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taste_is_sweet) wrote2012-01-16 12:20 pm
taste_is_sweet) wrote2012-01-16 12:20 pm
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Die, you misbegotten demon-spawn of corporate greed! Die, and we shall dance on your grave!
Apparently SOPA and PIPA are not as dead as I thought. BOO.
I realize this is only important for the US, but BOO-YAH!
SOPA Shelved After Veto Threat | The Mary Sue
::High-fives everyone who emailed or called their congressperson::
Of course, this doesn't guarantee that Stop Online Piracy Act (or it's bastard child, PIPA--Protect IP Act) won't rear their ugly, ugly heads again (especially if Obama loses the next election), but right now this is a great blow for freedom of expression in the US, and I am one very happy camper.
SOPA Shelved After Veto Threat | The Mary Sue
::High-fives everyone who emailed or called their congressperson::
Of course, this doesn't guarantee that Stop Online Piracy Act (or it's bastard child, PIPA--Protect IP Act) won't rear their ugly, ugly heads again (especially if Obama loses the next election), but right now this is a great blow for freedom of expression in the US, and I am one very happy camper.
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Brilliant news! Let's hope the bugger stays dead.
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God I hope so - I'm all for taking a stake to it... and maybe silver bullets, fire, brimstone, cement boots... hey, I'm an old-style kinda gal *g*
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