So long, PIPA... stocking.. something. Long live the internets

Barcardi

Shorty wrote:

Speed Racer wrote:

man think if google had gone on blackout

I really, really wish they had

Well, really this is the first shot back at it. If SOPA or PIPA progress any further i would expect further escalation on googles part, if not more websites.

Bucketman

So does Rupert Murdoch have an actual argument other then "2 million people will lose their jobs to the internets"

Darmak

Has anyone posted this? http://gizmodo.com/5876984/the-mpaa-says-blackout-protests-are-an-abuse-of-power

TheStig

Darmak wrote:

Has anyone posted this? http://gizmodo.com/5876984/the-mpaa-says-blackout-protests-are-an-abuse-of-power

Why don't these sites just pay millions to hire lobbyists, throw parties for congressmen and make huge donations to politicians like normal people?

Deicist

Shorty wrote:

Speed Racer wrote:

man think if google had gone on blackout

I really, really wish they had

They have rivals, there's no way they'd do a blackout. Same with Facebook.

Wikipedia are in the enviable position of having no real rivals and being a not for profit organisation (I think? I can't wiki it ) so doing a 24 hour blackout won't harm their business.

Houk

Barcardi wrote:

Shorty wrote:

Speed Racer wrote:

man think if google had gone on blackout

I really, really wish they had

Well, really this is the first shot back at it. If SOPA or PIPA progress any further i would expect further escalation on googles part, if not more websites.

There is absolutely no way Google makes more than a token gesture for this movement

Lucky Cynic

I saw something that said if you disable javascript on your browser for Wikipedia, you can get back in.

I think they also left the mobile devices unaffected since A: java script doesn't work on phones and 2: I think they didn't want to be that big of dicks.


Also, can I suggest a new thread title? The Day the Internet Stood Still?

Houk

Lucky Cynic wrote:

I saw something that said if you disable javascript on your browser for Wikipedia, you can get back in.

I think they also left the mobile devices unaffected since A: java script doesn't work on phones and 2: I think they didn't want to be that big of dicks.


Also, can I suggest a new thread title? The Day the Internet Stood Still?

If you're the kind of person who can figure out how to disable javascript on your browser (or even know what the word "browser" means) you probably aren't the target demographic for this protest

Lucky Cynic

Look, I just saw a tiny disclaimer Wikipedia put up saying they left a work around available if you really need it-

And here I am relaying that information.

YoSoyTheWalrus

Deicist wrote:

Shorty wrote:

Speed Racer wrote:

man think if google had gone on blackout

I really, really wish they had

They have rivals, there's no way they'd do a blackout. Same with Facebook.

Wikipedia are in the enviable position of having no real rivals and being a not for profit organisation (I think? I can't wiki it )

This was good, I liked this

Lucky Cynic

Also, could you guys imagine what would happen if Facebook shut down for a day?

First off, Zynga would lose like twelve million dollars.

And uh, well, people would go fucking apeshit around the world.

George Fornby Grill

Holy shit The Police are excellent when you're high.

I didn't understand how ironic this was until I typed that just now.

E: wrong thread.

for content: YOU WOULDN'T HAVE FOUND THAT OUT WITH WIKIPEDIA. (Fucking SOPA blackout)

Muggins

Darmak wrote:

Has anyone posted this? http://gizmodo.com/5876984/the-mpaa-says-blackout-protests-are-an-abuse-of-power

That is the definition of the pot calling the kettle black if I've ever seen it.

Bucketman

Adding on to the anti-SOPA stuff: Chainsaw Suit, A Softer World, Overcompensating, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Shortpacked, Nedroid,

Henroid

Veretas wrote:

Darmak wrote:

Has anyone posted this? http://gizmodo.com/5876984/the-mpaa-says-blackout-protests-are-an-abuse-of-power

That is the definition of the pot calling the kettle black if I've ever seen it.

Yeah that guy really doesn't understand irony.

Also, laughing at the 'SAVE AMERICAN JOBS' shit. What the fuck is he smoking?

PwnanObrien

Destructoid.com has put up their holiday decorations early.

I still think Facebook should have gone on blackout. If you really want to get the attention of the non-political...

TheStig

Have you guys seen This Film Is Not Yet Rated? Because after watching that I feel like throwing up every time someone mentions the MPAA.

MetroidZoid

Am I missing something, Wiki is working fine for me. It says "The English Wikipedia is currently locked for the SOPA/PIPA blackout" at the top of the page, but the rest of the English page is working fine and all the links work too. This does not seem like an effective blackout.

Or did I read wrong and this starts tomorrow night? Or rather, tonight at midnight?

Dark Raven X

There's a new little Extra Credits protest ad thing up; http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/stand-together-the-gaming-community-vs-sopa-and-pipa

Opty

If you use Noscript and don't have wikimedia unblocked then Wikipedia's blocking doohickey won't trigger.

MetroidZoid

Ahhh.

Thank you

I was kind of hoping they would just, for lack of a better phrase, 'shut everything down'. Like a true blackout. No access, no nothing.

Dark Raven X

Edit; sorry, internet borked.

exist

i just got the thread title!

Bucketman

TheStig wrote:

Have you guys seen This Film Is Not Yet Rated? Because after watching that I feel like throwing up every time someone mentions the MPAA.

I just watched this instead of going to sleep like I should have! It was really great. Not only that, but I get this joke now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzbE0wpqeKc

Hobnail

So, my simple NoScript add-on for firefox defeats the wikipedia blackout I guess. That was easy, to the extent that the problem was solved before I was even aware of it.

Athenor

Wow. So I go to click on Google's top story about the blackout (which had an AP tag under it, so I assumed it was from the AP), and instead I was redirected here:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/18/wikipedia-goes-dark-for-24-hours-to-protest-us-web-piracy-bills/

Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of its volunteer editors, who say the protest of anti-piracy legislation could threaten the credibility of their work.
"My main concern is that it puts the organization in the role of advocacy, and that's a slippery slope," said editor Robert Lawton, a Michigan computer consultant who would prefer that the encyclopedia stick to being a neutral repository of knowledge. "Before we know it, we're blacked out because we want to save the whales."[/quote[

Stay classy, Fox News.


(I was probably redirected because I misclicked or it is a story rotater or something.)

Athenor

Also, it amuses me greatly that this blackout is ending up with more support than World IPv6 day did.

Nogs

Athenor wrote:

Also, it amuses me greatly that this blackout is ending up with more support than World IPv6 day did.

really?

msuitepyon

Man, this blackout stuff is a tease. At least say you're blacking out instead of presenting me with the main page and letting think I'll get some information only to shut me down.

Dark Raven X

Athenor wrote:

Also, it amuses me greatly that this blackout is ending up with more support than World IPv6 day did.

I ain't even heard of that. Just tested; guess I can't get on IPv6.

LuvTheMonkey

They're doing another IPv6 thingy this year, on June 6 - all of Google, Facebook, Bing, and Yahoo will have it turned on for good.

Shorty

Bucketman wrote:

TheStig wrote:

Have you guys seen This Film Is Not Yet Rated? Because after watching that I feel like throwing up every time someone mentions the MPAA.

I just watched this instead of going to sleep like I should have! It was really great. Not only that, but I get this joke now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzbE0wpqeKc

the private investigator in that movie was rad as hell

redfenix

holy shit, on imgur, you can put in your phone number
and it will call your phone, then forward you to the appropriate state rep for you

http://americancensorship.org/modal/call-form-moz.html

That's ballin.

Duke 2.0

Google isn't doing anything because behind the scenes, a week before this bill were to be voted upon they will secretly close down their site with a small note stating that with the new internet restrictions they can no longer operate that part of the site and must close down.

Everyone everywhere loses their shits.

redfenix

From fark.com

While a bunch of other sites are going "dark" to protest SOPA/PIPA, we're over the moon about the whole thing. Why? Honestly, we've been bringing you the latest news happening across the internet for 12 years, and we're tired. And SOPA/PIPA is the perfect excuse to quit.

Shorty

I hadn't thought about fark in at least four years

Wimble

sopa is swedish slang for calling someone a loser

derived from sopor which means garbage

Garlic Bread

Shorty wrote:

I hadn't thought about fark in at least four years

like...12 for me

Brolo

Keith wrote:

Shorty wrote:

I hadn't thought about fark in at least four years

like...12 for me

WTF
LOL
DUMB

Athenor

Hah!

Using the link to the Cracked article on the first page, I found that the list of authors of the bill was out there.

So I click through to boingboing to read the authors... and I couldn't, because the website was blacked out.