well apparently yesterday or sometime recently, ireland passed SOPA... how terrible. i feel as if ireland has now been removed from the hive mind. WE CANNOT STAND FOR THIS. WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO BE SILENCED, OR SEPARATED FROM US. WE MUST STAND UNITED.
So many people don't even know about it,its a disgrace i feel like this is being done behind our backs on purpose because Sherlock knows a lot of irish people will agree to it because it "sounds good"
@defockinbiys Agreed. Please share this video around or at least talk to people about it and spread the word. Make sure you're well informed though! :P
@MikeMallorca2010 Signed in Tokyo by now, by our ambassador. It'll be debated in the EU parliment and tossed back and forth for a few weeks I'd guess. Then it comes to us if it's ratified and then we have to ratify it. Sherlock wants it done by the end of the month and to hell with Daíl debate, I can't see that happening. Hopefully a few Labour and Fine Gael TD's/Senators will have the gaul to step up against it or voice protest at least.
@bRYE4821 Nope, can't find it anywhere. The best I can get is his press release about it which I can't link in comments, but google 'Sean Sherlock', click the link titled "Sean Sherlock TD » Home Page" and there's a link to his press releases down along the right hand side of the screen. Sorry I can't help more. :/
only reason our government are doing it is cause of the fat yanks after passing the sopa bill mega uploads owner kim dotcom was arrested cause of it and all !!! anonymous will be all over it in the coming weeks the internets going to be complete uproar!!
I have to admit that generally my response to these acts and bills is "lol fuck off, it won't work anyway". Because quite frankly, it won't work. The brilliant thing about the internet is that there's always going to be a way around these things. It's impossible to prevent someone from accessing information, short of actually disconnecting their internet connection of course. If you have internet access, you can access whatever you want anonymously. Regardless of what blockages are in your way:)
Someone tell me what to do. I'll go to war for this, no one will limit my freedom. I'm going to contact my local TDs. Other than that, I don't quite know what to do. Ideas?
@SteDeRaver First of all, contact your local TD to find out more information about it. I haven't even read the bill properly myself, I've just read a good few reports about what its aims are and the liberties it will give music corporations. The first thing I urge you to do is find out more, this was just a quick video to tell people this was going on. After that, if you're still unhappy, see what your TD can do for you. They're there to help and they can always do something! :)
I'm sorry that I'm posting this without reading the materials above BUT surely (and I'm not saying it is you or I) this bill is to prevent people ILLEAGALY downloading content?
At the moment my opinion (however uninformed) is that if were cut off from Facebook and what not it would make us see how little or much we need it and make us rethink how we use it.
While some peoples opinions are that we would be better off without Facebook that is not the point this guy is trying to make. He is just trying to show how much power this new legislation can have. what this bill actually translates to is MAJOR E-businesses going bankrupt (unemployed sky rocket in an IT dependent country such as ourselves) .
It would also mean that other reputable useful sites such as Wikipedia would be held accountable for all content on their site or they could be shut down.
@stephenturner2412 My response was too long to comment, but essentially, yes that's what they're trying to do. However, by simply cutting off websites like facebook, tumblr and youtube, they are putting their own financial interests ahead of one of the greatest fundamental freedoms of the internet: the free exchanges of ideas, opinions, feelings and everything else. This isn't a case of just cutting the snake off at the head, there are much better ways to police copy right law in Ireland.
@StraightEdgeIrish Agreed, but they know (I would guess) that they can't shut down something as big as Facebook. For starters FB's financial interests will probably overpower anything our government wants. Also even if we loose Facebook don't you think we'll all migrate to the next big thing, it wont be the end of the social networking world, but yes what they want to do is wrong but in fairness we haven't got the full story. Again I wont get to read the texts till tomorrow.
@EclecticSceptic I can haz cheeseburger??? Sounds like a waste of data to me but anywho. I'm not saying they should shut it down, and from what I can gather it wont be the government who shuts it down it'll be Facebook and the Irish judicial system or who ever owns the content and our judicial sytem. At the end of the day it wont be the end of the world.
@EclecticSceptic Finally I think Facebook has too much of our data and too much rights to use it for whatever they want and if I could organise my life and events without it then I would, moral is only put up what is 110% neccessary.
@stephenturner2412 You're just throwing around red herrings. The reason you give to justify Facebook being shut down is that they infringe on people's privacy too much. But that's not why they'd be shut down. Anyway this isn't just about Facebook. Don't get caught up in particular cases. It's the principle of the Government interfering so illegitimately with the internet.
@EclecticSceptic I take your point about the government "taking control" but I have no faith in them trying to police it properly, not here. I mean how many people are employed to filter the net in China, tens of thousands? I think this bill will wake everyone up to the actions online, the content we post on our Facebooks, Twitters, what and how we view media. Not a bad thing I think but at the same time, trying to close down these things and keep them under wraps is impossible.
i for one agree with you luke, they will be taking away our fundamental humans rights off freedom of speak and the first amendment ->the right to gather information<- which includes music, movies and any other recreation medium provided by the internet. the internet is a way of expression and if they take it away then they are taking away the means that many people use to express themselves.if it need be we need to stand together against this common enemy before a virtual holocaust....
@heyyoureview Its true that this bill can supress our freedom to gather information to a pretty extreme extent, but its power is completely open to interpretation by the courts. :/ If we contact our local TDs though, we might have some say in the power the bill ends up having, or whether its passed at all. We can work to keep the freedom we readily take for granted!
@LoudIndoorVoice Hah! Here here! :P Tumblr could definitely be a target, but they'd probably go to shut down SoundCloud sooner. :S Feckin hell people would find that rough.
I going starting a riot now that it passed ...
RydexFTW 6 days ago
IT PASSEDD NO!!!
GUNNERMAN1500 6 days ago
well apparently yesterday or sometime recently, ireland passed SOPA... how terrible. i feel as if ireland has now been removed from the hive mind. WE CANNOT STAND FOR THIS. WE CANNOT ALLOW OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO BE SILENCED, OR SEPARATED FROM US. WE MUST STAND UNITED.
joecribari 6 days ago
This is the Illuminati...we are not pleased about your video. Domino's will never sponsor you now!!! Mwahha ha ha!
ChrisHayesArt 3 weeks ago
Good man Tenshi !
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So many people don't even know about it,its a disgrace i feel like this is being done behind our backs on purpose because Sherlock knows a lot of irish people will agree to it because it "sounds good"
defockinbiys 1 month ago
@defockinbiys Agreed. Please share this video around or at least talk to people about it and spread the word. Make sure you're well informed though! :P
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
Thanks. We need to state our opposition to this insanity loud and clear.
rozeboosje 1 month ago
can someone explain me what happen in Ireland right now? have SOPA passed in Ireland? have they banned Irish ppl internet?
visit:
w w w(.)stopsopaireland(.)com
MikeMallorca2010 1 month ago
@MikeMallorca2010 Signed in Tokyo by now, by our ambassador. It'll be debated in the EU parliment and tossed back and forth for a few weeks I'd guess. Then it comes to us if it's ratified and then we have to ratify it. Sherlock wants it done by the end of the month and to hell with Daíl debate, I can't see that happening. Hopefully a few Labour and Fine Gael TD's/Senators will have the gaul to step up against it or voice protest at least.
stephenturner2412 1 month ago
@MikeMallorca2010 Failing that the whole oppisition will get up in arms enough to delay it a few weeks.
stephenturner2412 1 month ago
@Toyotaprius79 Sean Sherlock. :D
wmascolin 1 month ago
fuck sake stop this act
ripedreality 1 month ago
if this goes up on the 31st the government will be out on the 1st of febuary
cmccabe1991 1 month ago
any links to the text of this act?
bRYE4821 1 month ago
@bRYE4821 Nope, can't find it anywhere. The best I can get is his press release about it which I can't link in comments, but google 'Sean Sherlock', click the link titled "Sean Sherlock TD » Home Page" and there's a link to his press releases down along the right hand side of the screen. Sorry I can't help more. :/
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
@StraightEdgeIrish anonymous has taken action we have taken down 2 government sites. if this passes the government is in trouble
cmccabe1991 1 month ago
@StraightEdgeIrish It's not released by the government they can let us see it if they choose. Hope they do
MEERKAT4PRESIDENT 1 month ago
@MEERKAT4PRESIDENT Yeah, it'd definitely be in their better interest to do so, so lets hope.
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
Who disliked?
toyotaprius79 1 month ago
everyone google the petition to stop the irish sopa and preserve our right to information and free speech
NikitaKiid 1 month ago
only reason our government are doing it is cause of the fat yanks after passing the sopa bill mega uploads owner kim dotcom was arrested cause of it and all !!! anonymous will be all over it in the coming weeks the internets going to be complete uproar!!
GlennFoleyPSN1 1 month ago
@GlennFoleyPSN1 SOPA wasn't passed.
Klimseven 1 month ago
FUCK SOPA!! Also ur inspiring me to get a lip piercing :D
DarraghMcSex 1 month ago
@DarraghMcSex :D :D :D
They're sexy as hell, I LOVE mine! I warn you though, it takes a hell of a lot of effort to look after it :P
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
shur ya cant go on thepiratebay if youre with eircom but its grand , same thing
nalyd321 1 month ago
I have to admit that generally my response to these acts and bills is "lol fuck off, it won't work anyway". Because quite frankly, it won't work. The brilliant thing about the internet is that there's always going to be a way around these things. It's impossible to prevent someone from accessing information, short of actually disconnecting their internet connection of course. If you have internet access, you can access whatever you want anonymously. Regardless of what blockages are in your way:)
deadstar1001 1 month ago
Someone tell me what to do. I'll go to war for this, no one will limit my freedom. I'm going to contact my local TDs. Other than that, I don't quite know what to do. Ideas?
SteDeRaver 1 month ago
@SteDeRaver First of all, contact your local TD to find out more information about it. I haven't even read the bill properly myself, I've just read a good few reports about what its aims are and the liberties it will give music corporations. The first thing I urge you to do is find out more, this was just a quick video to tell people this was going on. After that, if you're still unhappy, see what your TD can do for you. They're there to help and they can always do something! :)
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
i was gonna read it and i was so happy you made a blog about it :P
picklrs666 1 month ago
I'm sorry that I'm posting this without reading the materials above BUT surely (and I'm not saying it is you or I) this bill is to prevent people ILLEAGALY downloading content?
At the moment my opinion (however uninformed) is that if were cut off from Facebook and what not it would make us see how little or much we need it and make us rethink how we use it.
stephenturner2412 1 month ago
While some peoples opinions are that we would be better off without Facebook that is not the point this guy is trying to make. He is just trying to show how much power this new legislation can have. what this bill actually translates to is MAJOR E-businesses going bankrupt (unemployed sky rocket in an IT dependent country such as ourselves) .
It would also mean that other reputable useful sites such as Wikipedia would be held accountable for all content on their site or they could be shut down.
thezenwithin 1 month ago
@stephenturner2412 My response was too long to comment, but essentially, yes that's what they're trying to do. However, by simply cutting off websites like facebook, tumblr and youtube, they are putting their own financial interests ahead of one of the greatest fundamental freedoms of the internet: the free exchanges of ideas, opinions, feelings and everything else. This isn't a case of just cutting the snake off at the head, there are much better ways to police copy right law in Ireland.
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
@StraightEdgeIrish Agreed, but they know (I would guess) that they can't shut down something as big as Facebook. For starters FB's financial interests will probably overpower anything our government wants. Also even if we loose Facebook don't you think we'll all migrate to the next big thing, it wont be the end of the social networking world, but yes what they want to do is wrong but in fairness we haven't got the full story. Again I wont get to read the texts till tomorrow.
stephenturner2412 1 month ago
@stephenturner2412 So the government gets to decide whether or not facebook is useful? Should they then shut down I can haz cheeseburger?
EclecticSceptic 1 month ago
@EclecticSceptic I can haz cheeseburger??? Sounds like a waste of data to me but anywho. I'm not saying they should shut it down, and from what I can gather it wont be the government who shuts it down it'll be Facebook and the Irish judicial system or who ever owns the content and our judicial sytem. At the end of the day it wont be the end of the world.
stephenturner2412 1 month ago
@EclecticSceptic Finally I think Facebook has too much of our data and too much rights to use it for whatever they want and if I could organise my life and events without it then I would, moral is only put up what is 110% neccessary.
stephenturner2412 1 month ago
@stephenturner2412 You're just throwing around red herrings. The reason you give to justify Facebook being shut down is that they infringe on people's privacy too much. But that's not why they'd be shut down. Anyway this isn't just about Facebook. Don't get caught up in particular cases. It's the principle of the Government interfering so illegitimately with the internet.
EclecticSceptic 1 month ago
@EclecticSceptic I take your point about the government "taking control" but I have no faith in them trying to police it properly, not here. I mean how many people are employed to filter the net in China, tens of thousands? I think this bill will wake everyone up to the actions online, the content we post on our Facebooks, Twitters, what and how we view media. Not a bad thing I think but at the same time, trying to close down these things and keep them under wraps is impossible.
stephenturner2412 1 month ago
Sean Sherlock = Bell end
AlanL950 1 month ago
fuq thuuuu policeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
BecauseYourCardboard 1 month ago
i for one agree with you luke, they will be taking away our fundamental humans rights off freedom of speak and the first amendment ->the right to gather information<- which includes music, movies and any other recreation medium provided by the internet. the internet is a way of expression and if they take it away then they are taking away the means that many people use to express themselves.if it need be we need to stand together against this common enemy before a virtual holocaust....
heyyoureview 1 month ago 2
@heyyoureview Its true that this bill can supress our freedom to gather information to a pretty extreme extent, but its power is completely open to interpretation by the courts. :/ If we contact our local TDs though, we might have some say in the power the bill ends up having, or whether its passed at all. We can work to keep the freedom we readily take for granted!
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
Thank you for explaining this much better than I can :L
yodamaster444 1 month ago
@yodamaster444 It took me a full hour to do a proper take, so I'm glad you appreciate the delivery. :P
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
Angers me so much.
yodamaster444 1 month ago
How hasn't anyone heard of this! Holy crap!
Geekenraged 1 month ago
@Geekenraged Pretty shocking alright :/
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
They take my tumblr I'll put their heads on spikes and display them outside my house -__-
LoudIndoorVoice 1 month ago
@LoudIndoorVoice Hah! Here here! :P Tumblr could definitely be a target, but they'd probably go to shut down SoundCloud sooner. :S Feckin hell people would find that rough.
StraightEdgeIrish 1 month ago
Tell him to go fuck himself
thickpooxbox360 1 month ago