Really!! Looks like the forum has been hacked.
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looks like a hack to me as well, of whole PA site
Seems to be a larger commitment against internet censorship with companies like Mozilla or the FSF being on board. Click on the Link and you will see for yourself.
Looks like John put it there on purpose and I think its a great way to create awareness!
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
and what I read alarmed me .... small banner looked rather like a hack BUT points to a possible law that could impact any site routed through US servers (I presume) censoring loads of content .... poorly thought out it could well be & only really serve to fill pockets of lawyers & a handful of big corps ... just have to hope it's unenforceable &/or won't create global censorship .... please tell me it's USA only?
This is US only. But fears are that other countries might adopt it if it works well. Although I have no Idea how to measure success in that case.
"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate
For anybody confused, go and read the page. While a law like this would help us be able to block sites overseas that blatantly steal our work and others' work, a national blacklist (ala Iran and China) isn't the right way to handle it.
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Huh? John, I can't figure out what you and the rest are talking about. Where's the link?
Rick Carter
It was a black bar that went across our logo that said "Stop Censorship" and had a link to another page - http://americancensorship.org
The problem with that logo link is that it looked too much like it was a site hack! I was extremely reluctant to click the link until I looked into it on other sites.
IMHO, it would have been much more effective if it said "Stop Censorship. Oppose HR3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act. Click here for more information"
Here's a link to the text of the Act:
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/103592224/Stop-Internet-Piracy-Act
I made this half-pony, half-monkey monster to please you.
I became curious when I saw that censorship thingy, something I had never heard of prior to the 16th, and I investigated the bill a bit more.
It seems to me, though, that it's the work of lobbyists to get the government to stop people from infringing on the work of major corporations, like RIAA (from the infographic). I can see why they'd want to stop people from stealing their money, but at the same time, I think the collateral damage will outweigh the benefits of the law.
That's exactly why this is something that needs to be prevented at all costs. Allowing our government to interfere with the DNS system isn't going to 100% ban piracy, but it will (mistakenly) block valuable information from users.
The solution here is to implement better security mechanisms, not cry to the government and beg them to block a site.