Sopa

Phantom Limb · 01-19-2012, 02:54 PM

You guys, I'm getting a little scared about SOPA. How am I supposed to listen to new music if every place I get it from is taken down by the government! I don't have enough money to go out and drop $15-20 on every new album!!!! ****.

Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website | Techland | TIME.com

midnight rain · 01-19-2012, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Phantom Limb

You guys, I'm getting a little scared about SOPA. How am I supposed to listen to new music if every place I get it from is taken down by the government! I don't have enough money to go out and drop $15-20 on every new album!!!! ****.

Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website | Techland | TIME.com

Well that blows, they were my go to source for streaming tv shows online without having to download them.

****ing MPAA man!

~~Farfisa~~ · 01-19-2012, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Phantom Limb

You guys, I'm getting a little scared about SOPA. How am I supposed to listen to new music if every place I get it from is taken down by the government! I don't have enough money to go out and drop $15-20 on every new album!!!! ****.

Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website | Techland | TIME.com

Let me get this straight, the United States Government has the ability to actually shut down a foreign website because of CLAIMS by the MPAA? Not to mention the founders of said site are being arrested.

Never before have I been so pissed. I don't think we have a right to police the rest of the world, none at all. I hate the RIAA and MPAA, I seriously fucking hate those greedy scumbags. I hope everything they love is taken away from them.

**Janszoon** · 01-19-2012, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Phantom Limb

How am I supposed to listen to new music if every place I get it from is taken down by the government! I don't have enough money to go out and drop $15-20 on every new album!!!! ****.

Burning Down · 01-19-2012, 04:11 PM

I can't believe the US has the nerve to try and infringe upon the right to free speech of other nations, and also to try and censor things that people read or download on the Internet - people WHO LIVE IN OTHER ****ING COUNTRIES, BY THE WAY.

If the US and those greedy jerks at RIAA, etc, want to police the Internet, do it in your own country and leave the rest of us the **** alone. Thanks.

~~James~~ · 01-19-2012, 04:12 PM

Not Megaupload! ANYTHING BUT MEGAUPLOAD. They better not f*ck with mediafire.

**Janszoon** · 01-19-2012, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I can't believe the US has the nerve to try and infringe upon the right to free speech of other nations, and also to try and censor things that people read or download on the Internet - people WHO LIVE IN OTHER ****ING COUNTRIES, BY THE WAY.

If the US and those greedy jerks at RIAA, etc, want to police the Internet, do it in your own country and leave the rest of us the **** alone. Thanks.

According to the article, some of the servers used by Megaupload were in Virginia so that does fall under the jurisdiction of the US authorities. Not that I'm defending this, I still think it's an abuse of power and an absurd waste of time.

Alfred · 01-19-2012, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by James

Not Megaupload! ANYTHING BUT MEGAUPLOAD. They better not f*ck with mediafire.

I will cry if they take down Mediafire.

Mykonos · 01-19-2012, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Phantom Limb

Feds Shut Down Megaupload.com File-Sharing Website | Techland | TIME.com

That one actually happened last year as the bill first came into the limelight, and they were eventually forced to remove the block due to popular protest against it. I'm hoping now that the senate will start to ignore the lobbyists and actually realise that they're basically acting out on the internet form of violation of human rights.

Oh, and FYI, the MPAA, one of the most corrupt organisations in the media industry, the collection of bureaucratic terrorists that makes every effort to stifle the freedoms of the industry, has accused WIkipedia of 'abusing their power'.

**Janszoon** · 01-19-2012, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mykonos

That one actually happened last year as the bill first came into the limelight, and they were eventually forced to remove the block due to popular protest against it.

No, it happened today.

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