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Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea) by Tyler on 18 Jan, 2012 12:20
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Politics is normally not allowed on SBG, but this is something that threatens the actual existence of SBG, so this must be said. If you are U.S. citizen, you need to act IMMEDIATELY! Call your congressman and tell them to vote AGAINST S.O.P.A and P.I.P.A...this video explains why!
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/9h2dF-IsH0I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/9h2dF-IsH0I?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0</a>
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#1 by LAGLE on 18 Jan, 2012 13:16
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Might just be me, but the video doesn't show.
However, it's completely idiotic. there will be 502 people getting sued a minute. -
#2 by TheSlyBear on 18 Jan, 2012 13:43
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I have contacted my representatives and my senators urging them to oppose these bills (though one of them is the jerk that created one of them).
I urge everyone else to contact theirs. -
#3 by mrzed on 18 Jan, 2012 13:47
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Might just be me, but the video doesn't show.
However, it's completely idiotic. there will be 502 people getting sued a minute.
Video does not show for me either. I've had a lot of these SOPA video's that dont' show from other sites and FB and Youtube that won't show. Wonder if they are being sensored?
Z
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#4 by -Doug- on 18 Jan, 2012 14:18
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Here's the direct link to the talk. I watched it earlier and it give a good explanation of SOPA and PIPA.
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#5 by mrzed on 18 Jan, 2012 14:42
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Do you need to be a member/subscriber of ted.com to view the video? That might be the issue. Thanks for the direct link, Doug.
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#6 by -Doug- on 18 Jan, 2012 15:55
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I'm on Google Chrome and I can see the posted video just fine. No TED membership is necessary.
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#7 by Tyler on 18 Jan, 2012 23:42
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Not sure why you guys can't see the video. I'll see if someone posted it on YouTube yet.
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#8 by Tyler on 18 Jan, 2012 23:45
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I've updated the video with a YouTube version...you should now be able to watch it here.
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#9 by D.A.L.U.I. on 19 Jan, 2012 06:46
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The morning news indicated that enough congressmen have withdrawn their support that the measure is dead
. The power of the net 
, don't mess with it.
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#10 by Tyler on 19 Jan, 2012 13:00
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We have won the battle, but we have not won the war!
Here's a must read article - http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/19/sopa-scorecard-internet-lobbyists/The morning news indicated that enough congressmen have withdrawn their support that the measure is dead
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#11 by D.A.L.U.I. on 19 Jan, 2012 15:46
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Oh, the battle is important, but the war won't end. There are people who plan to make money and this is the camel's nose under the tent in their efforts to start an ASCAP style scheme to charge anyone with a website a fee. ASCAP is a racket, and these people want another one!
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#12 by buddha on 26 Jan, 2012 01:08
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http://www.infowars.com/obama-signs-global-internet-treaty-worse-than-sopa/
I wish I could have gottn a link to an article somewhere other than Infowars. Maybe somebody else can confirm the information contained in this story from an independent source. Interesting, though, that this is the first anyone's heard of the treaty which, reportedly, has already been signed. -
#13 by Tyler on 27 Jan, 2012 02:04
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I've been seeing this pop up on Facebook recently. The treaty is called ACTA. I'll post more once I know more.
http://www.infowars.com/obama-signs-global-internet-treaty-worse-than-sopa/
I wish I could have gottn a link to an article somewhere other than Infowars. Maybe somebody else can confirm the information contained in this story from an independent source. Interesting, though, that this is the first anyone's heard of the treaty which, reportedly, has already been signed.