Internet entities such as Wikipedia, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and Tumblr said the two bills would force them to be online police and hold them responsible if users of their sites link to pirated content. The companies said the bills could require your Internet provider to block websites that are involved in digital file sharing. And search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing could be stopped from linking to them - antithetical, they argue, to the ideal of an open Internet. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2012/01/wikipedia-blackout-sopa-and-pipa-explained/ They say its to "stop piracy" but they have already stated that there goal is to censor the internet. Here's an online petition... PROTECT IP Act Breaks the Internet There's also a nice video describing the bill on the link above. Oh and also on a related topic have you guys heard of the National Defense Authorization Act? Look up S. 1867 The National Defense Authorization Act basically says the government can come and take someone, without probable cause, without breaking any laws, no trial, no lawyers, not tell anybody where you are, and hold you in jail forever, and they can kill you. Oh and guys, this bill already passed, officially or not. Senate passed it, obama passed it, now the house of reps just has to pass it. Senate passed it 187 - 3, house of reps isn't gonna vote any differently.
ah I don't know, well yeah I guess that's my question then. Blackout as in google and all arent going to work or what? sorry i'm a little confused but interested in knowing
All domains are controlled by ICANN. This is a non-profit corporation located in the USA, so the US government just asks them to null-route a domain. It is actually very likely that in the future we will have the "acceptable" internet, which will exclude domains dis-approved by ICANN, and for advanced users we will have another means of accessing the websites that ICANN has canned.
If this happens, the entire internet will be changed. They are not good bills. Piracy will still find a way around it, so it doesn't matter.
Yeah the sites are shutting down in protest of the bills. Here's a website with a list of the sites that are shutting down SOPA STRIKE - Largest online protest in history - January 18 - blackout your site
With the way things are going in the god-forsaken country, I wonder how long it will be before people start to revolt and bomb the shit out of their own country... Not that internet censorship is cause enough, but that last bit in your post OP... I have no words.
The best thing we laymans can do is show solidarity with the titans of internet (google, wiki) when they begin to deny their services to the rest of the world in defiance of the moronic inferno known as the "United States Government", who just want everything to go back to the way it was in the days of Jurassic Park.
Isn't there a way to access the websites they ban via IP addresses? Something to the tune of going start > Run > then something something with the IP.. lemme find it ________________________________________________________________________________ This is what I came accross while I was stumbleupon.. If somebody can figure out how to get it working let me know SOPA Emergency IP list: So if these ass-fucks in DC decide to ruin the internet, here’s how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown tumblr.com 174.121.194.34 wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201 # News bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131 aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252 # Social media reddit.com 72.247.244.88 imgur.com 173.231.140.219 google.com 74.125.157.99 youtube.com 74.125.65.91 yahoo.com 98.137.149.56 hotmail.com 65.55.72.135 bing.com 65.55.175.254 digg.com 64.191.203.30 theonion.com 97.107.137.164 hush.com 65.39.178.43 gamespot.com 216.239.113.172 ign.com 69.10.25.46 cracked.com 98.124.248.77 sidereel.com 144.198.29.112 github.com 207.97.227.239 # Torrent sites thepiratebay.org 194.71.107.15 mininova.com 80.94.76.5 btjunkie.com 93.158.65.211 demonoid.com 62.149.24.66 demonoid.me 62.149.24.67 # Social networking facebook.com 69.171.224.11 twitter.com 199.59.149.230 tumblr.com 174.121.194.34 livejournal.com 209.200.154.225 dreamwidth.org 69.174.244.50 # Live Streaming Content stickam.com 67.201.54.151 blogtv.com 84.22.170.149 justin.tv 199.9.249.21 chatroulette.com 184.173.141.231 omegle.com 97.107.132.144 own3d.tv 208.94.146.80 megavideo.com 174.140.154.32 # Television gorillavid.com 178.17.165.74 videoweed.com 91.220.176.248 novamov.com 91.220.176.248 tvlinks.com 208.223.219.206 1channel.com 208.87.33.151 # Shopping amazon.com 72.21.211.176 newegg.com 216.52.208.187 frys.com 209.31.22.39 # File Sharing mediafire.com 205.196.120.13 megaupload.com 174.140.154.20 fileshare.com 208.87.33.151 multiupload.com 95.211.149.7 uploading.com 195.191.207.40 warez-bb.org 31.7.57.13 hotfile.com 199.7.177.218 gamespy.com 69.10.25.46 what.cd 67.21.232.223 warez.ag 178.162.238.136 putlocker.com 89.238.130.247 uploaded.to 95.211.143.200 dropbox.com 199.47.217.179 pastebin.com 69.65.13.216 Here’s a tip for the do-it-yourself crowd: Go to your computer’s Start menu, and either go to “run” or just search for “cmd.” Open it up, and type in “ping [website address],” Once you have the IP for a website, all you really need to do is enter it like you would a normal URL and hit enter/press go. Typing in “208.85.240.231” should bring you to the front page of AO3, for example, just as typing “174.121.194.34/dashboard” should bring you straight to the tumbler dashboard. Some of those IP addresses are incorrect, just go start > run > then go "ping www.whateverwebsite you want.com" and the ip will pop up
Also, if it passes and ICANN actually attempts to censor the entire internet, things will totally go fucking cyberpunk!
Here is something we should ALL keep in our address bars. TheProxyFree: Visit websites via an anonymous proxy, bypass the firewall of your institution