SOPA and PIPA are gone

[kenoloor]

...ish.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid delayed a vote on the Protect IP Act (Pipa) scheduled for Tuesday.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith then said his panel would not consider the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) until a compromise was reached.

The decisions follow protests by online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, and thousands of other websites, which went "dark" in protest for 24 hours earlier this week.

"In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote on the PROTECT IP Act," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, said in a statement on Friday.

Mr Smith, a Texas Republican in the House of Representatives, said in a statement: "I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy.

"It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address the problem of foreign thieves that steal and sell American inventions and products."

Source. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16655272)

[StoppingTime]

I like the last sentence best ;)

They'll keep fighting for it though...

[UnknownError]

My friend was all sad cause his favourite porn site was down. :'( :'(

[HeroesAndCons]

Yesss, but it will still haunt us but we gotta stop fighting

[Rayquaza]

Well ish. The US govt taking down MEGAUPLOAD(TM) shows that stupid idiotic bills like this aren't needed.

[ShatteredWings]

^^ MEGAUPLOAD actually is illegal for the most part though.

Glad to know that though. I know Google won't sensor willingly. (Google in Chinese is for chinese speaking countries NOT china, because they won't sensor their search results for the Great Firewall)

....we better not turn into China or North Korea

EDIT: It's all over tumblr, I'll try to find a real link, but the "new" MEGAUPLOADS can get you jailtime as it's aiding in shutting down government websites. THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR AVERAGE PEOPLE, YOU WILL GET CAUGHT.
Edit2: http://gawker.com/5877707/the-evil-new-tactic-behind-anonymous-massive-revenge-attack

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http://abaldwin360.tumblr.com/post/16407536978/the-real-reason-megaupload-was-shut-down

[ShatteredWings]

..well shit. That's the stupidest reason ever. *that* is perfectly legal, the artist is doing it themselves.

The thing about the 'new' link stands, it's still illegal.

[Foamy]

No sopa. No pipa. Piracy will reign.




In my squirrelish dreams.