Just got an e-mail from NameCheap saying that any "domain holders with sites associated to "commercial activity" will no longer be able to protect their private information with WHOIS protection services."
That's damn nonsense and so I wanted to let everyone else know just in case.
Basically...
A female friend of mine posted this on FB http://act.demandprogress.org/act/odwyer?source=fb and i thought we should do as much as we can to help since we are all liable if the dreaded SOPA law is passed.
Is U.S trying to make the web obsolete, i still wonder what we will be able to do if...
Everyone knows about SOPA, but now they're trying to do basically the same things with new laws. I feel like they're just going to keep trying and trying until they get all of these things through even if they have to do it in the middle of the night when nobody is watching...
Both SOPA and PIPA have been shelved, and ?no further action? will be taken until a general consensus has been made, and compromises sought.
Hey Mods or some oldies Kindly provide proof as I cant post links yet.
Thanks
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We've all ready "expert opinions" as to whether it will be passed or not. How about you? What do you think? Let's see what BHW generally thinks. Just vote in the poll and reply here to explain your answer.
Personally, I don't think it will be passed because too many Internet Big Boys...
Sopa and Pipa are two US bills racing through Congress that threaten prosperity, online security, and freedom of expression.
There are a large range of skills and abilities on BHW so we have decided to post the facts and let them speak for themselves. If you are unsure what this is all about...
We've got thousands of BHW members who use wordpress... This little wordpress plugin puts a simple ribbon on your WP blog saying "Stop SOPA"...
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stop-sopa-ribbon/
Please help spread the word, install the plugin on your blogs... and ask your friends/colleagues...
HERE is a article done by a Micael Geist a Law Professor from the University Of Ottawa.
SOPA: All Your Internets Belong to US
Wednesday November 16, 2011
The U.S. Congress is currently embroiled in a heated debated over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), proposed legislation that supporters...
Just about to follow the movement to move all my domains outside Godaddy, but I just find out ..
Go Daddy No Longer Supports SOPA
http://www.godaddy.com/newscenter/release-view.aspx?news_item_id=378
*I think they still can change their mind anytime. Any suggestion, do I need my 100+...
The House Judiciary Committee is meeting on Thursday to mark this bill up, which is tomorrow. Here is a youtube link of what the bill is and what it could do for those that does not know what this is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE5WlyQRvaM
Call your representative and give them your view...
This has been posted before, but it's important enough to post it again.
The US Congress is considering America's first system for censoring the Internet.
The fact is that this legislation as written won't stop piracy. But it would pose a serious threat to social media and user generated...
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