans threw websites. Noone here has disagreed with you, most of of us have simply stated that it is highly unlikely that this bill will pass.

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mikey is jelly

LoL my statement was not inregards to you or any other canadian. Just the one who unintentionally trolled in this thread.

[taz1stP]

ok my big thing is if you hate America then why worry about wtf we do? see i hate Mexico so i don't go looking at what they do and a big problem with this tread is a non American started it b/c they have no business in our county's affairs

[acolyte_to_jippity]

ok my big thing is if you hate America then why worry about wtf we do? see i hate Mexico so i don't go looking at what they do and a big problem with this tread is a non American started it b/c they have no business in our county's affairs

:sigh:

can't believe i'm saying this, but
+1

[taz1stP]

yay i got a +1 yaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

yay i got a +1 yaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy
at this rate you'll be at +1.1 in a year!

[taz1stP]

damn thats some scary shit 1.1 XD

[CrazyHorse]

ok my big thing is if you hate America then why worry about wtf we do? see i hate Mexico so i don't go looking at what they do and a big problem with this tread is a non American started it b/c they have no business in our county's affairs

Did you read what mikey wrote? He is right, mainly because the other sources already mentioned this, THIS AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST YOU AMERICANS, which is why I made the post on an american based community, because this is being done in america, and affects more than just them. And being Canadian, a lot of dumb ass things your country does affects Canada more than most other countries, other than the stupid wars the usa starts of course.

@ the mexico thing
the usa is made of immigrants, and has always welcomed them, but yet they try to keep mexicans out, meanwhile Canada loves the mexicans, they come to work in our extremely hot greenhouses, then go back home when it gets cold. win-win, and thats why people love Canada, we accept everyone.

[taz1stP]

yeah thats the key phrase they leave and if they are leaving must mean that your country really sucks ass a other big thing is that if everyone hates America then how come we have immigrants from every county and if you knew anything about America you would know that we allow any almost any country to come over if they do it the legal way but Mexicans don't they go threw over or around the fence.

[Chikun]

The U.S. created the internet, we can damn well use it how we want without the interjections from the peanut gallery.

Also, Mexico is the largest source of LEGAL and ILLEGAL immigrants in the U.S. So no, we don't try to "keep them out" we just try to keep their whole country from coming over. Maybe if we focused on making Mexico a better country with NAFTA so many of them wouldn't be trying to get over here.

[anex]

ok my big thing is if you hate America then why worry about wtf we do? see i hate Mexico so i don't go looking at what they do and a big problem with this tread is a non American started it b/c they have no business in our county's affairs

America has its hands in everyones cookie jar. Mexico doesn't. But I bet you'll care about other countries business regarding Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, and North Korea. Unless you advocate "turtling" the U.S., then thats one of the biggest hypocritical statements I have seen next to Christians telling me to shut up about the dark ages because it was a long time ago and still insist on talking to me about Jesus.

I'm suprised you guys haven't talked about the NDAA yet...

[KɅΞW]

From a person who used to live in a country with censorship along with limited freedom of speech, DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS!

[taz1stP]

anex America has it hands in everyone cookie jar which is a good thing thing for a lot of country's such as Germany after WWII who was it that said heres the money to pay off the war debt that you guys piled up and said pay us back when ever you can then latter said never mind. who was it that helped stop Vietnam from going over the line which separates the two. who was it that started the UN ohh yeah that was all America and above all else who is the one who created the home pc and the internet you guessed right that was America also so before you go bad mouthing America you best learn what America has done for your country's and think what the world would be like with out America. now dont get me wrong America does do a lot of stupid shit.

nice to see you back on here anex its been a while

[Carmichal]

the reason the middle east hated us so much was because during the cold war we meddled in their business. We should keep our hands in our OWN cookie jars or we just cause more problems.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

America has its hands in everyones cookie jar. Mexico doesn't. But I bet you'll care about other countries business regarding Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, and North Korea. Unless you advocate "turtling" the U.S., then thats one of the biggest hypocritical statements I have seen next to Christians telling me to shut up about the dark ages because it was a long time ago and still insist on talking to me about Jesus.

I'm suprised you guys haven't talked about the NDAA yet...

Actually we have talked about it.. lol it was interesting listing to people oppose a bill they had no idea about apart from RIGHTS OMG MY RIGHTS AHHH.

[CrazyHorse]

who has a $15 trillion debt, oh ya, AMERICA, tsk tsk, should pay back what you owe, http://www.usdebtclock.org/

alan turing born in england, and without him we would not have computers, GO ENGLAND

who ignores their own citizens who are in need to go fight around the world for other people costing those at home serious cash, AMERICA

who created the united nations, 26 countries, NOT AMERICA, The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, so an american merely named it


taz, if you're going to argue about what america has done, at least know your facts, you have internet access, you have access to all the information you could ever need. look something up before making yourself look like an ass (similar to what america does world wide) - BURN -

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you have internet freedom for now, sopa might change that, who is to blame...... AMERICA

[taz1stP]

crazy if you want to talk then look at what america has givin the world lets start with light electricity i believe that's enof

[Chikun]

Relevant.
4668

[taz1stP]

my main point was that people need to quit blaming the us for evry fucking thing and that the internet was invented in the us so the us and what the us decides to do with it is our problem it would be like me getting a car and deciding to take a hammer to it. you know what it wouldn't matter you know why b/c its mine so the internet that is the u.s. like a car and the bill is like a hammer so if the u.s. wants to beat the fuck out of the car then so be it its our and we can do what we please. and the thing of how much debt we have is also our problem.

[maynard]

look at what america has givin the world lets start with light electricity i believe that's enof

I lol'd

[taz1stP]

damn i should really put ,s in there XD but my thing is crazy is just so bent up on hatting america think about it this way if america wasnt around and didnt do stupid shit we wouldnt have tv comp's radio or for the love of god microwaves (i mean who could live without one of those i mean really ) XD

[maynard]

I'm laughing at you cause you think that if an American hadn't discovered electricity, no 1 else on the planet ever would have lol... that's some seriously funny shit.

[taz1stP]

no my thing is that if America hadn't then it could of been years before anyone had. think of it this way if America hadn't been created we wouldn't have a lot of the things we have b/c England would of taken over or Hitler wouldn't have been stopped.

[maynard]

Lmfao... you're hilarious.

[taz1stP]

no think about it. when Hitler was on his rampage if the japs didn't bomb us we would of probably not got into the war and England would have fallen and from there he would just go and take over a country at a time then we would all be under one person. i mean you might not want to admit it but its true.

[CrazyHorse]

Are you a little kid or did you just not pay attention in school taz?

back to you in a sec.

@chikun
Uh, the difference between the USA and Europe, one is a country the other is a continent, which nullifies your relevance HA!

@taztard
The internet is not owned by any country, no matter where it originated from, today, no one can claim ownership.
Also, you obviously don't know what you're talking about. This is about YOUR GOVERNMENT taking control of YOUR INTERNET RIGHTS, not the rest of the world. The usa can't stop the world from accessing sites, they can only control their own people. But they could shut down american based servers if it came down to it, but that is nothing considering they could move their server out of the usa with a click of a button, and then your GOVERNMENT would just block YOU AMERICANS from accessing those sites. Even though you could still proxy to access them.

This has nothing to do with anything the usa has done in the past. Your government has done a lot of stupid things, and guess what, they're not done yet, they will only continue to do stupid shit and the world will continue to hate and laugh at the usa because of this. The usa needs to mind their own country for a while, being in major debt, having millions of homeless and those in poverty. Just go read the amendments, maybe you'll understand a bit more about what your government is planning.

[anex]

anex America has it hands in everyone cookie jar which is a good thing thing for a lot of country's such as Germany after WWII who was it that said heres the money to pay off the war debt that you guys piled up and said pay us back when ever you can then latter said never mind. ... so before you go bad mouthing America you best learn what America has done for your country's and think what the world would be like with out America.

I'm not German.

Learn to swim.

[CrazyHorse]

no think about it. when Hitler was on his rampage if the japs didn't bomb us we would of probably not got into the war and England would have fallen and from there he would just go and take over a country at a time then we would all be under one person. i mean you might not want to admit it but its true.

Considering that Russia killed more of the German army than any other country, I am pretty sure that the usa didn't change the tide of war because of the nuke on japan. Russia was Germany's biggest threat, not the usa. I know what they teach you in school is only half true, but don't think the usa is the end all be all of everything.

[Rosie]

Considering that Russia killed more of the German army than any other country, I am pretty sure that the usa didn't change the tide of war because of the nuke on japan. Russia was Germany's biggest threat, not the usa. I know what they teach you in school is only half true, but don't think the usa is the end all be all of everything.

You obviously didn't pay attention in school either. Russia was an ally of Germany untill the US joined to war. They acctually both attack Poland within days of each other and split the land. The only reason that the Axis demise came about was the fact that the US Army made Germany fight a split war. If Russia would have fought the entire might of the German Army they would have been destroyed, the same as if the Wesern front powers had to fight the entire Army.

Back to the bill, as I read it the powers only encompass streaming sites. I may be mistaken beacause I did not read the whole bill. But as far as I can tell file sharing should not be interfered with. And for all of the Canadians who like to claim that the US should stay out of other peoples buisness, name a major conflict that the US has been in that Canada also wasn't in. I had dinner with Canadian's in both Iraq, and Affghanistan. Just saying.

[acolyte_to_jippity]

Considering that Russia killed more of the German army than any other country, I am pretty sure that the usa didn't change the tide of war because of the nuke on japan. Russia was Germany's biggest threat, not the usa. I know what they teach you in school is only half true, but don't think the usa is the end all be all of everything.

...you do know that the war w/ germany ended before we dropped the bombs on japan...right?

we didn't turn the tide of the war, we ended it.

edit: and he wasn't even talking about the nukes. he was talking about pearl harbor. japan attacked us, so we declared war on japan. japan brought us into the war, and if we hadn't entered it, then england might not have held out. we were already sending them pisstons of aid

[taz1stP]

ok anex i know your not German i was just stating and if you did learn anything from history if the us didnt join in WWII then hitler would have taken over that side of the world and the reason why we joined was b/c of the japs and to say we didn't turn the tides we did or do you not call us storming the beaches on d day and taking over key places so that others could come in turning the tides we didn't just go ok the japs hit our ships let go get a bomb that we have yet to invent right now and drop it no we had to make it but plan fact America changed the tide of war. go learn some fucking history.

but im confused what does anex not being germen have to do with me learning to swim??

[maynard]

you realize Canada was right beside you fighting in the trenches during that war right?

[KɅΞW]

How the hell did this turned into WWII history lesson? And I always thought that USSR change side when the Nazi invaded.

[maynard]

And I always thought that USSR change side when the Nazi invaded.

and they did.

[CrazyHorse]

On June 6, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Division landed on Juno Beach in the Battle of Normandy and sustained 50% casualties in their first hour of attack. By the end of D-Day, the Canadians had penetrated deeper into France than either the British or the American troops at their landing sites.

WHAT?


@on topic
Sites like megaupload are affected as well, since they provide pirated software.

[maynard]

The Canadian ground troops had far better tactics and training at that point in history.

[StarsMine]

How the hell did crazy horse not know this?
Made it really obvious he is a really uniformed canadian about what canada actually does around the world. Just because they are in the shadow of the US, does not mean they are not there.

[CrazyHorse]

Sorry, that was a sarcastic post, lemme fix it with the appropriate tags.

[SCRIBBLE]

This thread is full of fun and nationalism that is on the brink of xenophobia.

Thanks for the entertainment.

[Chikun]

This thread is full of fun and nationalism that is on the brink of xenophobia.

Thanks for the entertainment.

Seriously, this thread has reached critical mass and is now self-trolling. Let me just add in a "USA > Europe" here for good measure to keep the fire nice and hot.

Also, Germany repeated history by trying to fight Russia during the winter and they were butt-fucked for it.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

lets get back on topic. can any body say Fight for teh interwebz and cheezburgers? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111222/13292217173/sopa-supporters-learning-slowly-that-pissing-off-reddit-is-bad-idea.shtml

also
a list of SOPA Supporters, START EMAILING PEEPS!

http://gizmodo.com/5870241/presented-without-comment-every-single-company-supporting-sopa-the-awful-internet-censorship-law

[Steamer]

This was my new laughing thread, the stupidity here is awesome.

[emTr0]

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/nmnie/godaddy_supports_sopa_im_transferring_51_domains/

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/12/22/cheezburger-ceo-threatens-to-yank-1000-domains-from-godaddy-over-sopa-support/

Looks like it's time for me to transfer my 100+ domains...

:headache:

EDIT: Never mind.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/23/godaddy-no-longer-supports-sopa/

[taz1stP]

i lol at some of these fuckers who just think that this bill is so great and the people who think people will agree with them b/c they putt god supports it i mean that would be like say god supports the murder of evry other person who walks by (insert thing here).

[StarsMine]

:lmao: Did taz not look at the link
Its Godady does not support sopa, Not God...support sopa.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

i lol at some of these fuckers who just think that this bill is so great and the people who think people will agree with them b/c they putt god supports it i mean that would be like say god supports the murder of evry other person who walks by (insert thing here).

Do you have any idea what you are talking about?
Do you have the slightest idea as to why these major corps and studios support sopa?

answer yourself those to questions then come back and add something intelligent to this thread please.

[StarsMine]

Does Viacom also relize they are the biggest distributer of piracy tools through cnet, which is owned by viacom. Cnet even tested the effectiveness of such piracy tools.

The bill is beyond retarted. Viacom gives you the tools, nuges you to pirate, and then sues :wtg: They fucking taught the internet to pirate.

[Carmichal]

Didn't they vote on this last week? That's what I heard at least correct me if I am wrong.

[StarsMine]

Nope, They got scared they did not have enough support so pushed the vote back to January. As if that would help

[Carmichal]

They should just suck my cock. OVER MY DEAD BODY THEY PASS THIS. ANAL SUCKING MOTHER FUCKERS!!


Guess I got carried away... oh well time to destroy the government... te he :pistols:

PS: If this does pass I am moving away from the U.S. whether its to Canada or some place else. Probably won't pass, you can take my weed or not let me buy booze for another year... BUT YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY INTERNETS.

[Chikun]

It's not like they could even effectively police this even if it did pass.

[StarsMine]

The police would not be the government, it would be people like viacom and disney.

[maynard]

OXQ2ErmSR34&feature=channel_video_title

[StarsMine]

Yea, That guy angry joe and a bunch of other channel awesome producers went up to Washington rather recently about the SOPA bill.

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

Even people in the UK oppose the bill.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w6GtwOvnWM

2nd to last picture "Dont let the internet take a SOPA to the knee" <----Priceless.