SOPA Strike

I have not heard if the Cooler is going dark, but I recently read that Obama does not plan on signing the act...

I wish Obama were more explicit about that. What he's said is better than before, but not where I want it to be.

Obama Administration said:

So, rather than just look at how legislation can be stopped, ask yourself: Where do we go from here? Don’t limit your opinion to what’s the wrong thing to do, ask yourself what’s right

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There's nothing on that page stating that Obama will veto SOPA, PIPA, or the less well-covered OPEN. If anything, the bit above sounds like very minimally disguised hedging to me.

I read it in the Washington Post last week. I'll see if I can find the online reference link...

Edited to add link, but this article is slightly different than the one I read in the old style print version...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...mic-internet/2012/01/14/gIQAJsFcyP_story.html

And there you go...

I hope you're right, thothguard. Even more so you, DragonHeart.

But based on the President's own statements on "his" Web site, I've got real reason for concern.

There is another thread that was started on SOPA a while back here.


Craigslist has put up a page about it, which has many links on it including where members of Congress stand on SOPA. Well worth checking out. Craigslist about SOPA

Errrmmmm..... I understand that this is important. But it would be nice if we non-Americans were included in the decision. Seeing as we are also part of the community.

Sorry, Mac. I wasn't trying to say that it wasn't your decision. Apologies if I gave that impression.

My point is that on the current threads, there aren't many non-Americans involved. Possibly because we don't know what SOPA or PIPA are as they are American nearly-laws.

And the title is not very revealing to people who don't follow the American news.

So if you do close the board on the 18th, it will come as a big shock to a lot of people.

Cool.

Mac, SOPA and PIPA are not only concerning Americans, they are concerning all the cybernauts around the globe, believe me.

MaxMordon is right. The way the bill is written, SOPA means that any website anywhere in the world can be shut down.

SOPA concerns the entire world population.

You know I'm not an American, but I still support quashing SOPA and doing a blackout as a gesture against SOPA.

Of course, the decision is still and always will be yours.

MacAllister said:

Max, Laurie, you're both absolutely correct, of course. Laws like this will break the internet worldwide, in practice. That's very much something of international concern.

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Interestingly, many people have seen this as something of a XXI Century Imperialism since the US government is pretty much proclaiming they own the Internet and have a right to regulate it. All. Of. It.

Don't tell me that doesn't sound freaking scary to you.

It sounds freaking scary to me, Max. And, I live in the U.S..

Actually... it is fucking cheeky of the American government to think they control the internet.

Imperialist or what?

If you want to know where the people in the congress got the idea to do this, "follow the money trail."