Nintendo, EA, Sony sponsor Internet censorship bill
It is repellent.
A Reddit user discovered a document [PDF] hosted by the Global Intellectual IP Center ("Global"), from before the introduction of SOPA, urging Congress to enact such a measure. Among those corporate sponsors is Nintendo, who is demonstrably and justifiably upset about piracy, and committed to taking all the wrong steps to stop it.
Other companies signing off in favor of this anti-"rogue site" legislation, in the interest of protecting their IP online include Sony -- Sony Electronics, Sony Music, and Sony Pictures, separately. EA is also listed, along with Rite Aid (what?) and Zippo (what?)
Okay, so you already know how we feel about this thing. If you feel the same way, you can write or call Congress. November 16 saw concerted "Stop Censorship" efforts (Tumblr black-barred everyone's dashboard in protest, for example), but you can, of course, still contact your representatives. If you're outside of the US, uh, cross your fingers and hope you don't lose all the US-based visitors to your sites.
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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/18/nintendo-ea-sony-sponsor-internet-censorship-bill/#
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luminatesPosted:
Buahahaha!@ can you say Nwo? :D
If I can watch my shows (on the internet) play xbox, hack/mod crap, then I don't give much care to this; especially if you take a look at who is in favor of this.
If I can watch my shows (on the internet) play xbox, hack/mod crap, then I don't give much care to this; especially if you take a look at who is in favor of this.
Brandon240Posted:
Wouldn't it work to just use a proxy and bypass this? I hope this bill doesn't pass.
tE_BadkiidPosted:
TheScaryDoor so let me get this straight, the government is going to set up a new firewall that will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for maintenance and other stuff just to block some sites when we already owe billions of dollars?
how dumb can one county get?
Two words Corporate Interest
TheScaryDoorPosted:
so let me get this straight, the government is going to set up a new firewall that will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for maintenance and other stuff just to block some sites when we already owe billions of dollars?
how dumb can one county get?
how dumb can one county get?
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