McJobless Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Just gotta perform the cleanup job. Good work guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic322 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Well that's it. These bills are coming to the end of their lives and the only thing Hollywood can do is throw more money are the people who still support it in it's futile attempt to bribe the government. I am just glad that this proves that there isn't going to have to be a people's revolution because there probably would have been if these bills passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenyx Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 As much as piracy needs to be stopped, the methods cannot infringe on human rights. If SOPA had passed, SLAPPs would become legal, and that's only scratching the surface. The White House shows its true allegiances here. Without presidential support, SOPA's dead, and with it dies the mainstream media's control over the people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redacted Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 sadly i cannot boycot school against sopa now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 brb, need to :af: :af: :af: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluffy Cupcake Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 If SOPA ost, why are so many sites (and individual users I've seen on Youtube) blacking out due to SOPA/PIPA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 SOPA hasn't lost, they've only just removed the DNS blocking part. PIPA is the next problem which hasn't changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenyx Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 SOPA hasn't lost, they've only just removed the DNS blocking part. PIPA is the next problem which hasn't changed. Even without DNS blocking, SOPA has no support in the White House. Obama said he doesn't support the bill at all. I don't know his stance about PIPA yet, but I do know that PIPA is just SOPA with a few changes to make it look better on paper. I am actually reading the exact text of the bill, and what isn't an incoherent mess is just more "Media gets to control the public" garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTXXTC Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 if you dont want to lose wikipeida print screen every time you see the page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenyx Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 if you dont want to lose wikipeida print screen every time you see the page It's temporary. It will be back tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cirevam Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Disable javascript and you'll be able to read Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karsten Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 f*ck sopa stupid american douchebags even with the dutch isp that going to block tpb..... we guys are on the begining of internet censure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redacted Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 karsten , about that with blocking TPB , it wont happen , ziggo isnt even allowed to do that cuz TPB itself isnt made out of uploading/downloading , it makes use of magnet links...<rage> and internet censure? come on man! we f***ing pay for quality internet , not stupid douchebag censureship full of ** * *** ** **** *****************</rage> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 What is the sopa act is it really true :gulp: sounds scary never herd of it not at home or school :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 What is the sopa act is it really true :gulp: sounds scary never herd of it not at home or school Please take a moment to associate yourself with google.com, then just remember to go there before asking us your non-RR questions. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 What is the sopa act is it really true :gulp: sounds scary never herd of it not at home or school Please take a moment to associate yourself with google.com, then just remember to go there before asking us your non-RR questions. Thanks. yeah looked on goggle and yikes it is scary i am just 14 almost 15 and i really don't want to know anymore until this night mare end is there any way to stop it. Then again it will censor the internet which is good as i hate profanity i am also glad this site is no blacked out :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 i am just 14 almost 15 Okay, now I KNOW he's lying. Your grammar can't be that bad if you're 14-15 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McJobless Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Then again it will censor the internet which is good as i hate profanity i am also glad this site is no blacked out Mods, forgive me for this, but it must be done for the good of RRU. Seriously, don't open this unless you have balls and you can take a joke. I really didn't want to have to come to this, but it has to happen. Who's big fat Paulie? Alright, here it comes: What you just said, without exception, was WRONG. In fact, everything that you say on this forum is preprocessed in a factory made from s*** and tar. I could go out and find a random duck, and I would have a more interesting, smarter conversation with it. You have absolutely no concept of intelligence, and no matter what you say in your defense, your grammar and spelling beg to side with me. Why you even choose to remain on this site is a question that, even while taking the strongest drugs, I cannot think of an answer for. The fact that you could even enter your registration details without making any mistake is beyond me. You are a stain on human life, and why you bother attempting to comunicate with us is beyond me. I like chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 i am just 14 almost 15 Okay, now I KNOW he's lying. Your grammar can't be that bad if you're 14-15 years old. :off topic:I am a fresh man in high school had my world history final today not lying oh made a B on it yay also are you scared of this soap and pipa thing i know i am well slightly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 It will censor the internet, which is good, as I hate profanity. Your constant spew of asinine botch astounds me. Please take a flipping five minutes of your life to learn what "censor" really means when used in referral to the internet before you make assumptions that it speaks of bleeping out certain words and putting black boxes over pictures of naked humans. also are you scared of this soap I find this soap terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 It will censor the internet, which is good, as I hate profanity. Your constant spew of asinine botch astounds me. Please take a flipping five minutes of your life to learn what "censor" really means when used in referral to the internet before you make assumptions that it speaks of bleeping out certain words and putting black boxes over pictures of naked humans. also are you scared of this soap I find this soap terrifying. How terrifying and i looked it up again and it will What Are SOPA and PIPA All ABout, and Why Should I Care? The idea behind these bills sounds reasonable. They came about in order to try and snuff out piracy online, as the entertainment industry is obviously not excited that many people are downloading their products without payment or permission. The issue is, however, that it doesn't really matter whether you're in support of piracy, against it, or just don't care. The methods are ineffective. Here's what they are and why they're problematic. SOPA and PIPA were initially designed to do two things. The first was to make it possible for companies to block the domain names of web sites that are simply capable of, or seem to encourage copyright infringement. This would have been bad for everyone because such a measure doesn't actually prevent piracy. The reason that blocking a domain name isn't effective is because any blocked site can still be accessed via its numeric IP address. For example, if lifehacker.com were blocked, you could still find it by visiting a number-based address. In fact, before the bills were even supposed to come to a vote, tools were created to automatically route domain names to their IP addresses to completely render this measure of SOPA and PIPA useless. As a result, the IP-blocking provisions have been removed from both bills. The other, still-active measure present in the SOPA and PIPA bills would allow rights holders to cut of the source of funding of any potentially infringing web site. This means any other companies doing business with this site would have to stop. Whether that means advertising, links in search engines, or any other listings would have to be removed. There is, however, an important difference between SOPA and PIPA. SOPA targeted any site that contributed to copyright infringement, even if it was simply facilitating the act by providing a tool that could be used for illegal purposes (regardless of intention). PIPA, on the other hand, requires the targeted site to have no significant use beyond copyright infringement. Basically, PIPA can only be used to censor a site if it's more likely to be a source of illegal content than not. This is still problematic because a tool designed to accept user-generated content is, to some extent, at the whims of its users. If infringing content is found, rights holders already have the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) to help them request the legal removal of that content. They also have the ability to sue infringers for damages, as we've previously seen with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) when they, for example, sued a 12-year-old for downloading music. SOPA and PIPA provide a means to censor the tool that provided a means for the infringing content to exist on the internet rather than the content itself. This puts a lot of power in the hands of rights holders and has significant potential for abuse. This is, of course, our interpretation of these bills. Because we love the internet and oppose censorship, we have an obvious bias. While we believe the right thing to do is to oppose these bills, you should make an informed decision on your own. For more information, please read the exact content of both the SOPA and PIPA bills. Is that Better. Sources http://gizmodo.com/5...00/what-is-sopa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic322 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 How terrifying and i looked it up again and it will What Are SOPA and PIPA All ABout, and Why Should I Care? The idea behind these bills sounds reasonable. They came about in order to try and snuff out piracy online, as the entertainment industry is obviously not excited that many people are downloading their products without payment or permission. The issue is, however, that it doesn't really matter whether you're in support of piracy, against it, or just don't care. The methods are ineffective. Here's what they are and why they're problematic. SOPA and PIPA were initially designed to do two things. The first was to make it possible for companies to block the domain names of web sites that are simply capable of, or seem to encourage copyright infringement. This would have been bad for everyone because such a measure doesn't actually prevent piracy. The reason that blocking a domain name isn't effective is because any blocked site can still be accessed via its numeric IP address. For example, if lifehacker.com were blocked, you could still find it by visiting a number-based address. In fact, before the bills were even supposed to come to a vote, tools were created to automatically route domain names to their IP addresses to completely render this measure of SOPA and PIPA useless. As a result, the IP-blocking provisions have been removed from both bills. The other, still-active measure present in the SOPA and PIPA bills would allow rights holders to cut of the source of funding of any potentially infringing web site. This means any other companies doing business with this site would have to stop. Whether that means advertising, links in search engines, or any other listings would have to be removed. There is, however, an important difference between SOPA and PIPA. SOPA targeted any site that contributed to copyright infringement, even if it was simply facilitating the act by providing a tool that could be used for illegal purposes (regardless of intention). PIPA, on the other hand, requires the targeted site to have no significant use beyond copyright infringement. Basically, PIPA can only be used to censor a site if it's more likely to be a source of illegal content than not. This is still problematic because a tool designed to accept user-generated content is, to some extent, at the whims of its users. If infringing content is found, rights holders already have the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) to help them request the legal removal of that content. They also have the ability to sue infringers for damages, as we've previously seen with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) when they, for example, sued a 12-year-old for downloading music. SOPA and PIPA provide a means to censor the tool that provided a means for the infringing content to exist on the internet rather than the content itself. This puts a lot of power in the hands of rights holders and has significant potential for abuse. This is, of course, our interpretation of these bills. Because we love the internet and oppose censorship, we have an obvious bias. While we believe the right thing to do is to oppose these bills, you should make an informed decision on your own. For more information, please read the exact content of both the SOPA and PIPA bills. Is that Better. As you can see I put everything that you just copy/pasted in a spoiler. You know doing that won't make people think you understand it. You should have put it in a separate quote listing where you got it and asking if we wouldn't mind putting it into simpler words so everyone can understand. But you know. Baby steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fun Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 [REDACTED] i should have told you this don't want to but here it goes i have autism yeah i think differently and have poor skills such as English in grammar and spelling starting English 1 next week in school and algebra 1 and math i am good at but English no way i fer that i could make a C- or a D maybe an F in addition i have EOC,s or end of courses in NC if you want me offothe forms so be it i will stay off of the general discussion and other forms but i am so devoted to rock raiders and modding i will still be on those so there you have it. I 100% promise maybe English 1 will help me a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karsten Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 karsten , about that with blocking TPB , it wont happen , ziggo isnt even allowed to do that cuz TPB itself isnt made out of uploading/downloading , it makes use of magnet links...<rage> and internet censure? come on man! we f***ing pay for quality internet , not stupid douchebag censureship full of ** * *** ** **** *****************</rage> i know but brein is an idiot and confinced the blargh peeps so will see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brigadier Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 i should have told you this don't want to but here it goes i have autism yeah i think differently and have poor skills such as English in grammar and spelling starting English 1 next week in school and algebra 1 and math i am good at but English no way i fer that i could make a C- or a D maybe an F in addition i have EOC,s or end of courses in NC if you want me offothe forms so be it i will stay off of the general discussion and other forms but i am so devoted to rock raiders and modding i will still be on those so there you have it. I 100% promise maybe English 1 will help me a lot I am also autistic. Where are you on the spectrum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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