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"Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« on: December 07, 2011, 09:24:02 pm »
Chrono Compedium WILL be shut down if the Online Piracy Act (a.k.a. the SOPA) is passed. As well as every other popular fan site and all fan related content on YouTube (gameplay videos) and fan content on other social media sites (Facebook).

Here's a visual explanation of SOPA:
http://mashable.com/2011/12/07/sopa-business-infographic/

A video about SOPA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLYgs0xMDm0

Articles about it:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221339/Opposition_to_Stop_Online_Piracy_Act_grows?taxonomyId=17
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-PARASITE

Petitions to stop it:
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/stop-e-parasite-act/SWBYXX55
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/veto-protect-ip-act-s-968/4ykggyDq
http://americancensorship.org/

See, doesn't that just SUCK? Square-Enix dislikes fan projects as it is by the fan projects they've canceled. Imagine if they had the power to shut down fan sites too? They will not hesitate to use this power! So I highly recommend posting it in the news to inform people about it and encourage them to sign the petitions to stop it.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2011, 09:38:29 pm by fantasyanime_guy »

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2011, 09:24:50 pm »
Well, it does make a good news item. I changed the name though, since I did get a couple PMs to the tune of "you finally got C&Ded??!?"

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2011, 09:36:55 pm »
That's good! I mean, those PMs aren't good, lol. We should be scared about SOPA. That should drive us to inform people about it and encourage them to do something about it. SOPA will only happen if we let it happen!

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 09:55:36 pm »
I believe we're actually winning against them. Even though it's passed in the Senate, it shouldn't in the House and  Obama would veto this. If this passes, expect a massive hell bending wave of people not just the nation, but around the world angering over congress. I've made a statement of my own in a thread of mine on General Discussion, but I do think that the internet is an importance virtual place to learn and discover what lies beyond us. Al Gore invented  message boards and I wonder how the guy in Europe feels about this since he invented the internet? I hate how the government is being bribed nowadays. They don't listen to the people, they just listen to the elite.

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2011, 10:10:21 pm »
Where'd you hear that it passed in the Senat?

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2011, 10:13:28 pm »
Where'd you hear that it passed in the Senat?
Wait, I must have mistook that for the other bill that deals with America being a battleground to track down terrorists.  

I found the site.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-3261

so far neither of them haven't done a thing yet. We have until December 15. Honestly, 2012 is going to be one hell of a year and I mean literally hell breaking loose.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2011, 10:33:43 pm by Dialga_Palkia »

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2011, 11:02:42 pm »
It is my understanding that the ultimate fate of this law - if it were passed - is to be declared unconstitutional by the courts the first time it was used in a case, and that's assuming it gets passed in the first place. It's already going to have a very hard time getting the support it needs when the people they need to woo to get it through are already upset with how the industry misues the less carte blanche written DMCA (which is already heavy handedly carte blanche). Most experts think this is a joke wet-dream with zero chance of passing, and some further believe it's just to take people's attention off the grossly abusive stuff they're currently doing with DMCA most recently as is (by presenting them with something ethereal to fight against so that they don't fight against what they're actually doing).

However, by all means, speak up out against it and contact your representatives. Specifically contact your representatives, law-makers don't care jack-shit about online petition signatures. However, this is not quite the imminent "Perfect Doom & Gloom Forever" that some people are making it out to be.
« Last Edit: December 07, 2011, 11:08:14 pm by Clovis15 »

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2011, 01:46:35 am »
The industry just doesn't get it. Fighting "piracy" is not the answer. They made a big deal about music sharing, then Apple made the iPod and all of a sudden everyone was buying music again. The answer is to make media more accessible to people.

Take Disney for example. They have more money than God and they're always 10 steps ahead everyone else. What are they doing? They signed a deal with YouTube last week. Last month they signed a deal with Netflix/Hulu Plus/Amazon Video/etc. They're making media more accessible.

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2011, 02:49:59 am »
Disney's long standing practice is to make Media as least accessible as possible, to drive up demand for when they do release it once every blue moon. It's a long standing tradition called vaulting. Considering how much frustration vaulting caused me when customers at Wal-mart would demand to know why we hadn't carried popular Disney movie in over a year, I really doubt their contract involves accessability. Unless you post proof otherwise, I am going to assume this contract involves Youtube auto deleting anything with any Disney content using Youtube's auto-matching software (normally youtube doesn't delete something automatched automatically).

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2011, 03:05:08 am »
I understand what you mean, but Disney seems to be straying from that marketing tactic. Here are the articles I read where I learned about Disney's recent dealings:

Disney and YouTube Sign Video Partnership
http://mashable.com/2011/11/07/disney-youtube-partnership/

Disney-ABC Signs Streaming Deals With Netflix, Amazon
http://mashable.com/2011/10/31/netflix-disney-abc-2/

Off topic: Netflix is still f*cked though, lol. Disney movies and ABC shows yayyy [sarcasm]

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2011, 03:37:27 am »
Actually, it says Disney is making an original production specifically for Youtube. While that's definitely cool and all, it's not quite the same thing.

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2011, 04:02:57 am »
They are? Why would Disney want to do a thing like that? They want to make Media as least accessible as possible :roll:

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2011, 02:00:26 am »
I wouldn't be too worried about this...

my reliable sources say it won't get far; one reason being is that some video companies, such as Tecmo-Koei, appreciate fan sites because they help to bring in newcomers who will potentially buy their products. Take those sites away, and you cripple their fanbase... cripple their fanbase, and they stop selling their products in your country... they stop selling in the country, and you just add to an already horrible economy.

Trust me. It just won't work.

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #13 on: December 09, 2011, 02:34:43 am »
Of course it won't. But do the lawmakers / elites get that?

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Re: "Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY
« Reply #14 on: December 09, 2011, 10:44:12 am »
Of course it won't. But do the lawmakers / elites get that?

Well duh. They're in the special position to get that, especially since they are the ones holding the copyrights and the ones that would do the policing if this bill went into effect(which it won't).