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[#174996]
Written by: NovaKing (Administrator) [22/01/2012, 18:55] |
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the public has started a petition asking the white house to investigate comments made by mpaa ceo chris dodd a few days ago on fox news. closing a tumultuous week of wide protest against pipa and sopa - two mpaa backed anti-piracy bills |
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[#174995]
Written by: mayhemdiva [22/01/2012, 19:04] |
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hi from australia. i am one of the probably thousands of users here and we are very thankful for your site and all the work you guys do.. with regards to the sopa and pipa petition i would love to sign but believe that as a non us citizen i would be ineligible. any way of opening up a world wide type of petition for people in other countries who also fear these bills. i keep a good watch on us politics and these bills are really scary for all of us who value freedom. once again best wishes for the new year, keep up the great and very valued work that you do in keeping us all informed and aware...freedom of speech and the ability for people everywhere to access information is the cornerstone of democracy. from melbourne australia |
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[#175001]
Written by: ListerD [22/01/2012, 21:47] |
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i am from new zealand and totally agree with mayhemdiva with the online partition only being for americans. i also think that the internet community need to speak louder to this breach of personal rights for all democratic peoples in the world. thanks for giving us the option to at least get a comment out to the wider community to have our voice heard.
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[#175002]
Written by: NovaKing (Administrator) [22/01/2012, 22:05] |
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i'm not sure if such a global one exists. your best option for now is to inform any american you know to sign the petition and update them with what is happenings. |
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[#175016]
Written by: mayhemdiva [23/01/2012, 06:09] |
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i put australia and the sopa petition into my search engine and apparently it will let us sign the petition...the petition has been answered by the white house anywho.... |
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[#175027]
Written by: Hancockenstein [23/01/2012, 13:13] |
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clearly he's not talking about bribes right? are there any legal financial transactions that are getting blown out of proportion, because no one could be stupid enough to say this on tv. i don't know much about this issue just asking |
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[#175064]
Written by: poorexiles [24/01/2012, 15:52] |
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i tried to sign the petition, but although i was logged into the website, the sign button is greyed out preventing me to click it. anyone else have this problem? |
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[#175078]
Written by: Mamamitzvah [24/01/2012, 21:07] |
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bs'd my little birdies in washington told me that this bill is doa. that is very good news. |
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[#175080]
Written by: NovaKing (Administrator) [24/01/2012, 21:43] |
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i had someone tell me this happened to them, apparently don't hit "enter" but click the button instead and then it would work correctly. |
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[#175118]
Written by: blackhawk1793 [25/01/2012, 17:31] |
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i noticed in the "end acta..." petition, there was a persone from france. could have been a us citizen living there. but could be that it's open to anyone. i suppose not, as this concerns us citizens only. |
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[#175127]
Written by: NovaKing (Administrator) [25/01/2012, 19:43] |
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the acta petition was open to any country, it was not bound to americans only. | |||||
[#175293]
Written by: kcbill13 [27/01/2012, 19:51] |
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hey eztv folk, i want to point out that although this bill is an american bill, i think that signing this petition is a good thing for all. as you may consider, this is part of a worldwide push to make regular people pay, but hollywood is making more money than they have ever made, and still, they want to stop us from "so called stealing", but the real issue is that these same people have created copyright laws. there is a great documentary on copyright laws, and how they have been hijacked by disney corporation, and others, who are all doing very well out of copyright, thank you very much. the movie is called rip, remix, a manifesto, and is available on torrents somewhere. http://ripremix.com/ for more info. and another article that really explains the us governments power being used in this way that shows that the bills did not matter anyway, here is glenn greenwald @ salon.com discussing the usurpation of power, with a brief excedrpt, but i really recommend that you go read the entire article to understand the full power of what is happening to us citizens, no matter where in the world you live now. two events this week produced some serious cognitive dissonance. first, congressional leaders sheepishly announced that they were withdrawing (at least for the time being) two bills heavily backed by the entertainment industry |
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[#175422]
Written by: lsmithiii [29/01/2012, 09:22] |
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where as the arrogance of it all is shocking, i don't think he admitted to any unlawful activity. just about all lobbies will contribute the max they can to political campaigns. the truth of the matter is its an empty threat. they will typically give move to members of both parties. doing so gives them access. cutting off donations would remove funds from both sides of a campaign thus having no real effect. don't get me wrong i am upset that he would be so arrogant as to make that statement. i just don't think the statement constitutes an admission of unlawful activity. what they do is perfectly legal under current campaign finance law. so we're back to being upset about the system and how difficult it is to change it. |
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[#175438]
Written by: vor1000 [29/01/2012, 19:47] |
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/right-click/bill-c11-could-bring-sopa-online-piracy-laws-212657243.html i hope our proposed bill gets the same outcry as our us neighbors. my problem is not with ending downloading of certain types of content...i know that is bound to happen eventually. my problem is that these bills hide behind the mask of copyright law, when in fact they are censorship legislation that require no judiciary process. that, my friends, is nothing short of orwellian. |
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[#175489]
Written by: ockraz [30/01/2012, 09:45] |
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i absolutely agree with you folks about the legislation in question. having said that, however, i disagree that there's anything wrong (legally or even ethically) with the mpaa executive's threat. individuals, corporations, unions and charities all donate money to political campaigns both for access and to help increase the likelihood of the election of the candidate whose policies they support. it's not a bribe because it doesn't enrich the politician. the money cannot legally be used for personal expenses. making it known that supporting or opposing particular legislation will result in your supporting a campaign financially or in withdrawing that support is not less ethical than saying that you will or won't support a campaign with your vote. i agree with lsmithiii that groups with deep enough pockets will give to both parties in order to have access (and to have a credible threat to make- if you never give to one party, then a candidate won't fear that you'll help his opponent). still, they won't give equally to both parties and will not contribute to candidates/officeholders who support policies that would have an adverse effect on their interests or who oppose policies that would be helpful. that's why it actually is *not* an empty threat. at any rate, now that sopa and pipa are dead, the open act seems poised to take their place. i'm not clear about what the implications would be if it were to pass, but the mpaa objects to it, and so far it looks pretty good. "the mpaa rejects any law that fails to block americans' access to the pirate bay, a bittorrent tracker which survived prosecution in its home country of sweden and steadfastly refuses to remove information about infringing downloads from its search index. darrell issa maintains that the open act could be effective against the site by targeting even overseas ad networks placing ads on the site, though it is possible that the site could survive without advertisements." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/online_protection_and_enforcement_of_digital_trade_act#reception |
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