beer Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 It looks like many of you really don't like this SOPA thing! And best of all, you're actually doing something about it: US Senate contact pages are being hammered so hard, they're crashing.Mark Begich (D - AK)? His site's down completely. Barbara Boxer (D - CA)? Her is loading like it's hosted on a Palm Pilot. And yes, Patrick Leahy (D - VT), you who co-sponsored PIPA—your site is all the way down. Dead. Gone.This might make it harder for the SOPA opposition to voice its dissent, but it also sends a message louder than any one email. But don't stop trying—keep the hammers hammering. [US Senate via The Verge](source) :cheers:EDIT: format fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 SOPA/PIPA protest hits the real world in New York CityThe current black out of a number of web sites today to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) has now crossed over into the real world. News.com reports that as many as 2,000 people gathered today in midtown Manhattan in New York City. Some of the people in the crowd held up signs, one of which said, "Imagine a world without knowledge."Some of the protesters went to gather in front of the New York City offices of New York-based US Senator Charles Schumer, one of the co-sponsors of the PIPA bill. That legislation is currently scheduled to be voted on by the Senate on January 24. As we reported earlier, another co-sponsor of the PIPA bill, Senator Marco Rubio, has announced that he is withdrawing his support of PIPA and asking that the vote on PIPA be delayed.News.com also reports that a number of other Senators and members of the House of Representatives are now withdrawing their own support of SOPA and PIPA or at least saying that the bills should be rewritten. For example, Senator Roy Blunt of Montana has announced, "I'm withdrawing my co-sponsorship for the Protect IP Act."(source) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 very nice, very nice. :cheers:UPDATE:I just saw a really disappointing news coverage of SOPA protests while I was eating. The news station did not cover any legitimate reasons for opposing SOPA, instead, they played the MPAA CEO's statement about how it is allowing illegal sharing and piracy. To be fair, they actually played several bullet points for why SOPA is good, and then they gave this guy about 3 secs to talk about SOPA is bad for small-businesses and... SKIP, NEXT.Adding that station to my :shit: list. Thank goodness for the free open internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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