sarobah wrote:The proposed bill (which has actually been withdrawn – although that doesn’t stop the protests, apparently) does NOT affect the rest of the world – any more so than the blanket censorship applied by neo-fascist states like China and Iran. However, I note that there are no worldwide protests against those countries.
In other words, this protest is only peripherally about internet censorship. It’s just another brainless, hypocritical attack on the US to divert attention from the real problems of the world.
Just to put in my two cents. First off, the bill has not been withdrawn. If it had been, that would mean the end of it. Unfortunately, the vote on the bill has only been "postponed". This means that it could, and quite likely will come back later on. Like everyone else has said, this bill WOULD have an effect on the rest of the world. If you need an example, lets examine the recent shutdown of megaupload. At the request of certain companies, the US government not only shutdown the website for "copyright infringement", but it also had GERMAN citizens in NEW ZEALAND arrested.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/ ... XM20120125 These people are currently awaiting extradition to the US. These are GERMAN citizens in NEW ZEALAND being arrested, effectively at the request of large Hollywood companies.
Speaking of which, a certain someone, who I will soon name, blatantly admitted to buying senators votes, in order to get their way.First, lets look at this article:
http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/24/mpaa- ... -comments/ In fact, as a result of the backlash from the anit-SOPA protests, the White House has to make an official statement regarding this buying of votes.
http://www.techspot.com/news/47160-mpaa ... power.htmlObviously, this bill is not dead yet. In fact, it is even more likely that this "cyber war 1" will only escalate from here. It will be interesting to see where it goes from here.
Finally got out of that small town, I now live in Toronto. Anyone nearby feel free to hit me up.