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eliyesSo. The day after the SOPA & PIPA protests, we get the announcement that while they were happening, the FBI and/or other agents of the USA Justice Department shut down Megaupload and arrested several of its executives on criminal conspiracy charges relating to copyright violation and online piracy.
Which begs the question: if they can do that with existing laws, why do they need SOPA or PIPA?
(An astounding number of news sources are reporting that Anonymous's protest actions was retaliation for the Megaupload thing, despite Anonymous making it pretty clear why they did what they did. These news sources are mostly quoting each other, which is how stupidity feeds on itself, children. I linked to the BBC because it sensibly didn't say anything of the sort, but had to mention the phenomenon.)
A couple of links for my fellow Canucks:
What SOPA means for Canada and SOPA would have a big impact on Canada: law professor says US law would actually target foreign websites, which, DUH, this has been obvious from the start! And is the main reason why I have wanted to punch certain Canadians in the face recently. (It might kickstart their brains, who knows?)
Supposedly SOPA and PIPA will be amended before being passed, primarily to remove the DNS redirect facet -- but they're saying they're taking it out because internet security experts have warned them that it would make things much easier for hackers, while at the same time saying they're committed to the idea of DNS redirecting as a security measure. We will see how things turn out.
Which begs the question: if they can do that with existing laws, why do they need SOPA or PIPA?
(An astounding number of news sources are reporting that Anonymous's protest actions was retaliation for the Megaupload thing, despite Anonymous making it pretty clear why they did what they did. These news sources are mostly quoting each other, which is how stupidity feeds on itself, children. I linked to the BBC because it sensibly didn't say anything of the sort, but had to mention the phenomenon.)
A couple of links for my fellow Canucks:
What SOPA means for Canada and SOPA would have a big impact on Canada: law professor says US law would actually target foreign websites, which, DUH, this has been obvious from the start! And is the main reason why I have wanted to punch certain Canadians in the face recently. (It might kickstart their brains, who knows?)
Supposedly SOPA and PIPA will be amended before being passed, primarily to remove the DNS redirect facet -- but they're saying they're taking it out because internet security experts have warned them that it would make things much easier for hackers, while at the same time saying they're committed to the idea of DNS redirecting as a security measure. We will see how things turn out.
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Date: 2012-01-20 01:00 pm (UTC)(let's see them upload their episodes to Megaupload now. unaffected by all this bullshit my arse.)
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Date: 2012-01-20 05:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-20 05:36 pm (UTC)