It's an interesting dig, that the bill - SOPA - actually stands for "Stop Online Piracy Act," while slashdot (and others) label it Stop Online * Privacy* Act.
-Ted On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > So possibly SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act), a really stupid US Gvt law, > may actually have industry fighting back: > > > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/30/will-google-amazon-and-facebook-blackout-net/ > > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/01/02/157217/net-companies-consider-the-nuclear-option-to-combat-sopa > > > Some of this started earlier when GoDaddy supported it, and a backlash > started moving all their domains to other vendors (namecheap, primarily). > > I wonder what internet civilians would think of this? Shock? Awe? .. or > God the industry tycoons are way to big and we gotta regulate them harder? > > Things are so bad that they are at least entertaining. > > Back to Angry Birds. > > -- Owen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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