Deep Gloss Auto Salon
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Unless you like seeing the below image and receiving DNS error messages on many websites, educate yourself and get in touch with your elected officials!
SOPA & PIPA - get engaged- the revolution will not be televised!!
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C. Charles Hahn
CCH Auto Appearance, LLC
Indeed! Autopia is one of many sites that could be affected if SOPA/PIPA pass; we can't afford to allow the US Government to return us all to the dark ages!
Deep Gloss Auto Salon
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Click on the link to learn about and sign petition against
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
Deep Gloss Auto Salon
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C. Charles Hahn said:
Yes sir!!!!
DaGonz
Autopia fire/rescue.
Signed and delivered!
Ben@3D
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I signed the petition this morning. Was gonna post a link, but ya beat me to it!
SOPA is one of the worst acts brought forth in a long time. Free Speech, innovation, and Privacy are all affected.
SOPA will require every isp, hosting company, website, blog, forum, etc to police every post, video, link, etc to be sure it does not contain anything that is remotely copyrighted. One bad link, video, plagiarized post, and Autopia could even be taken offline.
From wikipedia:
Websites that host user content:
Opponents have warned that SOPA would have a negative impact on online communities. Journalist Rebecca MacKinnon argued in an op-ed that making companies liable for users' actions could have a chilling effect on user-generated sites such as YouTube. "The intention is not the same as China’s Great Firewall, a nationwide system of Web censorship, but the practical effect could be similar," she says.[29] The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) warned that websites Etsy, Flickr and Vimeo all seemed likely to shut down if the bill becomes law.[30] Policy analysts for New America Foundation say this legislation would enable law enforcement to take down an entire domain due to something posted on a single blog, arguing, "an entire largely innocent online community could be punished for the actions of a tiny minority."[31]
Additional concerns include the impact on common Internet functions such as linking or access data from the cloud. EFF claimed the bill would ban linking to sites deemed offending, even in search results[32] and on services such as Twitter.[33] Christian Dawson, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Virginia-based hosting company ServInt, predicted that the legislation would lead to many cloud computing and Web hosting services moving out of the US to avoid lawsuits.[34] The Electronic Frontier Foundation have stated that the requirement that any site must self-police user generated content would impose significant liability costs and explains "why venture capitalists have said en masse they won’t invest in online startups if PIPA and SOPA pass."[35]
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SOPA is one of the worst acts brought forth in a long time. Free Speech, innovation, and Privacy are all affected.
SOPA will require every isp, hosting company, website, blog, forum, etc to police every post, video, link, etc to be sure it does not contain anything that is remotely copyrighted. One bad link, video, plagiarized post, and Autopia could even be taken offline.
From wikipedia:
Websites that host user content:
Opponents have warned that SOPA would have a negative impact on online communities. Journalist Rebecca MacKinnon argued in an op-ed that making companies liable for users' actions could have a chilling effect on user-generated sites such as YouTube. "The intention is not the same as China’s Great Firewall, a nationwide system of Web censorship, but the practical effect could be similar," she says.[29] The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) warned that websites Etsy, Flickr and Vimeo all seemed likely to shut down if the bill becomes law.[30] Policy analysts for New America Foundation say this legislation would enable law enforcement to take down an entire domain due to something posted on a single blog, arguing, "an entire largely innocent online community could be punished for the actions of a tiny minority."[31]
Additional concerns include the impact on common Internet functions such as linking or access data from the cloud. EFF claimed the bill would ban linking to sites deemed offending, even in search results[32] and on services such as Twitter.[33] Christian Dawson, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Virginia-based hosting company ServInt, predicted that the legislation would lead to many cloud computing and Web hosting services moving out of the US to avoid lawsuits.[34] The Electronic Frontier Foundation have stated that the requirement that any site must self-police user generated content would impose significant liability costs and explains "why venture capitalists have said en masse they won’t invest in online startups if PIPA and SOPA pass."[35]
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Paul Sparks
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Signed and shared.
imported_dfazekas
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Pretty sure the online community managed to get lawmakers attention on this one. And thank God...
I believe some people realized they wouldn't be getting reelected if they were gonna stand for crap
like this.
I believe some people realized they wouldn't be getting reelected if they were gonna stand for crap
like this.
togwt
The Old Grey Whistle Test
[Imagine a world without free knowledge.] Jimmy Wales
Signed and posted on social media sites
Signed and posted on social media sites
pixelmonkey
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anyone else find it disturbing people and websites will jump when regulation and cap on freedom of speech is proposed... yet...
no effort has been placed in health care reform
if the US public voiced the same uproar and demanded the same actions be taken on other key issues *balanced budget, reformed healthcare system & banking accountability*, the country just might be a better place.
chris<pixelmonkey>
no effort has been placed in health care reform
if the US public voiced the same uproar and demanded the same actions be taken on other key issues *balanced budget, reformed healthcare system & banking accountability*, the country just might be a better place.
chris<pixelmonkey>
Deep Gloss Auto Salon
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Funny video on the topic- hitler reacts to SOPA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4sGB7zM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
salty
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"It's so cold up here right now, my internet is froze."
"No it's just PIPA SOPA"
waiting for the Gestapo
"No it's just PIPA SOPA"
waiting for the Gestapo
togwt
The Old Grey Whistle Test
Senate leaders have postponed a vote on PIPA - Senate vote on PIPA is postponed | Media Maverick - CNET News
C. Charles Hahn
CCH Auto Appearance, LLC
TOGWT said:
Not good enough. They should have cancelled it altogether, not just postponed it.
I think they're hoping people will forget about it so they can slip it in under the radar later.
Ben@3D
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They will probably weaken it a bit, but still try to push it through. After all, they are in the RIAA and MPAA's pocket books.
Dan
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For those that aren't into reading the bill, here is a simple analogy:
If you wanted an "escort" and decided to find one using the phonebook, the proposed laws wants the phone company to ban their listing in the phone book as well as prevent you from even dialing the number if somehow you found it otherwise. Instead of sending the police to close down the brothel, they want the phone company to keep up with brothel number and keep you from calling them. And if they don't, they want to shut the phone company down.
This is such a flawed piece of legislation, please let your representatives know they need to stop this, get recommendations from people other than the music and movie industry when it comes to IT. They should open their eyes and see that the IT/Software companies oppose this.
If you wanted an "escort" and decided to find one using the phonebook, the proposed laws wants the phone company to ban their listing in the phone book as well as prevent you from even dialing the number if somehow you found it otherwise. Instead of sending the police to close down the brothel, they want the phone company to keep up with brothel number and keep you from calling them. And if they don't, they want to shut the phone company down.
This is such a flawed piece of legislation, please let your representatives know they need to stop this, get recommendations from people other than the music and movie industry when it comes to IT. They should open their eyes and see that the IT/Software companies oppose this.
imported_dfazekas
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What they should do is figure out some way to embrace the technology they're trying to put an end to. Lets be honest here, most of the people who download things illegally are technologically savvy people any way, and they'll just figure out a way to get around this (cause there will ALWAYS be a way). So realistically, this legislation isn't going to stop much. These are the same companies who tried to sue the creators of the mp3 out of existence, and look where that got them...
C. Charles Hahn
CCH Auto Appearance, LLC
dfazekas said:
Exactly. This legislation punishes the innocent without having a significant impact on the guilty. That's just not right.
togwt
The Old Grey Whistle Test
On Saturday protests are planned across the world against ACTA - the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The treaty has become the focus of activists associated with the Anonymous hacking network because of concerns that it could undermine internet privacy and aid censorship.