Planned Blackout on January 18th

[twistedsymphony]

CollectorsEdition.org will be joining with thousands of other websites in a blackout protest on January 18th from 8AM to 8PM (-5 GMT)

We're doing this to alert our visitors as to the very real potential dangers of two bills that are being discussed in the US Congress right now, the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and the "Protect IP Act" (PIPA). While these bills have noble goals of protecting copyright holders they are far too broad and threaten the very nature of the internet. At their core they would allow US media companies the ability to black list any website they feel infringes on their property, and do so without any due process.

Should either of these bills pass it will effect the internet freedoms not just of those in the USA but the world as a whole.

Collector’sEdition.org will be closed to show you what could potentially be a permanent reality for nearly any website that allows user posted content.

There is a lot you can do to help stop this, even if you’re not a citizen of the USA…

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[bbki]

Awesome...I'm glad you participate in the movement against this Douchy Act.

Free porn forever!!!!

[jugolicious]

lol bbki

yes! lets fight the movement together!!!

[Twisted]

i'm obsessed with CE.org...i won't be able to cope with this blackout!!! :)..

[rapidly-greying]

I never even thought about free porn being affected,thats a travesty among travestys.

Bloody hell,i'd have to go back to boffing the wife ;-)

[nipperkipper]

I never even thought about free porn being affected,thats a travesty among travestys.

Bloody hell,i'd have to go back to boffing the wife ;-)

Poor you:pooryou:

[vhal_x]

Oh my, what am I going to do for those 12 hours!? :( :help::bomb: xx

[themidlandmaster]

I'm gonna miss you guys...

[vhal_x]

Since most websites will be down all day tomorrow, I am going to have a full internet/laptop free day tomorrow (well, excluding my Xbox, but I'll probably not go on Live anyway) :) Means I can get things done for once, instead of being distracted by this place :P xx

[gurpswoo1]

I am completely for this protest, if this bill goes through, it really will be the disaster.

Figures it will be down the day I get back :(

[vhal_x]

I really can't see the SOPA bill being passed, what with all the many people/companies that are against it? Hopefully... xx

[Lightning00]

This act was so stupid I don't even know Congress was thinking when they created it :banghead:

Even LoL is trying to stop it and craiglist

[gurpswoo1]

When the people in congress are 45+ and don't know how the internet works. It's not all that surprising when you consider the the companies forcing them to do it.

[lhurgoyf]

1/18/2012 - The most productive day in modern history.

Here is a nice break down on what exactly SOPA/PIPA is and why it is unacceptable: http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technical-examination-of-sopa-and.html

[Pielord]

Nice one guys! :D
Fuck SOPA!!!!

[Ayiu]

SOPA and PIPA failed! I'm glad that they didn't have make it to US congress :bday:

[gurpswoo1]

Yeah just heard the good news, time to rejoice.

[vhal_x]

SOPA failed, PIPA is just postponed for a few months :D But hurrah! xx

[lhurgoyf]

They will just amend HR 1981 with the SOPA/PIPA details and run it through the voting process. HR 1981 (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-1981) is already pretty bad to begin with since it requires your ISP to track all of your web activity for 18 months.

[gurpswoo1]

SOPA failed, PIPA is just postponed for a few months :D But hurrah! xx

:facepalm:, Oh well,

Ok we still have some work to do but we now have some real hope, maybe they have finally got the message. It's time politicians started to get the fact the the world is moving forward and leaving them behind.

The internet has allowed the individual to reach the masses who think the exact same way, its Sopa Act would not only undermined the revolution it created but turn back the clock to time and place that now feels dark and oppressed.

It is this fear that is driving us to protest and to try and kill this bill, it's for our future in the end.

Spread the word, :)

:bananalama:

[Ayiu]

I think it's a shame that there was never a report about these two bills in the German news. If there is a tree that has crashed in the USA even on an empty car the news here report about it but not about two bills that would effect the whole world and the freedom of the internet.....