Stop Online Piracy Act

**Gohron** · 14 Jan 2012, 01:34 AM

Freedom of speech is dying. People really need to start getting more vocal about this type of thing.

**Opaque** · 14 Jan 2012, 01:52 AM

Originally Posted by Gohron

Freedom of speech is dying. People really need to start getting more vocal about this type of thing.

The day where both PIPA and SOPA appear to be at the deepest point of their downward spiral towards not even getting voted because of how vocal people are about them is not the day to post this out of touch bullshit.

Our country and the internet community are setting a pretty strong precedent for what is to be expected with this kind of bullshit and that sure as fuck isn't that we won't be vocal.

**Opaque** · 14 Jan 2012, 01:55 AM

Originally Posted by cka

he did nothing wrong, hosted no illegal content -- just aggregated links -- but it's still about 90% sure he'll get jail time (likely more than pedophiles and murderers, in fact)

The only thing about this that makes me feel icky is that he made almost a quarter of a million fucking dollars doing this.

Even I feel like that should not be ok. As soon as you start making money off pirating, even if it's as a middle man, it goes into this whole new level that makes me super fucking uncomfortable. He still shouldn't go to jail though, if anything he should have to forfeit the money.

**Opaque** · 14 Jan 2012, 02:03 AM

Side note:

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**Fe 26** · 14 Jan 2012, 06:27 AM

Has anyone else signed the donation survey for Wikipedia going black to protest this shit?

I signed it. I probably owe them a few bucks anyway for all the school work they've help me do. And if they went off line in protest it MIGHT actually make the news.

**Josh** · 14 Jan 2012, 12:25 PM

Google, and a bunch of others were talkIng about doing this too.

**Mzo** · 14 Jan 2012, 12:26 PM

I just donated to wikipedia like a month ago, fuck off.

**GohanX** · 14 Jan 2012, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by Opaque

The only thing about this that makes me feel icky is that he made almost a quarter of a million fucking dollars doing this.

Even I feel like that should not be ok. As soon as you start making money off pirating, even if it's as a middle man, it goes into this whole new level that makes me super fucking uncomfortable. He still shouldn't go to jail though, if anything he should have to forfeit the money.

If they sued him in British court for that money and won I would be fine with that.