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SOPA started it's attack D:!!!
impishmonkey:
haha I honestly didn't even notice the homework part.... lol
Funny link though, Claw.
:D
Hasan (Tabooti):
this reminds me of the banning of porn websites in Dubai (Where I lived for 11 years) , As far as I've heard, people always got proxies, or found new ways to bypass the blocks.
I don't find SOPA or PIPA as a threat to internet freedom at all.
I've looked that the use of SOPA & PIPA, and it has nothing to do with piracy, It's a card used to distract most people away from the current economic, social, and class inequality crisis.
This is how it works. People complain about bankers stealing their money, Pass a bill that takes away their other freedoms, Will they protest Internet freedoms or government allowing them to steal money?
People are either concerned about one more than the other... Now I don't believe anyone has asked congress if it's related, but if anyone asks, they will obviously deny it's related that they are passing this bill when there is unrest going on.
I believe PIPA is the European version of this, and If any of you are aware of the euro-economic situation, You'd understand that there's a lot of unrest about the euro currency and how it's been an issue for European countries.
They just pull this crap every time anyone's upset.
the same way some governments go to war with another nation to stay in power and "Unite the country together against a foreign enemy" It works, but I don't think it's worth it.
PsYk0Wo1F:
the problem is proxies wont work because it gives the government the ability to REMOVE the website from the internet.
you cant access what isnt there
Hasan (Tabooti):
As a matter of fact they cannot "Remove" the website off the internet, but what it does is that it blocks whatever connects you to the website.
So basically when you type in "www.google.com" In reality that's just a "nickname" for the real website which is "173.194.65.103" google.com is just an easier way to get there.
So if you go up and type "173.194.65.103" You will be redirected to www.google.com.
Now what SOPA & PIPA does, is that when you type www.google.com They don't send you to "173.194.65.103/" They would send you to another IP number that would say "The website has been blocked, ect ect" Although they cannot block websites in other countries, this would only work on the USA (For SOPA)
now in the case of mega upload, they didn't use SOPA to take it down, What they did was they pressured the Domain name provider of megaupload to take down the website ,so the people who were hosting www.megaupload.com (As far as I assume) and took it down this way. The case with SOPA & PIPA would basically allow the government to "Block" websites like www.thepiratebay.org, Although what I understand so far, Is that if you directly enter the IP adress of the website www.thepiratebay.org or (194.71.107.50) It wouldn't be blocked.
So to answer your question, with SOPA & PIPA they won't be able to "REMOVE" Anything from the internet, but rather block it. since most pirate websites are outside of the USA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo6JZ1wHEYQ
Notice in the website, It's all "US-Based"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKFUEcEsG68
And this is ACTA
Kosekinz:
Not sure if this was addressed... But the creator of MegaUpload was arrested and had his website shut down due to scamming millions upon millions of dollars.
He has scammed over $73,000,000 and is doing time in prison now... He also had the #1 ranking in Modern Warfare 3 worldwide :)
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