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BBA on SOPA Strike

Post by KrispyKritter » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:40 pm

Did Zeus take the Buffalo Bad Ass homepage on strike?

It redirects to http://sopastrike.com/strike
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Post by Caroline20 » Wed Jan 18, 2012 4:17 pm

kinda funny
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Post by Zeus » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:36 pm

Yes it was, serious business that anyone who uses the net should read up on and be involved with.
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Post by mAecrAes » Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:44 pm

Kudos to Zeus for joining the others sites on strike today. :wtg:

Stopping this bill is something most of us can get behind regardless of political ideology.

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Post by Caroline20 » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:16 am

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Post by KrispyKritter » Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:50 pm

No wonder you were kinda laffing! :lmao:

And it's a good thing I did not title this thread: "BBA on PIPA Strike"
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Post by Mutt » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:42 pm

So, basically what people over here say when they figure out they're about to get screwed. Good to know some things don't change...
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Post by Diehard » Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:09 pm

Humm at least we know how to make friends in Poland now :wtg:
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Post by KrispyKritter » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:19 pm

mAecrAes wrote:Kudos to Zeus for joining the others sites on strike today. :wtg:

Stopping this bill is something most of us can get behind regardless of political ideology.
I saw an ad on TV today, in support of the bill. I didn't catch who produced it.
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Post by mAecrAes » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:04 am

Was probably funded by the MPAA or RIAA, or one of those other acronyms in hollywood.

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Post by Zeus » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:35 pm

And we WIN! for now at least.
Hi everyone!

A big hurrah to you!!!!! We’ve won for now -- SOPA and PIPA were dropped by Congress today -- the votes we’ve been scrambling to mobilize against have been cancelled.

The largest online protest in history has fundamentally changed the game. You were heard.

On January 18th, 13 million of us took the time to tell Congress to protect free speech rights on the internet. Hundreds of millions, maybe a billion, people all around the world saw what we did on Wednesday. See the amazing numbers here and tell everyone what you did.

This was unprecedented. Your activism may have changed the way people fight for the public interest and basic rights forever.


The MPAA (the lobby for big movie studios which created these terrible bills) was shocked and seemingly humbled. “‘This was a whole new different game all of a sudden,’ MPAA Chairman and former Senator Chris Dodd told the New York Times. ‘[PIPA and SOPA were] considered by many to be a slam dunk.’”

“'This is altogether a new effect,' Mr. Dodd said, comparing the online movement to the Arab Spring. He could not remember seeing 'an effort that was moving with this degree of support change this dramatically' in the last four decades, he added."
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Post by Mutt » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:49 pm

Zeus wrote:And we WIN! for now at least.
A big hurrah to you!!!!! We’ve won for now -- SOPA and PIPA were dropped by Congress today -- the votes we’ve been scrambling to mobilize against have been cancelled.
Postponed != cancelled... It's a step in the right direction, but this isn't over yet. :help:
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Post by SirPing » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:04 am

good work people, hax help a bit :coffee:
but stay on guard
best regards
revenge achievement..

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