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Subject: Bungie's Position on SOPA

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

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It's just SOPAthetic...


Fix'd.

  • 01.19.2012 6:15 PM PDT

Now sit down and pull your pants back up.

Come join the protest on Facebook (Non Facebook Official related.)

  • 01.19.2012 6:55 PM PDT

ShawtyHullstineFilms CEO-Team MLG EXTREME

Happy to see Bungie taking this position.

I recently looked more into SOPA and PIPA and it is a gross violation of our rights. Bungie.net, as well as the internet as a whole, would not be able to function if these bills were in place.

Even if SOPA and PIPA did make it through, I am confident the Supreme Court, the most powerful entity in the American government, would stop it.

While our voices are being heard, we shouldn't go overboard with it. When something pops up the people don't like, we have our chance to cry out to our elected representatives. We shouldn't take this as some conspiracy by our government to destroy our rights. It's how our government and society works.

  • 01.19.2012 6:56 PM PDT
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I just watched the Republican debate and all of the candidates said they were against the bill. I suspect that Romney, Gingrich and Santorum were just trying to pander to the young voters though.

  • 01.19.2012 7:00 PM PDT

Leon > HUNK > Wesker > Ada > Jill > Claire > Chris

Shouldn't the U.S. Government be paying attention to what is happening to soldiers in the Middle East, what is happening to jobless people, what is happening to the country, instead of shutting down websites?

  • 01.19.2012 7:07 PM PDT

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Don't know if this has been posted yet, just a few hours old, but the first major hit from the proposed sanctions happened today.

as of a few hours ago, megaupload.com is no more.

  • 01.19.2012 7:09 PM PDT

Key


Posted by: Leon Kennedy85
Shouldn't the U.S. Government be paying attention to what is happening to soldiers in the Middle East, what is happening to jobless people, what is happening to the country, instead of shutting down websites?
Way to turn a tennis ball into an baseball bat...

  • 01.19.2012 7:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: snipe champpppp
They took down Megaupload guys. It seems it is over for us already :(
O_________O
Report. No users have been pulled into this.
Thank god they haven't. I honestly understand why it happened and think it's the right thing to do. If you're going to do something like that... if you can... don't get so damn popular. No, but really, it was an illegal site for sure, and may god have mercy of the souls of the Execs.
This is a very successful strike against piracy. I am very pleased.
...while disadvantaging legitimate users of the site?

Let's just take down YouTube because there are full movies, songs, music videos, TV shows illegally uploaded into the site which the users can download through YouTube downloaders and MP3 converters.

[Edited on 01.20.2012 6:54 AM PST]

  • 01.20.2012 6:45 AM PDT

ISU Cyclones!


Posted by: Capt Hair
Don't know if this has been posted yet, just a few hours old, but the first major hit from the proposed sanctions happened today.

as of a few hours ago, megaupload.com is no more.
Although I very much agree with the takedown, especially if the charges of how much they exploited and profited off all the copyrighted content are true...

They picked like the worst time for it. While SOPA was bad it gives the pirates a VERY easy excuse to rally people who were just against SOPA because of the far reaching consequences.

  • 01.20.2012 6:58 AM PDT

ISU Cyclones!


Posted by: ThirstyAvenge

...while disadvantaging legitimate users of the site?

Let's just take down YouTube because there are full movies, songs, music videos, TV shows illegally uploaded into the site which the users can download through YouTube downloaders and MP3 converters.
It's unfortunate that some people were using the site for legitimate means but Youtube wasn't the one exploiting, profiting from, and rewarding those who uploaded popular copyrighted content.

Megaupload, if the charges hold true, was.

You can't honestly compare the piracy policies of Youtube and Megaupload to be the same with a straight face. Mega has always been much more friendly to piracy.

  • 01.20.2012 7:01 AM PDT

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Posted by: mindlessidiots
So does this mean I can do the PM version of drunk dialing you when I'm lonely? Seriously though thanks, I already enjoy this group a lot so I'm planning on staying.

Oh god yes.
Er, I mean, yes sure. They certainly give an interesting look into a person ^.^;

So apparently Penny Arcade and some other web sites are proposing that E3 be boycotted by all the game news sites and other comapnies and organizations that participate in it because the people who sponsor it, the ESA support SOPA and PIPA.

What do you think? Could it work, is it necessary? Personally I doubt it could work because all the major gaming news networks like gamespot and G4 will still cover it anyway and many people will still go to it because let's face it, it's one of the biggest events in the gaming world and it show cases everything new that will coming out, and it's fun.

  • 01.20.2012 8:34 AM PDT

RIP Logan ~B.B.


Posted by: Capt Hair
Don't know if this has been posted yet, just a few hours old, but the first major hit from the proposed sanctions happened today.

as of a few hours ago, megaupload.com is no more.

MegaUpload is a perfect example of why we didn't need SOPA or PIPA to begin with. There is plenty of copyright law in place now, and content producers do have legal recourse against violators. No reason to try to police what Americans can see on the internet, what search engines or ISPs can display for you, or to allow patent holders to force action against offenders without judicial process.

  • 01.20.2012 8:40 AM PDT

Hi I'm RT and I like to argue!

My Congressman is Lamar Smith, and I'm a bit embarassed by that. Definitely voting this November, and voting hard like I'm Dewey Cox!

  • 01.20.2012 9:12 AM PDT

Speaking of MegaUpload going down, this analysis from the BBC really got me stumped.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16646023

The US authorities which mounted the operation appear to have plenty of muscle to act against what they see as a serious threat to copyright owners - so why do they need the even more extensive powers which Sopa and Pipa appear to promise?

  • 01.20.2012 10:04 AM PDT

"Right now it is raining methane on Titan. The planet Uranus is, hilariously, orbiting the sun sideways while Venus spins backwards. We sit here on a planet marked with collisions, rocked by earthquakes, shaken by storms. A planet doomed to be fried in radiation as its magnetic fields collapse, until the sun grows and leaves nothing of the earth but dust. Here we sit, glasses on our noses, inhalers in our pockets, braces on our teeth, and we say "Behold the perfect ORDER of it all!""


Posted by: St Major Dan
Speaking of MegaUpload going down, this analysis from the BBC really got me stumped.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16646023

The US authorities which mounted the operation appear to have plenty of muscle to act against what they see as a serious threat to copyright owners - so why do they need the even more extensive powers which Sopa and Pipa appear to promise?


This is basically evidence that the intent of SOPA isn't just against Piracy, as they already have enough power to deal with it anyway.

  • 01.20.2012 10:15 AM PDT

Banned and proud of it.

So urk is a gullible sheep too?

*Sigh*

  • 01.20.2012 10:30 AM PDT

Good job, internet. We win.

  • 01.20.2012 10:35 AM PDT

Tin shacks and catfish bones.


Posted by: undephined
Good job, internet. We win.


How much GamerScore did we get?

  • 01.20.2012 10:47 AM PDT

Hey guys, I have a question.

  • 01.20.2012 11:44 AM PDT

ISU Cyclones!


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Posted by: undephined
Good job, internet. We win.


How much GamerScore did we get?
Plenty.

  • 01.20.2012 12:28 PM PDT

How so? They were going after the content that was hosted on US servers. Not to mention Megaupload wasn't properly following through with the DCMA take down notices.
Posted by: Obi Wan Stevobi
MegaUpload is a perfect example of why we didn't need SOPA or PIPA to begin with. There is plenty of copyright law in place now, and content producers do have legal recourse against violators. No reason to try to police what Americans can see on the internet, what search engines or ISPs can display for you, or to allow patent holders to force action against offenders without judicial process.


[Edited on 01.20.2012 1:00 PM PST]

  • 01.20.2012 12:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: mindlessidiots
So apparently Penny Arcade and some other web sites are proposing that E3 be boycotted by all the game news sites and other comapnies and organizations that participate in it because the people who sponsor it, the ESA support SOPA and PIPA.

What do you think? Could it work, is it necessary? Personally I doubt it could work because all the major gaming news networks like gamespot and G4 will still cover it anyway and many people will still go to it because let's face it, it's one of the biggest events in the gaming world and it show cases everything new that will coming out, and it's fun.
If there's no developers who go, all the people there will have a right -blam!-y time.

  • 01.20.2012 1:26 PM PDT