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[uber pye]

No, because it'll be selectively enforced. You'll have to take them to an actual court, spend thousands upon thousands of dollars pressing the suit, and win several appeals until the case reaches the Supreme Court, which will have the authority to declare the law unconstitutional, causing you to lose all the money you've sunk into this thing. Meanwhile, you'll be constantly scrutinized for breaking any of hundreds of minor laws that are almost never enforced. This is what we call the "best case scenario". Corruption is pretty great, huh?

i was just thinking of being spiteful
the whole we get locked down they get locked down

[Bohandas]

What we need to do is boycott Hollywood and the music industry.

[RedKing]

Hm... Are you suggesting that the true path to liberal utopia is for everyone to murder everyone else in a senseless rage?

No, I think he was just implying that if we could get conservatives to believe that "breathing is for liberals", they'd choose mass asphyxiation out of sheer political spite. And everyone wins.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Everyone has been talking about this in real life. I get the feeling this blackout really will make a difference.

[MagmaMcFry]

I wonder what will happen to all those hardcore Internet users out there that are suddenly deprived of their joy and/or purpose in life?

They will have time.
They will have anger.
They will have revenge.

Let's hope Anonymous can handle all the new applicants.

[King DZA]

I've been vaguely keeping tabs on the whole internet censorship thing. I was a bit happy at first. Thinking, "Lovely, this could be the final straw that shows them the futility of their impeding systems!".

But It won't. Will it? It'll get some outrage here and there, but eventually slip by like all of the other fucked up things people choose to accept. Even if it's current form is successfully defeated, it will return in a mask over and over until it finally worms its way in.

Looks like I'll have to speed up my 'Uplifting of Humanity' plans a bit now. Damn, and here I was thinking I'd be able to squeeze in a little vacation to Hawaii somewhere in the process.

[Loud Whispers]

I've been vaguely keeping tabs on the whole internet censorship thing. I was a bit happy at first. Thinking, "Lovely, this could be the final straw that shows them the futility of their impeding systems!".

But It won't. Will it? It'll get some outrage here and there, but eventually slip by like all of the other fucked up things people choose to accept. Even if it's current form is successfully defeated, it will return in a mask over and over until it finally worms its way in.

Looks like I'll have to speed up my 'Uplifting of Humanity' plans a bit now. Damn, and here I was thinking I'd be able to squeeze in a little vacation to Hawaii somewhere in the process.

~King DZA, 2012

[Bohandas]

I've been vaguely keeping tabs on the whole internet censorship thing. I was a bit happy at first. Thinking, "Lovely, this could be the final straw that shows them the futility of their impeding systems!".

But It won't. Will it? It'll get some outrage here and there, but eventually slip by like all of the other fucked up things people choose to accept. Even if it's current form is successfully defeated, it will return in a mask over and over until it finally worms its way in.

This is why Hollywood must be destroyed.

[Aqizzar]

Everyone has been talking about this in real life. I get the feeling this blackout really will make a difference.

Technically speaking, it already has.  Several Senators and Representatives, including Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), who originally signed the House and Senate version have withdrawn their support.  I'd expect momentum to keep rolling from there as it turns into a partisan issue, then a bunch of Democrats abandon it, and then it falls by the wayside.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

If the Democrats drop it someone should show the Republican co-signers the Fox News comment pages. Nothing says "Nothing to vote on here" to a Republican politician like having their constituents calling them RINOs who support the Liberal Agenda.

[Karlito]

So, is Wikipedia going to have to black out every year when a new bill is introduced? Even though the names of these particular bills have become political poison, politicians still don't understand how the internet works and aren't committed to keeping it free and open.

[MagmaMcFry]

So, is Wikipedia going to have to black out every year when a new bill is introduced? Even though the names of these particular bills have become political poison, politicians still don't understand how the internet works and aren't committed to keeping it free and open.

Perhaps we should make the Internet a separate nation.

[Levi]

Can't all the webhosting services move to a country without SOPA or something?  Wouldn't that prevent most of the damage?

[King DZA]

I've been vaguely keeping tabs on the whole internet censorship thing. I was a bit happy at first. Thinking, "Lovely, this could be the final straw that shows them the futility of their impeding systems!".

But It won't. Will it? It'll get some outrage here and there, but eventually slip by like all of the other fucked up things people choose to accept. Even if it's current form is successfully defeated, it will return in a mask over and over until it finally worms its way in.

Looks like I'll have to speed up my 'Uplifting of Humanity' plans a bit now. Damn, and here I was thinking I'd be able to squeeze in a little vacation to Hawaii somewhere in the process.

~King DZA, 2012

Would be quite a twist, wouldn't it?

No need to worry everyone. 2012, is not the end of the world. It's the beginning of a new one.

[kaijyuu]

@Levi
SOPA's specifically made to prevent stuff like that. It's literal censorship; the government would be able to decide which websites you're allowed to visit, regardless of where they're hosted.