Internet wars [SOPA/PIPA]

[Goatcheese]

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Ok guys, as you know, Megaupload has been shutdown some time back (19 January 2012) and has never been recreated, rehosted etc. All our popular sharing sites has become more strict about "Copyrighted" files, music, movies and even porn (believe it or not). In the middle of this year, the large anti-piracy company, SOPA, wanted to bring in some more rules to make piracy even more harder to do, the 3 strikes law. They'll keep a close eye on our IP adresses, tracking all our searches etc, if we download any illegal content (music, movies, games, files etc) we will be given a strike from the company, if you reach 3 strikes, your internet will be turned off, and you wont be able to browse on that PC again...... EVER.

Few months back, SOPA cancelled this and declared that it was "Destroyed". I got a email from a petition (or whatever its called, lol) stating, SOPA isn't dead, they are just seeking some new ways to stop us, as internet users, from downloading files. If they do find a way, you wont be able to download any programs, even freewares. In my opinion, this will suck balls. And i dont want this to happen, what do you think about this SOPA/PIPA? Leave a post! :toast:

 

[KWG]

No.

 

[KG 24]

NO! AND WHO HAD THE COURAGE TO SAY YES?

 

[Magic News Lady]

I did.Don`t kill me plz.

 

[The NekoMancer]

fak u u accused yourself!

 

[Fuego]

Anonymous.

 

[Magic News Lady]

<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>El Marrueco</dt><dd>Dec 31 2012, 05:19:27 PM</dd></dl><div>Anonymous.[/quote]What about it?

 

[KG 24]

<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>FAT NEWS LADY</dt><dd>Dec 31 2012, 05:09:42 PM</dd></dl><div>I did.Don`t kill me plz.[/quote]I won't. I like opinions, it's what makes us... well us.

 

[Fuego]

<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>FAT NEWS LADY</dt><dd>Dec 31 2012, 05:20:08 PM</dd></dl><div><blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>El Marrueco</dt><dd>Dec 31 2012, 05:19:27 PM</dd></dl><div>Anonymous.[/quote]What about it?[/quote] <blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>Quote:</dt><dd> </dd></dl><div>Megaupload
On January 19, 2012, Megaupload, a website providing file sharing services, was shut down by the US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This led to what Anonymous called "the single largest Internet attack in its history". Barrett Brown, described as a spokesperson for the group Anonymous by news outlet RT, said the timing of the raid "couldn’t have come at a worse time in terms of the government’s standpoint".[/quote]

<blockquote class='quote\\_blockquote'><dl><dt>Quote:</dt><dd> </dd></dl><div>SOPA
With the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) protests only a day old, it was claimed that internet users were "by-and-far ready to defend an open Internet". Brown told RT that the Department of Justice website was shut down only 70 minutes after the start of the attack. Days later many of the sites were still down or slow to load. The attack disabled a number of websites, including those belonging to the Justice Department, the FBI, Universal Music Group, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and Broadcast Music, Inc."Even without SOPA having been passed yet, the federal government always had tremendous power to do some of the things that they want to do. So if this is what can occur without SOPA being passed, imagine what can occur after SOPA is passed," Brown commented. Although the actions of Anonymous received support, some commentators argued that the denial of service attack risked damaging the anti-SOPA case.

The attack included a new, sophisticated method whereby internet users who clicked on links placed in chat rooms and on Twitter participated, some without their knowledge, in a denial of service attack, thereby breaking existing US law. Anonymous used "Low Orbit Ion Cannon" (LOIC) to attack supporters of SOPA on January 19, 2012. Anonymous claimed this to be their largest attack with over 5,635 people participating in the DDoS attack via LOIC. LOIC was utilized by many attackers, despite the fact that a network firewall could easily filter out network traffic it generates, thus rendering it only partly effective. In addition, LOIC attacks were easily identified in system logs, making it possible to trace the attacker's IP address and allowing arrests to be made by these law enforcement agencies.[/quote]

 

[Goatcheese]

Like El posted.

 

[Fuego]

Anoymous, Just Owns!

 

[AKI Man]

Those SOPA guys can shove it up there asses. I hope it hurts them also.