Works for main site, but not for others (disabling Java removes the SOPA banner, but you just get a blank, black page).
Damn. I needed to look up some stuff on the Skyrim wiki. **sigh**
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Damn. I needed to look up some stuff on the Skyrim wiki. **sigh**
I appreciate them making a point. Even if there are greasemonkey scripts and other tricks to get around it, you still have to consciously look for them, which means the blackout does not fail its purpose. Unfortunately, not being a US citizen, there's little I can do to help.
Two important details:
1. SOPA was shelved(but by no means dead), PIPA was not. PIPA is the Senate's version that is still being considered.
2. A majority vote can overrule the presidential veto. If the bill was to pass by such a mechanism or just pass as is, the last recourse would be the Supreme Court. The system does have some checks and balances, the catch is someone has to initiate them most of the time.
1. SOPA was shelved(but by no means dead), PIPA was not. PIPA is the Senate's version that is still being considered.
2. A majority vote can overrule the presidential veto. If the bill was to pass by such a mechanism or just pass as is, the last recourse would be the Supreme Court. The system does have some checks and balances, the catch is someone has to initiate them most of the time.
Worse is in Greek. Not for SOPA, but for PIPA.Regnes said:
Pipa is slang for blowjob in Greek.
STOP ALL THE BLOWJOBS!!
It's merely a taste of whats to come if SOPA is passed. Sometimes messages need to be hard hitting.
Point taken.Jodah said:
Although, as I noted above, that is why I signed the petition anyway. I just think it would help if the protestors changed their banners to read PIPA instead of SOPA (which is, for all intents and purposes, dead).
Well this protest certainly did its job, even if some of the major sites didn't participate their numbers are dwarfed completely by the numbers the porn sites will be raking in, I just *ahem* discovered that some pornographic sites are also helping spread awareness of the SOPA issue.
If more people did something about it months ago it may not be happening at all now...
you guys need to what the Phillip Defranco Show
you guys need to what the Phillip Defranco Show
SOPA gives more power to the huge companies that already abuse the living shit out of the power they already have through thanks to bills like the DMCA.Regnes said:
Giving them the power to shut down sites that they so much as think is infringing any sort of copyright without any trial or due process, is just unbelievable stupid. They will abuse this. They have proven that they will gladly abuse their power. The last thing we need to do is give them more, which is why these online protests are happening.
The chances are very, very good. Though after all these protests, hopefully things change. But the MPAA, RIAA, and others who support the bill are putting a shitload of money into getting SOPA/PIPA passed (makes you wonder, if piracy is hurting them so bad, where are they getting all the money to throw at SOPA/PIPA?).Jack Rascal said:
Basically, Hollywood and the like are throwing lots of money to get these passed, and it seems to be working pretty well for them.
That is, unless the bill goes back to Congress and they vote again on it. If the bill gets a 2/3 vote, it gets passed regardless of what the Executive branch has to say about it. That's called checks and balances.Bluntman1138 said:
Wikipedia doesn't want to stop you from circumventing their ban. It says in the like FIFTH question on the FAQ about SOPA how to disable their blackout. They have no qualms with you avoiding the blackout to look at info. Also, as stated, mobile sites work fine too.