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Jonathan Reynolds, Tue 17 Jan, 2012 9:08 PM
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  1. Jonathan Reynolds
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    #1
    Posted Tue 17 Jan, 2012 9:08 PM
    Just a heads up, the English wikipedia will be shut down for 24 hours in protest to SOPA and PIPA acts being discussed in the United states


    http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/...-SOPA_blackout
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    #2
    Posted Wed 18 Jan, 2012 7:37 PM
    I just hope that this law of idiocy will fail.


    Unbelievable... the great firewall of China in the US... and you wonder why very few people still see the states as a good superpower.
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    #3
    Posted Thu 19 Jan, 2012 5:04 PM
    aparently the protests were quite sucsessfull, We at the Geek Group censored our forums for a day, so did word press and many over sites. Even Minecraft made an effort.
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    #4
    Posted Tue 31 Jan, 2012 9:41 AM
    SOPA and PIPA appeared to be called off shortly thereafter, however, do expect this demon to rear its ugly head again, coated with sugar in an attempt to be 'more moderate'. It may be that a atrociously hostile Bill was drafted just for the 'shock and awe' effect, to increase the chances of a moderate replacement in the near future.

    Anyways, a spacecraft simulation and modelling community created anti SOPA satellites (huge logos painted on them) and started to post youtube videos of them launching the satellites in protest. I made sure they had all the correct Google catchphrases to them so the protest can be found online. Hilarious.