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I was too young at the time to be aware of this blackout, but I am grateful to the ones that protested this bill. The internet would not have been the same if p
by fkn 15y ago
I was too young at the time to be aware of this blackout, but I am grateful to the ones that protested this bill. The internet would not have been the same if people are scared to express their ideas/opinions/arts.
I wonder about the world we would be in if the bill had passed as it was presented.
- gojomo 15y agoIt did pass and was signed into law. Through a combination of people ignoring it, and the Supreme Court eventually knocking the worst part down, it wound up 'mostly harmless'. Not every battle has to be won via a vote in the legislature.
- tristan_louis 15y agoPart of the reason it passed is that it was an amendment to the Telecommunications Reform Act, the biggest change in telecommunication regulation in the last 1/2 century so no matter what we did, it was bound to pass then. Being involved in fighting it was a whole education in how Washington works and part of the reason I suspect we're going to have to continue fighting SOPA/PIPA for a long time to come, even if it's on the back burner right now.
- troll24601 15y agoThe bill did pass. The ACLU and the Supreme Court got rid of it.