Stop this mutated egg fetus of a bill here:

 

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-sopa-2013/LMzMVrQF#thank-you=p

 

I'm Canadian, this doesn't concern me.

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I have a feeling if you sign up and "verify" your email you will be subjecting yourself to Government search to any of your private emails.

Yea I'm an Australian, and that It doesn't concern me, If it was about my Country yea I would be concerned about it    

^{That's retarded, anything to get MORE control, glad i'm Canadian..}

Oh Canada!

Lol, I love how everyone is like fuck it, I'm, canadian.

Keeping in mind that a very large portion of internet traffic is routed through the US. Enjoy yet more spying from the worlds biggest data whore.

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I have a feeling if you sign up and "verify" your email you will be subjecting yourself to Government search to any of your private emails.

they already know who you are....ever heard of the nsa? and for those who say oh im Canadian or Australian it doesn't concern me...you may not be in the states but this will eventually effect everybody in the whole world...we need to kill it here in the states before it spreads like cancer

they already know who you are....ever heard of the nsa? and for those who say oh im Canadian or Australian it doesn't concern me...you may not be in the states but this will eventually effect everybody in the whole world...we need to kill it here in the states before it spreads like cancer

 

NSA? you mean No Security for Americans?

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I have a feeling if you sign up and "verify" your email you will be subjecting yourself to Government search to any of your private emails.

I do not have any private emails, so it doesn't concern me.

well for once im glad I live in Australia,

NSA? you mean No Security for Americans?

yes that's it or is it Neocon Spying Assholes?

I'm thinking after this whole NSA thing, I think they can do whatever they want. Even if we manage to stop this bill, they'll find a way anyway. Call me paradoid, and I may have watched some episodes of the x-files but I think we're subjected to privacy breach as soon as we go online. 

Guys, listen to what Sniper says:

 

Keeping in mind that a very large portion of internet traffic is routed through the US. Enjoy yet more spying from the worlds biggest data whore.

 

It doesn't matter where you live, they will still spy on you, and then who knows what they will do if they find something...

I never understood these "piracy" bills and most likely never will, does privacy mean nothing to people these days?

 

I doubt it'll pass though, however if it does happen to pass I'm sure there will be a massive public backlash and something will be done... I hope. 

This will most likely kill all youtube gameplay & preview videos, modding and much much more...

 

@All those people who think they're so secure because they live in "Canada" or "Australian" - don't think yourself so secure when your own countries (as well as mine) now nearly all follow suit to the American way of life quite closely - of course you might have some minor differences but stop and think what globalization has done to the structure of our countries - nearly everywhere has a Burger King, a form of Wal-Mart (be it under different names like Asda), everyone wants to act American because it sounds 'cool'... If it doesn't stop in America it will soon become a world custom to do so - as long as its done by "Americans" it seems to be deemed 'alright' to do by the rest.

 

Also, nearly all of the network sites we use are based in the US, thus have to comply with US law - YouTube, Facebook, Mediafire - just look at Megaupload and see what happened to them...

 

I hope this tumour will be cut off before it spreads.

Edited August 24, 201312 yr by Double Doppler

This will most likely kill all youtube gameplay & preview videos, modding and much much more...

 

@All those people who think they're so secure because they live in "Canada" or "Australian" - don't think yourself so secure when your own countries (as well as mine) now all follow suit to the American way of life quite closely - of course you might have some minor differences but stop and think what globalization has done to the structure of our countries - nearly everywhere has a Burger King, a form of Wal-Mart (be it under different names like Asda), everyone wants to act American because it sounds 'cool'... If it doesn't stop in America it will soon become a world custom to do so - as long as its done by "Americans" its deemed 'alright' to do by the rest.

 

I hope this tumour will be cut off before it spreads.

 

We in Canada do NOT follow everything the Americans to our south do in our way of life. The only similarities that I could find is language (even though approx 50% of our country speaks or is fluent in French), the cars we drive and some services we use. Anything big that the US has ever tried to push on Canada has never worked in the past. A famous historical one with similar presidence was during the cold war, our releations have caused a bit of a rift. Straight from Wikipedia:

 

Canada also refused to join the Organization of American States, disliking the support and tolerance of the Cold War OAS for dictators. Under Pearson’s successor Pierre Trudeau, US-Canadian policies grew further apart. Trudeau removed nuclear weapons from Canadian soil, formally recognized the People's Republic of China, established a personal friendship with Castro, and decreased the number of Canadian troops stationed at NATO bases in Europe.

 

Oh, and one last thing: We aren't all gun-toting rednecks that shoot first and ask about privacy later/never.

We in Canada do NOT follow everything the Americans to our south do in our way of life. The only similarities that I could find is language (even though approx 50% of our country speaks or is fluent in French), the cars we drive and some services we use. Anything big that the US has ever tried to push on Canada has never worked in the past. A famous historical one with similar presidence was during the cold war, our releations have caused a bit of a rift. Straight from Wikipedia:

 

Canada also refused to join the Organization of American States, disliking the support and tolerance of the Cold War OAS for dictators. Under Pearson’s successor Pierre Trudeau, US-Canadian policies grew further apart. Trudeau removed nuclear weapons from Canadian soil, formally recognized the People's Republic of China, established a personal friendship with Castro, and decreased the number of Canadian troops stationed at NATO bases in Europe.

 

Oh, and one last thing: We aren't all gun-toting rednecks that shoot first and ask about privacy later/never.

 

Well isn't that nice to know...

 

You still have Wal-Mart, Burger King, US TV shows and music, Call of Duty - it's unavoidable now and its not your country's fault - it's due to globalization. It's getting like that over here as well. Alot of the material is quite good - but, it's still part of American culture. Whenever we go online - we face American T&Cs, our services are governed by US laws - take YouTube and Mediafire for example - they are both based in the US and are widely used worldwide. It's like that old song by Rammstein.

 

Globalization is required to some degree to push humanities efforts forward (esp. in the field of Science), but as a consequence, countries gradually lose a bit of their identity (hopefully not all) in the process.

 

If SOPA pulls the plug on them or pressurises them to comply with their new 'laws', they have to do it or face legal charges. Thus you meet new T&C on the most widely used sites, to comply with the new laws passed. This is one of the main reasons why YouTube has become more restrictive in the recent years.

 

This is why I'm in favour of efforts for the bill to be stopped. I can understand the reasons why such a bill would be passed, but like many other users across this site and web, it wouldn't be to my favour; the suggested terms sound a bit much, they could be perverted to any manner.

 

And it would probably spread to many other countries when passed, or atleast affect them, seeing as most of the servers who host the social networking and media sites we so much love and adore are based in the very country who might pass it.

Edited August 24, 201312 yr by Double Doppler

This is the primary issue with copyright claims to non-americans:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBmhd_pFlE