## what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by ?Â¿? » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:32 pm

So what is your opinion about SOPA(=stop online piracy act) and PIPA(=protect ip act)
They want to protect the internet against piracy in a way that they can get YouTube, Facebook, twitter and much more (famous) sites down.
My opinion is: not so nice
The US government is going to discuss about it on 24 January (if im right)
Edit: extended the time that the poll runs (because the voting about same is delayed)
Edit 2: added other options (wich is worse(its on the same poll because I can't make 2 polls without making a new topic))
Last edited by ?Â¿? on Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:54 pm, edited 4 times in total.

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by questionguy » Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:26 pm

If the government is going to force us to pay for the internet, the government will completely run small websites, and even sites like wiki, out of business. If that does happen, all hell has certainly broken loose.
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by Chase Ricks » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:25 am

As one who has friends who run their business partly over the Internet I am against SOPA and PIPA. Forgot to mention it would totally wreck my roleplaying online too because almost all of my characters have their info beginning off of this site mixed with other websites too. Can't believe I never even thought about that at all!
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by bzzart » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:18 pm

SOPA and PIPA sound like good things, but really, it will do more harm than good if it actually goes into effect.
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by three time's a duct taping » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:32 pm

I agree with the sentiment, really I do. However the wording is far too vague, and allows the internet to just be simply censored; moreover, it isn't even by governmental partners, just copyright-holders in the gaming and film industries.

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by Chris12 » Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:53 pm

It will inconviniance me so naturally i'm against it, that its a foreign law only makes it worse for me.

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by ?Â¿? » Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:04 pm

Here is a link to a (VERY) popular video about sopa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?nomobile=1&v=JhwuXNv8fJM
It a nice made video of a popular gamer
Ps. The link is copied (pirated ad he names it) with a phone but to find it just search: "wtf is sopa" and the first one (wtf is sopa? Aka the American government trying to ruin the internet)

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by Chris12 » Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:54 pm

Nice video! (nice accent too )

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by ?Â¿? » Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:27 pm

> Chris12 wrote:Nice video! (nice accent too )

Its another person that I don't know (personally) but I found the video when I was doing a little research about SOPA

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by skybird137 » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:18 pm

Michael Jackson's doctor jailed for four years for manslaughter.
A teenager putting a picture of Michael Jackson on a website, possible FIVE years imprisonment.
Anyone need a better example of how totally insane these laws are?
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by Tailsy » Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:21 pm

I saw this video yesterday and thought it was quite interesting on the subject
http://web.gbtv.com/media/video.jsp?con ... 061227&v=3
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by zanev » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:51 am

I agree that people who download movies and music illegally should be punished, however I don't think taking down website and censoring the internet is the right solution.
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by The Black Falcon » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:02 am

Speaking of SOPA/PIPA, I've made a little video explaining my opinion of it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXowbIXRXIk
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by ?Â¿? » Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:42 pm

> The Black Falcon wrote:Speaking of SOPA/PIPA, I've made a little video explaining my opinion of it...
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXowbIXRXIk

Rofl very nice made

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by Jason Toddman » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:08 pm

IMHO this is merely another attempt by the Entertainment Industry to get more money out of the rest of us by imposing Draconian laws that smack of Les Miserables!
I used to tape record music off the radio with a built in casette recorder 30 years ago. No one thought it wrong to copy music back then. How is downloading a song any different? Makes absolutely no sense to me!
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by ?Â¿? » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:31 pm

> Jason Toddman wrote:IMHO this is merely another attempt by the Entertainment Industry to get more money out of the rest of us by imposing Draconian laws that smack of Les Miserables!
> I used to tape record music off the radio with a built in casette recorder 30 years ago. No one thought it wrong to copy music back then. How is downloading a song any different? Makes absolutely no sense to me!

I think they just need some attention

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by ?Â¿? » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:59 pm

> ?Â¿? wrote:Edit 2: added other options (wich is worse(its on the same poll because I can't make 2 polls without making a new topic))

The results were deleted but it was 13 for No(now BOOK!!!(more dramatic)) and 2 for Between it

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by Jason Toddman » Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:03 pm

I like the variety of choices better this time. Instead of No, I wanted to vote HELL NO! But that option wasn't available!
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by ?Â¿? » Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:56 pm

Grr why are the poll results always deleting if I want to change something

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by Jason Toddman » Thu Jan 26, 2012 4:10 pm

> ?Â¿? wrote:Grr why are the poll results always deleting if I want to change something

Because the program creating the poll sees any changes as an entirely different poll and resets the fields.
Nothing you can do; you're not the first one this has happened to.
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by ?Â¿? » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:00 pm

> Jason Toddman wrote:

> > ?Â¿? wrote:Grr why are the poll results always deleting if I want to change something

> Because the program creating the poll sees any changes as an entirely different poll and resets the fields.
> Nothing you can do; you're not the first one this has happened to.

Its just like trains it FAILS!!!

### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by Jason Toddman » Sat Jan 28, 2012 8:07 am

More like... you change cars, you change odometers.
Next time you do a poll, you'll know to make sure it has everything right the first time. It's called experience!
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by TUfriend » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:31 pm

Kill it! Kill it with fire!
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### Re: what is your opinion about SOPA and PIPA

Post by ?Â¿? » Sun Jan 29, 2012 1:53 pm

> TUfriend wrote:Kill it! Kill it with fire!

XD and pizza sauce