Wikipedia Blackout because of SOPA?

my thoughts on the "Stop online piracy act" & how it could affect other sites on the Internet

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• TheDreadMan
• educational
• vlog
• SOPA
• Stop online Piracy
• Internet
• viral
• website
• wikipedia
• blackout
• disabled
• social networking

[k5lta]

Guaranteed!!!!!...if they do censor the internet, i bet there will be riots everywhere lol FUCK SOPA EAT A DICK!!

[TheDreadMan]

@k5lta AMEN! censoring TV is one thing...but the net? NAH!

[2paclypse2010]

THUS IS GETTIN OUTTA HAND

[TheDreadMan]

@2paclypse2010 damn straight

[Lafut1]

SOPA definately does more harm then help

[TheDreadMan]

@Lafut1 yes cuz ppl in charge of certain sites will lose money

[zitzblitz123]

i saw that Wednesday morning on wikipedia i remember because i couldent sleep

[SuperOfficerDibble]

The problem with SOPA is that it isn't really designed to combat piracy, it's more designed to tilt the control of the Internets' content, in the US especially, into the hands of larger media corporations. They assumed the Net was a fad, ignored it until too late and now have realized it's running away faster than they can keep up.

What is needed is a law that tries to combat piracy whilst still respecting the neutrality of the Net, not an easy or fast job, and stuff like SOPA isn't the answer.

[goudz23]

Where in the constitution does it say the federal government has juristicion over personal property? That is state juristicion. Not only would the federal government overstepping its bounds on the states but what about other countries?!?!? Why should the US be able to take down a site from germany just because it hosts pirated material made by americans? Why would piracy be a federal crime while shoplifting isnt? Seems like the government is looking out for corporate interests yet again.. smmfh.

[xunleader09]

wikipedia wasnt with sopa i think. i heard on the news, wikipedia blacked out on its own to PROTEST sopa along with google and other websites.

[mateol970865]

Rice above hate shit? cool, i don't like Cena, but it's cool seeing someone wearing it.

[moizahmed14]

lol you said 2011

[l33tstuff1]

THE LIBRARY? What is this sorcery?! But yeah plagiarists make me want to kill something.

[officialovbeatz]

Dreadman ima put it to you like this if this passes MORE CRIMES and i think they dont wanna take that chance thats why President Obama said no to SOPA/PIPA

[blackflame843]

There are other websites that hold the information but you can't flat out say "go to the library" because they don't always hold certain information. Especially if it's something fresh out the box.

However, if the internet is down because of this garbage bill, then every researcher is fucked.