Wikipedia.org black out?

[LoverofCar]

Wiki

 

What is happening?

 

Edited January 18, 2012 by LoverofCar

[The_Bear]

Wiki

 

What is happening?

Some PIPA or Poopoo stuff.

[Shull]

Some Anti Piracy Act US is gonna put thru their version of parliament.. music labels and hollywood supported it, but almost all internet giants (google, Wikipedia etc) are against it as it will give their govt legal grounds to censor the internet..

 

If US adapt this, SGP will more prob follow suit with a similar law..

[Sosaria]

Because they are protesting some law (being considered now) to increase intellectual property (IP) protection on the internet.

 

The law is being backed up by the usual suspects - the movie-making and recording industry - who are concerned about online piracy.

 

But there are others who view this law as an attempt by private industries to control the internet and control the flow of information. Wikipedia is protesting against the law by doing a 24-hour "blackout".

[SofiaBrown]

the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate

[Jtay]

the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate

[Mllcg]

Because they are protesting some law (being considered now) to increase intellectual property (IP) protection on the internet.

 

The law is being backed up by the usual suspects - the movie-making and recording industry - who are concerned about online piracy.

 

But there are others who view this law as an attempt by private industries to control the internet and control the flow of information. Wikipedia is protesting against the law by doing a 24-hour "blackout".

 

who ask them charge 20 bucks a cd?

 

1 cost of making a CD at most 10 bucks.( after paying the relavant people).

 

CD itself cost a few cents

[I-LOVE-CARS]

Wiki

 

What is happening?

 

There are still ways to view Wikipedia, thru ur smart phone and/or disable javascript

[Joseph22]

who ask them charge 20 bucks a cd?

 

1 cost of making a CD at most 10 bucks.( after paying the relavant people).

 

CD itself cost a few cents

 

you forgot the overhead, and singer who sang the song, the songs writer and many other cost.

 

got lots of good company bankrupt because of piracy liao.

 

but the thing that ppl complain about SOPA is not about piracy. its because the bill intrude their privacy.

Edited January 18, 2012 by Joseph22

[Acanthus]

See here for the sites that are protesting against SOPA.

 

http://sopastrike.com/

[Acanthus]

Even Google is involved, but they had to because of youtube.

[Sosaria]

Not just because of Youtube. When the law is passed, even your search results can be censored. Google search will never be the same again.

 

Well, one good thing is that for academic work and research, students have to learn to go library and go through the textbooks again

 

Nowadays even primary school kid just use google search or wikipedia, cut-and-paste. Even approaching adulthood, don't develop proper research skills and don't even know how to summarize and condense their findings, and draw conclusions.

[Mllcg]

you forgot the overhead, and singer who sang the song, the songs writer and many other cost.

 

got lots of good company bankrupt because of piracy liao.

 

but the thing that ppl complain about SOPA is not about piracy. its because the bill intrude their privacy.

 

yeah 10 bucks more than enough.

 

1 cd sold= $1 for singer, $1 for producer, $1 for sound artist, etc...

 

overheads at most 15 bucks including making the CD.

 

$5 per cd is more than enough to cover costs.

 

but they insist on chopping by selling 1 CD for $25-30. then its asking for it.

 

or even worst. some of them refuse to export out of their home countries.

 

so LLST must download or pay 50-60 bucks BEFORE shipping..

 

seriously, they dont deserve pity.

 

even computer game makers learnt their lessons by lowering prices.

 

but cd studios