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by Ashlar
Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:45 pm
Forum: Technical Tips, Questions & Discussions (Computers & Internet)
Topic: Wikipedia and others down for 24 hrs
Replies: 20
Views: 6224

Re: Wikipedia and others down for 24 hrs

Ugh.. those of you in Lamar Smith's district need to be mailing him furiously..

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-57360 ... ext-month/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chairman of the House Judiciary committee, said today he expects the debate over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) to resume sometime next month.
by Ashlar
Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:45 am
Forum: Technical Tips, Questions & Discussions (Computers & Internet)
Topic: Wikipedia and others down for 24 hrs
Replies: 20
Views: 6224

Re: Wikipedia and others down for 24 hrs

No, the house version is dead, but the senate version is.. uncertain, though not likely.

It theoretically could get passed in the senate and get reintroduced in the house and pass.

At this point, the blackout is more of a token measure just to express how horrible this bill would have been. Even a site like this could have been knocked off the internet by an overzealous copyright holder. As many pictures from various sites, and article excerpts that are posted here? *flip switch* -- now we're gone, and it's up to you to justify why it should be turned back on, at your own expense.

And congresscritters wonder why congressional approval is so low. If Lamar Smith were *my* congresscritter, I'd be blasting emails at him til my fingers bled. He needs to get his hand out of the back pocket of Hollywood lobbyists.

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