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Nintendo, Sony and EA drop SOPA support - briefly
(hx) 03:20 PM CET - Dec,31 2011 - Post a comment / read (12)
Hacking group Anonymous have now sent Sony a message in the form of a video regarding the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bill. This comes just a week after reports of a SOPA-style court order for India's ISPs to block some of the world's largest file-sharing sites including BitTorrent, Megaupload and more. Shortly following, GoDaddy announced their support for SOPA resulting in thousands of domain owners prompting to leave the registrar, including giant networks such as Wikipedia and Cheezeburger which consists of over 1000 domains alone. To deal with the large volume of domain transfers, GoDaddy began blocking (and in some cases delaying) them, which is against the ICANN rules. Finally, GoDaddy realized that SOPA is far too broad and not beneficial to tech-savvy sites due to the possibility of rampant abuse by corporations, and have redacted their stance on supporting SOPA. Also Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Sony Electronics - some of the largest video game companies in the world - have all pulled their support for an online bill that could encourage censorship online, according to an updated list of supporters of the bill.



The Electronic Frontier Foundation describes SOPA as the 'blacklist bill' because it would 'allow the U.S. government and private corporations to create a blacklist of censored websites, and cut many more off from their ad networks and payment providers.' That means the Attorney General would have the power to cut off select websites from search engines like Google. It could also cut off advertisers and payment processors like Visa from the sites. The Attorney General could essentially kill all of a site's traffic and revenue in a matter of days. SOPA only allows targeted sites five days to submit an appeal. That doesn't leave much time for them to defend themselves before losing their site and their revenue altogether.

No doubt this shouldn't be allowed. That's a lot of reach for the small group at the top. It could be like six people pulling all the strings from the top. Look at Rupert Murdock, he controls so much of the media. One guy shouldn't have that much power. He's international. His interests are broadcasted world wide, and he's only one amongst a relatively small group of exorbitantly wealthy people who have a massive stake and influence in global events. What we have are monopolies, global monopolies so large we couldn't even see them because they themselves are the landscape. We are stuck chasing a rainbow that makes dependent all who get swept up in the chase while they are shielded by ambiguous acronyms like ESA but in reality hold they hold the reigns of 20 smaller companies that already are massive at first glance. Corporate Capitalism is survival of the fittest. If you lose, you're acquired, liquidated and assimilated into the alpha corporation making it larger, stronger, and more influential. If it's allowed to go on long enough, there will only be one left and I would hate to imagine what it would be capable of. We can't allow this to happen. We can't let a small group of people control such a large chunk of the markets. I'm not saying rich people are bad, I'm sure Bill Gates is a wonderful person but when a company like Microsoft is actually a component in a larger conglomerate, maybe we should send up the red flags because that's a huge amount of stake and influence on a lot of people's lives. It's the difference between looking at the moon the finger pointed at and looking at the Sun when that same finger pointed. (thanks uprotectedsax)
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Tom(06:50 PM CET - Dec,31 2011 )
Imagine
Writer: LENNON, JOHN

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace

You, you may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You, you may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Happy New Year!

-=WolverinE=-(10:03 PM CET - Dec,31 2011 )
Thanks, Tom! Even though I don't listen to this kind of music, I appreciate good lyrics. Happy New Year!

gx-x(11:59 PM CET - Dec,31 2011 )
Happy New Year everyone!

kudos to Lennon! I don't listen to his music but that song is always nice to hear!

Csimbi(03:56 AM CET - Jan,01 2012 )
Lennon was a drug addict; no wonder he was dreaming when he wrote this up. I could see a relation to Lady Gaga - she's on drugs, too. But, I have no idea what a drug addict has to do with SOPA, Sony or Anonymous. Care to put it into context? Cheers.

As for Anonymous. While I do not always agree with their methods, I am happy to see that someone stands up against the governments and corporations who believe that they have control over people and their lives. Normally, people should have control over their government and with that, any corporations - unfortunately our world is highly corrupt and that's not the case.

gx-x(04:14 AM CET - Jan,01 2012 )
Csimbi> Lennon was a drug addict; no wonder he was dreaming when he wrote this up. I could see a relation to Lady Gaga - she's on drugs, too. But, I have no idea what a drug addict has to do with SOPA, Sony or Anonymous. Care to put it into context? Cheers.

As for Anonymous. While I do not always agree with their methods, I am happy to see that someone stands up against the governments and corporations who believe that they have control over people and their lives. Normally, people should have control over their government and with that, any corporations - unfortunately our world is highly corrupt and that's not the case.

I could put it into context but it would be of no use if you yourself can't see it. I am not calling you dumb or anything, it's just one of those things that you either see or you don't. Like being colorblind. In a way, you answered your own question with your own conclusion. Lennon being on drugs has nothing to do with the song itself. Also, Lady Gaga said or did nothing smart, I see no comparison to Lennon, only insult to him. Read the lyrics and think in "what if" and try to apply logic.

Majnun(04:43 AM CET - Jan,01 2012 )
I'll do it.

Csimbi, you are a fucking idiot.

Csimbi(09:17 AM CET - Jan,01 2012 )
gx-x> Also, Lady Gaga said or did nothing smart, I see no comparison to Lennon, only insult to him. Read the lyrics and think in "what if" and try to apply logic.
I do not get it why Lady Gaga is mentioned in the Anonymous video then.

@Majnun
In your eyes, perhaps.
People are different.

Kompressor(09:35 AM CET - Jan,01 2012 )
John Lennon was living in a dreamland like every other hippie. People will always find an excuse to do bad. That's what we are. That's what we do. And there is no one more hateful than hippies, viciously hateful of anyone who doesn't think exactly like they do, and doesn't hate everything they do.

John Lennon should have watched the Star Trek episode: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_That_Be_Your_Last_Battlefield

Majnun(11:04 AM CET - Jan,01 2012 )
Everybody believes their own bullshit.

You just said hippies were hateful and vicious, and you believed it. Amazing.

Happy new years morons!

Incidentally, the the original Star Trek blows that Next Generation crap away (just sayin).

gx-x(06:12 PM CET - Jan,01 2012 )
Csimbi> gx-x> Also, Lady Gaga said or did nothing smart, I see no comparison to Lennon, only insult to him. Read the lyrics and think in "what if" and try to apply logic.
I do not get it why Lady Gaga is mentioned in the Anonymous video then.


People are different.

for the same reason justin bieber was, because she's a retard.

Csimbi(06:57 PM CET - Jan,01 2012 )
gx-x> for the same reason justin bieber was, because she's a retard.
That she is.

Baconnaise(08:57 PM CET - Jan,01 2012 )
The only thing I see as an issue is the whole drug thing. It's irrelevant.

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