What do you think of SOPA and PIPA?

[Som1Lse]

I assume none of you took the time to see the attack that Anonymous made? Cyber war 2012.

Actually just read about it.

@Blue Phoenix:
Just have to ask, was the LFE shutdown made because of this thread or was it already planned?

[XLittlebob252]

Megaupload was shut down, I think. Not 100% related with SOPA/PIPA though.

it is related there was an article about that SOPA/PIPA shuted down megaupload
and alot of hackers are trying to shut down SOPA/PIPA related sites for pay back,
it also says that the amount of hackers that joined rised in about 24% above average

[Silverthorn]

I assume none of you took the time to see the attack that Anonymous made? Cyber war 2012.

Oh, I actually did. Don't know why nobody really expected something like this to happen. Let's see how far they'll go in case one of these bills get ratified.

Just have to ask, was the LFE shutdown made because of this thread or was it already planned?

A bit of both. At first, I was 50/50 about it but this thread gave the 1%


Also, regarding megaupload etc, there has actually been some rumor going on about the site getting shut down for quite a while. The only ironic part of it is that it happens now. Looking at what the site-owners are accused, it just shows that people always find a reason to drag others in front of court. Copyright infringement and money laundering are the most noticeable. But, what I personally find interesting, Megaupload had the infamous "we're not liable for the content our users upload"-statement in their TOS; and they even had the form so that people could inform about such copyright-infringements and those files got taken down. That a site tries to make profit is clear; heck, it's a company. That's what companies do.

It's as if you send some illegal stuff via (physical) mail. Is the FBI going to arrest the mailman?

I wonder how long the other upload-platforms will last. Because, let's face it, you can always find some illegal files on any filehost.

[Hero destroyer]

I wonder how long the other upload-platforms will last. Because, let's face it, you can always find some illegal files on any filehost.

Except here. :P
BTW, what is this "the attack of blablabla"? Anyone can give a link?

vThanks, DC-Dragon.

[Alblaka]

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/287428,ano...ttack.aspx

Can't tell how reliable the source is. But if they plan something like that and Sony doesnt do an instant u-turn, it WILL happen.
Seriously, no system is even close to being safe if a group of intelligent people doesnt want it too.

[XLittlebob252]

this explains good about sopa and what you should do to fight it

[Alblaka]

The accountname who posted the above video makes me doubt it's correctness.
Ntm SOPA did NOT pass.

[XLittlebob252]

i dont know if it has passed but the one who created the video is a group of hackers in USA who want good things for the community

[Som1Lse]

i dont know if it has passed but the one who created the video is a group of hackers in USA who want good things for the community

There is quite some doubt on how good anonymous really are, AND there is absolutely no proof that the video is actually made by anonymous.
I could say that I am actually Tiger Woods, and that all my profile info was fake so people wouldn't figure out I was him, but I doubt very few people would believe me, if I did so.

And as far as I can tell, SOPA didn't pass. It is gone, dead and will not make it into law.

[Electric2Shock]

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/SOPA/Blackoutpage

Good.

IF SOFA SOPA AND PIPA ARE PASSED! IT WILL BE THE END OF THE CYBERSPACE!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

sigh.

Though, nice imitation he did there .