Activision/Blizzard supports SOPA

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/n...pporting-sopa/

Activision, the parent company of Blizzard supports SOPA. For all you WoW addicts out there, do you support SOPA too?

If you don't support the bill but you still pay them 15 dollars a month to play WoW, you should be ashamed of yourselves. They will probably use that money to finance their SOPA campaign. Shame on you WoW addicts!

Here is your time to make a change for the better. If you are a WoW addict or any gamer who plays Activision/Blizzard games, boycott their decision by signing the petition below that states you will stop playing their games for good starting today or if/when the bill is passed in the future.

Let your voice be heard! Dont be a puppet for them! These two game companies make lots of money already from you (the gamer) and it seems like they don't care about what you think either. They are all about making more and more profit. This bill, if passed, will destroy many small game companies/start-ups/innovations. This could mean no more Youtube, no more flickr, no more sharing. There will be many lawsuits in the technology/gaming/media sectors. I ask you to stop supporting game companies that want a bill you would only see in countries like China or Iran to be passed.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/n...pporting-sopa/

SOPA is already dropped. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...cy-legislation

Rejoice, have some orgy.

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Originally Posted by supe

SOPA is already dropped. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...cy-legislation

Rejoice, have some orgy.

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it is shelved, far from being dropped we will without doubt see another rewritten sopa style bill in 2013.

It will effect the entire video game industry. Not just Americans you silly fools.

If I'm not an American citizen, I don't want any Americans sticking their fingers where they don't belong. If passed this shouldn't effect any websites/databases outside the US. And the US shouldn't be able to punish someone not from their country.

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Originally Posted by marcipaans

It does concern you. Any video streaming site will be shut down. Like 98% of youtube content can be simply removed and no user created content will ever appear and so on. I don't understand how you still haven't caught up with the TBs idea.

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yeah sorry im having a crappy typing moment lol, what i ment to say is. i dont believe this will ever pass so im not worried much, atleast not yet.
and if it does pass and will block all those sites im gonna be a criminal lol

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Originally Posted by Abhorsen

yeah sorry im having a crappy typing moment lol, what i ment to say is. i dont believe this will ever pass so im not worried much, atleast not yet.
and if it does pass and will block all those sites im gonna be a criminal lol

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Considering how a pizza is now a vegetable I think SOPA/PIPA is very likely to succeed. Just shows that everything is possible in America. XD

Well I quit WoW awhile ago but I definitely won't be giving blizzard anymore money, shame because I was looking forward to Diablo III.

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Originally Posted by moshis

it still is your concern.. it will effect everyone not just US. My response was to the fact that we should stop playing wow.

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Dude its for AMERICA :D man we got other idiots trying to censoore and stop piracy here ... :D

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Originally Posted by poeticas

Dude its for AMERICA :D man we got other idiots trying to censoore and stop piracy here ... :D

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yeah but still he got a point, if they shut down american sites where we host files and images like imageshack we europeans are ****ed as wel lol

edit: i have to add, thats something i didnt understood at first either. sorry for my lack of knowledge ;p

Sadly it isn't over either....

http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/17/s...sume-february/

SOPA is still alive...

For non-Americans, you may want to check out what the rest of the world is up to in secret:

https://www.eff.org/issues/acta

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First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out --
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me -- and there was no one left to speak for me.

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This gives me chills up my spine after reading some of your responses in this thread.

Saying something like "oh lol it doesn't effect me I'm in another country" is so stupid man. When it comes to the internet, everything effects you. On the internet its not about individual countries, its about the ****ing GLOBE.

Here's how SOPA could affect us (in an ONRPG sense). Almost all of our avatars and signatures alone would be illegal. Not to mention nearly every posted video as well.

What makes this situation so ****ed up is that most of these things are US based.

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Originally Posted by Wormhole

Well I quit WoW awhile ago but I definitely won't be giving blizzard anymore money, shame because I was looking forward to Diablo III.

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I don't think Blizzard or for that matter Activision have a say in this because they're both owned by Vivendi which is a huge conglomerate which includes universal music group among others, so yea I bet they don't have a choice.

I just wish Blizzard was it's own company, no Activision and no Vivendi.

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Originally Posted by Aimee

Here's how SOPA could affect us (in an ONRPG sense). Almost all of our avatars and signatures alone would be illegal. Not to mention nearly every posted video as well.

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I cry for u US people ... but u know how can they sue me ? is my country laws allow that ? :D and i am damn sure they do because its germany its crazy on whole another lvl bout pirating and such xD


Damn guys they invented laws against FTP servers we invented Torrents .... They tried to stop torrents they got no shit there just look at thepiratebay :D They got thousands of debt and they don't even give a .....

IF there are more laws ... THERE ARE EVEN MORE WAYS INVENTED TO BREAK THEM ...
All hail black market ... they banned guns we sell them underground ... They banned a lot of things here in germany we still pirate them ... u think we will give a ..... ? TRY TO STOP BILLIARD OF PEOPLE from doing what they want on internet they won't even give a SINGLE LITTLE ..... bout it ...

U know what this is biassed if they would do such a thing JUST TO GET OUT OF DEBT ... then i wish to see white house in couple of years ... i don't think it will be still there....

Please People call the ..... down... I dont even see it passing.

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Originally Posted by poeticas

I cry for u US people ... but u know how can they sue me ? is my country laws allow that ? :D and i am damn sure they do because its germany its crazy on whole another lvl bout pirating and such xD

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They would not go directly at you. But what would onrpg be like with no money? It would cease to exist.

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Originally Posted by mattychew

Haven't heard about this at all on the news, only heard about this due to being on the internet, this should be spread out since it's going to affect everyone...

I'll gladly sign it even though i'm in Australia, we have run into our own problem with 'internet nazi's' or as they call themselves, politicians...

Right idea around stopping internet piracy, poor execution..

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Whether or not SOPA passes will have a direct effect on the internet policy here, especially with the likes of Senator Conroy & Former Attorney General Robert McClellend.

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Originally Posted by Aimee

They would not go directly at you. But what would onrpg be like with no money? It would cease to exist.

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Awwh, I'd miss everyone if that happened. :(.

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Originally Posted by Oisterboy

This gives me chills up my spine after reading some of your responses in this thread.

Saying something like "oh lol it doesn't effect me I'm in another country" is so stupid man. When it comes to the internet, everything effects you. On the internet its not about individual countries, its about the ****ing GLOBE.

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Especially when people consider that the majority of internet infrastructure is in the United States.

Thanks for signing the petition guys. I hope you spread the word to more gamers who currently play WoW.

This bill would affect everyone (it's the world wide web guys!). America is the center of it. Most of the websites you visit are created right here in America. Can you name one website coming from another country other than the US that has a global reach like Youtube, Facebook, Flickr, wikipedia, reddit, craigslist, etc. does? It's very hard to name one.

The majority of websites you visit today are hosted on American servers too. I can already tell that if this bill passes, a lot of companies would be sued and would have to move their operations/assets out of America. America will not be that country of opportunity anymore. It would be some other country that allows online piracy. Our unemployment rate would rise even higher than before. Is this what Activision/Blizzard wants?

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Originally Posted by Abhorsen

how so?

also im just pissed of that some websites i visit gotto stuff a huge black sensor bar in my face that cant be removed linking me to a voting site, the fact that i cant use that site anymore pisses me off so much i dont even want to vote.

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say go bye to your indie games, mmorpg etc. if hurt american it going to hurt your country as well the bill going to let them attack your country if you have any legal copyright stuff post on your fourms

Mark Zuckerberg was inspired to tweet for the first time since March 13th 2009 about SOPA. He wrote this today on his twitter account @finkd (his last tweet was almost 3 years ago lol):

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Tell your congressmen you want them to be pro-internet. My Facebook post is here: https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10100210345757211

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https://twitter.com/#!/finkd

It's good to know that the facebook founder is against SOPA too.

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Originally Posted by KarnageMister

This bill would affect everyone (it's the world wide web guys!). America is the center of it. Most of the websites you visit are created right here in America. Can you name one website coming from another country other than the US that has a global reach like Youtube, Facebook, Flickr, wikipedia, reddit, craigslist, etc. does? It's very hard to name one.

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The Pirate Bay

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Originally Posted by Barrettblatter

The Pirate Bay

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oh you need the read the bill they have right to block Priate bay or shutdown after the bill effect because they pay off your country. they have full support other country. this bill a Global Law. so dont say it wont hurt your country it will

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Originally Posted by Cy-Kill

The media doesn't want to let the general public know, this is why it hasn't shown up on any news broadcasts, and the only places on the Web that are actually covering it, are primarily tech sites.

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They did talk about it on the Rachel Maddow show. She even did a quick joke about how she was anti-sopa and her bosses (MSNBC) were pro-sopa.

Basically it'll end up being like this:

"Dude, I was listening to this new song called SPOILERBLAHBLAHMUSIC. It was so cool!"

If SOPA passes, say goodbye to onrpg & every other gaming forum. They'll get you by the balls and tell you what to do.

Oh, and our dear Poeticas as well as all of us other anime fans will never see anime online again.

There is a fine line between stealing and sharing. I like to view it as sharing when people share copyrighted content. You can't steal something that isn't physically there. It's basically air and people are being locked up for this and fined millions of dollars!

The internet was designed for sharing. You can't stop it unless you shut down the internet.