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SOPA and PIPA: At least 14 Senators changed their minds.

Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by cynthetiq, Jan 18, 2012.

  1. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    Today we participated in the blackout to protest SOPA and PIPA.

    If you followed me via facebook, I was posting items all day. I'm glad to have participated, but at the same time I felt it was not as strong as it could have been. I didn't totally 503 thetfp.com which would have made it 100% inaccessible. I thought about it, but when Google, Wikipedia, and Huffington Post didn't, I thought it was more important for our community to still have the connection so I created a link to the forums and one for the chatroom.

    Thank you for your support.

    If you have any interest in seeing the blackout page.

    http://www.thetfp.com/index_actual_sopa.html#axzz1jsLcEueQ

     
    cynthetiq, Jan 18, 2012
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  2. Charlatan

    Charlatan sous les pavés, la plage

    Location:
    Temasek
    It was nice to know that we participated.

    It looks like SOPA and PIPA are not quite dead yet. Let's hope the new version is better and that people are still paying attention when it is presented (too often after the initial protest nobody wants to protest anymore).
     
    Charlatan, Jan 19, 2012
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  3. redux

    redux Very Tilted

    Location:
    Foggy Bottom
    Symbolic efforts, as small as they may appear, do make a difference when the effort is so widespread.

    Kudos to the TFP staff for being part of the effort!

    It appears the Senate really got the message and is backing away from the current bill. No so much in the House, where the main sponsors intend to push ahead, but the leadership may slow it down.

    It is always refreshing to see that Congress can be made to stop and listen when the voice is loud enough!
     
    redux, Jan 19, 2012
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  4. Bodkin van Horn

    Bodkin van Horn One of the Four Horsewomyn of the Fempocalypse

    Location:
    Inside The Nucleus of Feminism
    Thank you for taking the time and resources to join in the blackout. Gestures like this are important, even if they're just gestures. The blackout even prompted my local NBC affiliate to slap together an inch-deep, one sided story on SOPA/PIPA in time for the 10 o'clock news.
     
    Bodkin van Horn, Jan 19, 2012
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  5. flat5

    flat5 Vertical

    Location:
    Amsterdam, NL
    FBI just shut down Megaupload. Not even a USA company.
     
    flat5, Jan 20, 2012
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  6. Frosstbyte

    Frosstbyte Winter is coming

    Location:
    The North
    There's really no defending Megaupload. While I'm sure it had legitimate uses and users, it was also a seething haven for petabytes of file sharing. Not that all the details are out yet, but it sounds like they're charging them with some other, non-piracy related crimes as well.
     
    Frosstbyte, Jan 20, 2012
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  7. Cdwonderful

    Cdwonderful Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Campbell, OH
    think its worth the time to do something
     
    Cdwonderful, Jan 20, 2012
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  8. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    I just got this in my inbox.... well damn... it worked.

     
    cynthetiq, Jan 20, 2012
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  9. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Yeah, I was really happy to see that too. It is exciting to know that the power of the people still means something here in the United States.
     
    snowy, Jan 20, 2012
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