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SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« on: January 17, 2012, 04:46:50 AM »
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/us-sopa-bill-killed-in-congress-54526
Though it appears there's another similar bill in the works (that probably won't pass either).

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2012, 06:29:18 AM »
Yeah, PIPA is still alive and well. I think they were hoping they could dark-horse it through while we were all angry about SOPA.

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2012, 07:42:50 AM »
Wikipedia will still black out on Wednesday in protest to PIPA.

I plan on blacking out my site for the day as well.

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2012, 09:40:12 AM »
Wikipedia will still black out on Wednesday in protest to PIPA.

I plan on blacking out my site for the day as well.

Reddit will also be doing a black out (I'm pretty sure they were the first) and I know there are others.

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2012, 01:09:34 PM »
I heard about that--hopefully it does something
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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2012, 04:03:23 PM »
Yeah hubby told me about it. He doesn't seem concerned.
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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2012, 06:03:18 PM »
Wow, just wow.
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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2012, 07:22:15 PM »
Nope, not concerned, but I'm enjoying the drama.

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2012, 07:52:44 PM »
oh geez *grabs popcorn and sits back*
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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2012, 06:01:40 AM »
If you black out your site today feel free ot use this image...

I made it for everyone to use ^_^

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2012, 07:42:21 AM »
I blacked out  my site today, wrote to my Congressmen, and called my senators this morning.  If either of my senators votes in support of PIPA, I will do everything I can to get them out of office.

What's interesting to me is that the last time a bill came up that was going to impact my internet use (in that case, shutting down internet streaming radio), I did call my representatives as well.  Due to overwhelming feedback from constituents, the bill died in committee and hasn't been brought back since.

I'm glad that SOPA has been stopped.  But I think they were going to slide PIPA in, under the rug, when everyone was upset about SOPA.  The fight's not over yet.

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2012, 07:49:21 AM »
SOPA has not been stopped, it got taken off the shelf as fast as it got put on it. It was all over Reddit yeterday, SOPA is back.

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2012, 02:34:21 PM »
Sickly, there are still too many senators in support of both bills. Even one is too many.

But there are those that are backing down and starting to see the light.

There is hope, but we have to keep fighting and telling Congress we will NOT stand for SOPA or PIPA.

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2012, 02:55:16 PM »
well i hope we can kill this one as well darn congress trying to sneak things in  :mad:

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Re: SOPA Bill Denied By Congress!
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2012, 04:30:54 PM »
craigslist won't let you directly onto their site without some very informative info regarding this... all i have to say is yikes...

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