SOPA!

January 18, 2012 4:03 pm

I'm sure you've noticed that today Subeta, and lots of other sites are protesting SOPA.

I touched on it lightly a few weeks ago, but SOPA (and it's senate alternative PIPA) are bills currently in development in the United States that would kill artistic freedom, and really the whole internet as we know it. Imagine if SOPA had passed five years ago, youtube would have never existed and you wouldn't have some of the most awesome videos wouldn't have ever existed. DeviantArt, Twitter, Tumblr, and most importantly, Subeta could never exist under SOPA/PIPA.

So please, Take Action today. Call your senator and your congressional representative and tell them that how you feel about SOPA. If this is your first call to a representative, here is a handy guide!

If you aren't American, here is what Wikipedia says that you can do!

I don't live in the United States. How can I help?
Contact your local State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and any similar legislation. SOPA and PIPA will affect sites outside of the United States, and actions to sites inside the United States (like Wikipedia) will also affect non-American readers -- like you. Calling your own government will also let them know you don't want them to create their own bad anti-Internet legislation.

I suggest watching this video as well!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The only people who support it are big corporations and old government guys who never go on the Internet.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thank you for posting the links! I hope folks will take the time to make their voices heard. :)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I can't believe this thing even exists, let alone that there are people that actually SUPPORT passing it. It's just so ridiculous.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I want to post this because people seem to be a bit confused but... SOPA is actually still alive and active. They never shelved it. They refined it. SOPA and PIPA are two different bills one by congress one by senate. BOTH want the same thing. There is also a bill called The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, is a multi-national agreement with similar goals to the U.S.-only PROTECT IP and SOPA bills. It is criticized for many of the same reasons that PROTECT IP and SOPA are, but is also concerning because it has been drafted in secret.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Scary thoughts.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Our country is going insane. -_- This would kill the internet.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

+ = Greyout HA !

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

If SOPA and PIPA are passed anyone who posts copyrighted work could face a minimum of five years in prison if convicted. That's just for ONE picture or link. So if someone did this 4 times they would spend life in prison!

We would have more people in prison for using the internet than for murder.

Now how messed up is that?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Go Subeta!! btw how did ya'll grey out your HA?

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oh another greyout HA ! I feel less alone ! XD

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Signed the non-US petition. Wishing I could think of more to do right now =X This makes me sick to my stomach. The Kopimists have the right idea... If this goes through looks nervously at 1984 well at least I'll be vindicated in my book hoarding habits ^^;

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

This is so ridiculous to me, spending all this money because the US thinks they can run the internet when they could spend the money on helping its citizens

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

i voted, hope everybody else does too

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I've already signed the petition for non-Americans.

I really hope this doesn't pass. It's just nuts.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Good luck guys! In South Africa, an Information secrecy bill sadly got passed, enabling our government to basically declare anything as "sensitive information", essentially suppressing the media. I guess this is the way the world seems to be going unfortunately :/

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I didnt care about this till this morning when I was watching Big Brother Argentina live feeds & they decided to have a little "What is SOPA" advert for about 13min

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Apollo - God damn, angry much.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

We have hundreds of domains that we are moving at a time. We aren't hosted at GoDaddy at all, and the only services we purchase from them are our domains. We are in the process of moving our hundreds of domains, like I said via twitter.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Hope you don't mind Kieth...I shared this on my FB....

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Love that Subeta is in on the protest against SOPA (then again I would expect no less if you awesome sauces :D) I live in Virginia and did call both offices of Webb and Warner, the lady in Warner's told me that he has been against it from the start and the lady at Webb's said at the Richmond office they don't know Webb's stance as he is located in DC. Just thought I'd toss that out there! They basically do just ask you what your stance is and your zip code to then send the information to Washington.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Goddamn, this is annoying. -_- Someone's getting a phone call or two...or 10...later. I'll bring this up at my choir practice tonight and get all 100 or so of them to call too.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Fortunately SOPA seems to have died a bureaucratic death (permanently shelved). PIPA, her little sister, is the new fight. Call your Senators, folks! If they're in favor of PIPA, let them know you, the constituent, aren't. If they're opposed to it, thank them for representing your interests and encourage them to keep fighting the good fight.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

dang that's annoying. The united states does not own the internet! Ugh darn power hungry people

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Good lip service Keith, you're great at TELLING everyone to do something but you wont get off your ass and do something yourself.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f184/Jonos_vision/SOPA.jpg

GoDaddy is a HUGE supporter and I tweeted you a few weeks ago asking if you were going to switch your domains from GoDaddy which Subeta is run on. You said you would and well you didnt.

Registrant: Keith Kurson

Registered through: Go Daddy Domain Name: SUBETA.NET

Domain servers in listed order: MELODY.SUBETA.NET REBORN.SUBETA.NET

GO DADDY NOT ONLY SUPPORTS SOPA, IT HELPED WRITE IT, AND A BIGGER DICKHOLE MOVE, WROTE INTO SOPA THAT IT WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM IT. GO DADDY HAS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS STATED THAT IT HAD CHANGED ITS OPINION AND NO LONGER SUPPORTS SOPA, BUT THIS TURNED OUT TO BE A LIE AND BROUGHT FORTH ONLY TO STOP PEOPLE FROM TRANSFERING DOMAINS, AND TO DO DAMAGE CONTROL. GODADDY STILL SUPPORTS SOPA.

Direct Quote: After initially saying it supported SOPA, Go Daddy was forced to change its opinion after a backlash began on the Web against the registrar. Despite the move, however, many have pegged Go Daddy’s decision to go against the legislation as disingenuous and more of a move to conduct damage control than anything else.

There has been a MASS exodus from sites that are hosted on GoDaddy, from REDDIT, to WIKI, to IMGUR and more. Subeta was suppost to be one of them.

Subeta is still being hosted by GoDaddy because once again Keith likes to play lip service to doing something but is too lazy to actually do it, surprise surprise.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

thumbs up for linking to avpm.

also, i'm not sure what i can do as a non-american even though this also affects me :c

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

That's awesome of you. :)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I've commented previous non-US resident posters with the link just in case =)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Thanks Tilcara! I was going to post this but left my computer for a few minutes. To post it again just in case: Non US citizens can vote here! Americancensorship.org

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Good that you're doing this Keith!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

For other non-americans, there is stuff you can do. It will take a little more effort and research on your part to find the information, no handy links, but Wikipedia says this: "I don't live in the United States. How can I help? Contact your local State Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or similar branch of government. Tell them you oppose SOPA and PIPA, and any similar legislation. SOPA and PIPA will affect sites outside of the United States, and actions to sites inside the United States (like Wikipedia) will also affect non-American readers -- like you. Calling your own government will also let them know you don't want them to create their own bad anti-Internet legislation."

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Let the senators pass the bill. Lets see what they do in their office while facebook is banned >.< I could love to see their reaction on youtube... oh wait is going to be banned....

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oh and, I found this petition for non-US residents.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

So uh...where is Sub protesting this? ._.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Making a grey HA is the only thing I could think of doing here. Thanks for bringing this to our attention some weeks ago, otherwise I wouldn't have understood as well what happens today. It's important that SOPA/PIPA are stopped. Currently similar texts are being thought of in Europe and if the action is important enough it will certainly discourage them too !

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Fever - Then I must be blind as I would like to know where I can vote against the ridiculous US bill as they don't own the internet and stuff.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

maybe some of you have to use a forum for this and give us europeans zip codes to vote too even when we dont live there :)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

If I had a phone... &;_&;

I really hope this doesn't pass. I thought it was a joke when I first heard about the bill, because it sounded so ridiculous. And it is. I don't want the United States government to start acting like China's government. D< 'Gads.

Thank you for being awesome and pushing for people to act against this abomination of a bill.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Well, I heard somewhere that Obama is really against this. But everyone should still sign a petition against these two acts and should still call their senators. We have to fight against this. Just think about how the internet will be if this passes... D:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

As Canadians we are not able to sign any petitions because they want you to be a US citizen/resident. I personally don't think its fair that the US get to make decisions that effect what sites I can access when I have no vote in the process. If you guys no of any sites we can go to to sign up, you should post them to let us know.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Although I fully support this protest, being Australian, it says my zip code is invalid...however...I did live in the States for a while. types in old zip code

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Guys, it doesn't matter about the location. You can still vote against this.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

These bills would affect all of us world wide, too bad we non US citizens can't have a vote in this!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I agree thank you for bringing light to it. Many non USA members do not seem to understand that it will impact them also if the bill gets passed. This is part of the problem of the high ages of our elected officials They have no idea on the current state of affairs or tech of the nation

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

thank god it was getting a little awkward when i went to go change :/

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'm Canadian too, and I think that Subeta's promoting awareness of this issue is great. I support the protest, because it'll affect us, too. Let's hope today's wide-spread protest actually makes an impact in the vote later in the month. :(

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

There are also places where non-US citizens can take action against this! Please don't think 'I can't do anything, I'm not American' - this affects the world wide web. That means everyone. Everyone has a right to vote.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by