SOPA and PIPA

So yeah, I know the whole net knows and you probably know to, but there are these bills being debated today known as SOPA and PIPA. Basically if they get passed, they will censor a lot the internet, so the government can better control it.

This only applies to United States and a lot of people aren't supporting the bill. If it does get passed, which I find highly unlikely, a lot of sites you frequent can be censored for you. Even our forum probably.

Anyway if you haven't, go here and say no. Yeah it's probably not needed, but who knows? People have done surprisingly dumb things before. And the fact that this bill was even considered or is now being debated isn't anything small.

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

One forum I've frequented even went offline, as a sample as to what the bill would look like I suppose.

http://forums.airbender.net/

Google even has a pretty funny image up for them.

actually, last i heard, two major components to the bill were dropped and the White House said they wouldn't support SOPA or PIPA. so I think we're safe for now.

Yeah I just heard that before I left for work. But still, the fact that it was even debated in such a large group is kind of scary.

yeah. i mean, honestly, i think the entire country might have went into an uproar if it was passed.

If it was passed, there would be a riot, and an ugly one at that.

yes, yes there would be.

I'm actually getting kind of annoyed at all the sites shutting down temporarily. I frequented some sites that still aren't up. I get it, it might be an effective statement, but it's also hurting yourself and others.

Im getting kind of annoyed too but at the same time, it forces me to do what I was supposed to do today XD

I feel sorry for anyone who has school work to do and can't log on wiki.

technically, you're not supposed to use wikipedia for schoolwork :p

I know that, but the information is often more then reliable if no one has tampered with it wrongfully. I've used wiki to often get started with my projects and then branch out from different sources from there.

^ i was kidding :p ive used wikipedia for school too XD

Everyone has, but schools always discourage it.

exactly. except for my astronomy professor. he didnt really care XD

Okay, so I figured I'd bring this up here since it's kind of relative. Apparently, Megaupload was taken down and the people who created the website were arrested.