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Posted by: duskypolorbear
so if this isn't replied to because of the 14 pages of posts here, i might risk being banned and just make another thread about it, but SOPA isn't the only act threatening the internet. PIPA it seems also presents a threat, but less of one and is being slipped under the drama that sopa has created. is bungie aware of PIPA? i'm not sure on the details, of either act, like many of you, but i would like to make known SOPA is not the only act to be fearful of. so is PIPA, which is the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011.
linky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act
You don't understand the US political system.
Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have a version of a bill to protect against online piracy - SOPA and Protect IP.
When the time comes for it to be voted on, a committee would work on combining the two.
If the Senate (which I believe has SOPA) voted and approved first, SOPA would be brought to the House where the House would work on comparing SOPA to their own bill - Protect IP. They vote on the combination and that gets kicked back to the Senate for approval.
The end result is one bill - more of a merger between the two.
well i pretty much have the understanding of an average person who doesn't regularly follow politics, as are a majority of the people who don't support SOPA simply because they saw some artcile or video concerning it and don't really have a true understanding of whats going on or the process behind it. when they, i guess, combine the two would it still be called the SOPA act? once they change it the SOPA act would be considered dead, however they would have another differently named bill that does approximately the same thing. would a majority of the SOPA followers understand this? i doubt it. in most eyes the SOPA act would be concidered dead and that's all they would be concerned about unless someone else launched another marketing campaign. if none of this makes any sense then just never mind and i'm having a stupid moment.
oh, and -blam!-.... a moderator saw that >.> haha, well don't worry i won't make a thread.
and did you really make that account just to post that reply?.........
[Edited on 01.15.2012 10:35 AM PST]