Join the blackout zero!!!

[Vladninja]

I agree to a black out... if this is pertaining to Sopa...

The SOPA act is probably the worst thing our government has tried to pass since prohibition.
A bill that claims to be directed at internet piracy is going to hand over total censorship control of the internet to the US government.
I can't express how much everyone needs to make themselves aware of this issue before its to late....

Stop Online Piracy Act, the primary intent of which would be to shut down foreign websites guilty of copyright infringement.
Except the bill is so broadly worded and clumsily phrased that, if enacted, it would effectively hand over censorship of the entire Internet to American businesses,
and the entertainment industry in particular. Incidentally, it was lobbyists for the entertainment industry who wrote this bill in the first place. -cracked.com

[taz1stP]

anyone see Google today they have a black box over there name to help some kinda weird i thought i would just tell u guys so u can have a look

[Vladninja]

Wikipedia is currently showing the following when you try and use the site...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...submit=Look+up

Call your elected officials.
Tell them you are their constituent, and you oppose SOPA and PIPA.

Why?
SOPA and PIPA cripple the free and open internet. They put the onus on website owners to police user-contributed material and call for the blocking of entire sites,
even if the links are not to infringing material. Small sites will not have the sufficient resources to mount a legal challenge.
Without opposition, large media companies may seek to cut off funding sources for small competing foreign sites, even if big media are wrong.
Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won't show up in major search engines.

In a post SOPA/PIPA world, Wikipedia—and many other useful informational sites—cannot survive in a world where politicians regulate the Internet based on the influence of big money in Washington.
It represents a framework for future restrictions and suppression. Congress says it's trying to protect the rights of copyright owners,
but the "cure" that SOPA and PIPA represent is much more destructive than the disease they are trying to fix.

[taz1stP]

google when you click there blacked out logo will send you here https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

[maynard]

Aaannnndddd We're back

[Vladninja]

I know I was able to spread the word to at least 40+ friends/family who were unaware of the issue... I hope many more watched the video on this site during the blackout.

[KɅΞW]

I was searching for a bumper sticker idea about SOPA in google and somehow came across this

My restaurant averages about 80 customers a day so I was thinking about handing out stickers to those that would like to help our cause. If any of you got any good idea that would catch attentions please let me know.

[maynard]

Stop SOPA Soup?

Stop SOPA Salad?

Stop SOPA Sammiches?

[ZERO]

How about modems, routers and cat7 cables that self destruct if SOPA or PIPA pass. This way it can save the customer the time of desposing of these then useless items manually.

[Nemesis]

Hey guys, just saw this; after yesterday over 13 senators backed out of their support for SOPA and PIPA.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/te...ge-course.html

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...-in-senate.ars