Reddit prepares for anti-SOPA blackout, others may follow

User Comments: 36

1. January 12, 2012 12:48 PM
   Guest said:

   There's a countdown to the Blackout here. http://vrsry.com/sopa Thought ya'll'd like it.

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2. January 12, 2012 1:03 PM
   veLa said:

   TechSpot, this is your cue to be party of the blackout as well. We need websites like you to be a good opposition as well.

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3. January 12, 2012 2:56 PM
   

   Relic, TechSpot Chancellor, said:

   Hopefully this wakes up the masses to SOPA and gets them to contact their representatives to see where they stand.

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4. January 13, 2012 8:06 AM
   Guest said:

   I am disgusted that legislation like this could even be concieved by the human brain.

   It is an ABOMINATION of legislation, and therefore must be destroyed. I encourage all American Citizens, Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Middle-eastern, whatever to oppose this... Sh!t. This garbage cannot roll out of the doors of any senate hearing. Congress + Constitution= TL;DR.

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5. January 13, 2012 2:35 PM
   JudaZ said:

   burty117 said:

   ikesmasher said:

   YES! the people with the most power on the internet should step in! facebook would be annoying to some, but we can live without for a day. Honestly, i think they should shut their sites down for a week...but i don't see that happening.

   If facebook went down because of SOPA, I know people who would go mad, so mad infact they would seriously look into opposing SOPA... God I wish facebook would do this now!

   I'm hoping Google will join.

   Imagine what effect that would have ..

   no Gmail, no Google search, no Google translate, no Google maps, no GTalk, Internet would grind to a halt.

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6. January 13, 2012 5:05 PM
   Guest said:

   If Twitter goes down, how will I tweet about the blackout? :P

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7. January 13, 2012 5:22 PM
   

   wizardB said:

   Guest said:

   Ok ppl a little perspective may be in order. The root of SOPA is to stop other countries from profiting from American movies etc. That I am all for. But I don't see this bill going through. There are way too many ppl paranoid. Yes SOPA has the potential to cause censorship on the web, but no one else has any better ideas on how to stop the pirates. Maybe our energy would be better spent coming up with a BETTER idea about how to handle online piracy. Hey I know lets sic ANON on them!!!!

   You are Wrong SOPA is nothing but a power grab by big content they will use this to shut down Indi music and movie sites ,they want control of what and how you watch and listen they are so use to being able to buy control from your government that they can not get it through their heads that we the People can fight back for what we believe and we believe in the free flow of information and ideas no matter how much business and government fear them.

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8. January 16, 2012 10:12 AM
   Guest said:

   More laws will solve everything

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9. January 16, 2012 12:51 PM
   Guest said:

   It doesn't matter whether it ia SOPA or any other, it's a form of policing the Net...noticed most of the antipiracy stuff on the net is only from USA, with big corporations behind it trying to take control, it's all about control, ok theres profit involved but thats not the issue it's power, damn USA think they can dictate (HITLER comes to mind) to the world, as if they own it, sorry but rest of the world has there own laws and most govenments will tell Sopa where to stick it !.....the net is mostly free and i'd like to keep it that way.....regarding lost profits....make your sofware etc cheaper and more avilable and piracy will go down, stands to reason that cheaper it is more you sell = more profit in long term, as piracy goes it will never be stamped out, some do it for fun and because they can, to some they get a buz, like hackers

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10. January 17, 2012 1:18 PM
    

    SNGX1275, TS Special Forces, said:

    Meanwhile ICANN is requiring proof of ID before allowing new generic top level domains, which will likely trickle down to any domain in time.

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11. January 17, 2012 5:11 PM
    Guest said:

    I think that if we were to boycott the special interests (itunes), they would get a rid of the bill. also, if anybody wants to try actually DOING something instead of just whining, please help me googlebomb the phrase Please don't take our freedom to the url www.stopthewall.us . By creating a google-bomb and telling people about it, you can generate publicity. Trust me, if you dont know how to googlebomb, just look it up, its fairly simple, quite easy, and capable of making a difference if enough people spread the word once its up.

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