Capcom and SOPA and everyone else

MIkes · Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:14 pm�� Post subject:

Aye, that's the one.

StorminNorman · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:11 am�� Post subject:

I just came across this keynote speech, given by the Internet's Most Awesome Person, Cory Doctorow, at the most recent Chaos Computer Club meeting.

He talks about how this war, against what my friend likes to call "Big Poetry", is just the beginning, because they're just the first groups who want to stop us from running software on our computers that they don't like.
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jprockbelly · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:12 am�� Post subject:

^great speech

The wikipedia shutdown in getting a fair bit of attention, there was even a slot about it on the ABC news this morning. Although, it was more a story about how popular wikipedia was not about what they are protesting.
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StorminNorman · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:40 am�� Post subject:

MPAA calls web blackout 'abuse of power'.
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grim-one · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:54 am�� Post subject:

fatpizza · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:56 pm�� Post subject:

Quin · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 3:59 pm�� Post subject:

jprockbelly · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:17 pm�� Post subject:

Just tried to look somthing up on wikipedia..... got a shock when it redirected.... I'm an idiot.
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GooberMan · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:25 pm�� Post subject:

Hands up who's asking for an extension on their homework right now!
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MIkes · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:26 pm�� Post subject:

I have decided to start making up random crap for the next day and watch was everyone under 25 can't prove me wrong.

Benza · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:03 pm�� Post subject:

Kind of like what James Franklin did back in 1912 when the printing presses shut down for a week? And he made his own newspapers just printing absolute bullshit?
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MIkes · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:06 pm�� Post subject:

Exactly.

Did you know for two weeks in 1982 toast was legal tender in the UK?

Benza · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 5:10 pm�� Post subject:

I heard they had to stop because it was exciting the local badger population with all the food lying around.
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Frozencry · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:01 pm�� Post subject:

Well, now that wikipedia is down I won't be giving people advice on how to computer or what is a good computer part for a day, because I really don't know shit.
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theory · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:03 pm�� Post subject:

Mobile Wiki is still up and running as normal.

http://en.m.wikipedia.com/ or phone apps.
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mikezilla2 · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:08 pm�� Post subject:

could also just use answers .com or other sites that simply copypsata from wiki that said the mobile site also redirected im not srue if its the fact that my net is capped but i simply stopped the page from loading to avoid the redirect , that and i would think simply using the cache from a few days ago would suffice.
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theory · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:11 pm�� Post subject:

I think it's a pretty big stuff up to leave the mobile site up... kinda, umm, goes against the whole point they are trying to make.
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mikezilla2 · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:16 pm�� Post subject:

even the standerd wikipages work - the indexing and what not - pretty sure its all still working its just that if you let the page load fully it will redirect

i think i read somewere a few days ago that the redirects would be just that .....
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StorminNorman · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:17 pm�� Post subject:

Taking it down would break a lot third-party Wikipedia apps, though.
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Benza · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:22 pm�� Post subject:

they're doing the blackout through a java ap when you go to the page that redirects you.

So far 4chan is blacking out all text on their site, SMBC is down, Nedroid has a censored comic, Reddit is still up and Fark are promising to 'go white in support of SOPA' so I have no idea what's happening with that.

All in all, looks like tomorow is going to be a boring arse day at work for me.
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mikezilla2 · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:25 pm�� Post subject:

just turn off java script or view the page with out a "stylesheet" so far iv been able to get to everything with out turning off java.
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emwearz · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:57 pm�� Post subject:

ESA (Who run E3) are backing SOPA, many big names such as Screwattack wont be covering E3 this year unless the ESA remove there support for SOPA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp8S8eJkMW8

mikezilla2 · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:12 pm�� Post subject:

wow
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dimefan90 · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:28 pm�� Post subject:

You can block the java redirect with an adblocker
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