Today, January 18th, 2012, is SOPA/PIPA “blackout” day. Sites all across the net are “blacking out” in protest and to raise awareness of bills currently being considered here in the U.S. which would make all kinds of things illegal on the web that we take for granted.
Whether these bills pass or not is irrelevant in the long run. The web will survive and if anything, become stronger if they did. You cannot put this “toothpaste” back in the tube and trying to enforce unenforceable laws (see war on drugs) you only morph and fracture their expression.
Anonymous, decentralized internet alternatives already exist such as TOR and other Darknets (Meshnet‘s) are actively being worked on. There’s even plans by some crazy-awesome German “hackers” to put their own satellite into space to to create their own Internet. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for raising awareness but in the end, these bills aren’t going to stop anything.
“Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.” -Albert Einstein
Read on for pics of “Who wore SOPA/PIPA blackout best”
Google's site sporting a very slimming black bar across their logo.
Reddit going the inform and watch a video route with the obligatory frowny alien
Wikipedia with the ol' search result surprise page with the scary dropshadow
Craigslist with a 10 second splash screen
Mitosis.com doing absolutely nothing for humanity ...as usual
Tags: censorship, pipa, sopa
Jan 18 2012
Who wore SOPA/PIPA blackout best?
Whether these bills pass or not is irrelevant in the long run. The web will survive and if anything, become stronger if they did. You cannot put this “toothpaste” back in the tube and trying to enforce unenforceable laws (see war on drugs) you only morph and fracture their expression.
Anonymous, decentralized internet alternatives already exist such as TOR and other Darknets (Meshnet‘s) are actively being worked on. There’s even plans by some crazy-awesome German “hackers” to put their own satellite into space to to create their own Internet. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for raising awareness but in the end, these bills aren’t going to stop anything.
“Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.” -Albert Einstein
Read on for pics of “Who wore SOPA/PIPA blackout best”
Google's site sporting a very slimming black bar across their logo.
Reddit going the inform and watch a video route with the obligatory frowny alien
Wikipedia with the ol' search result surprise page with the scary dropshadow
Craigslist with a 10 second splash screen
Mitosis.com doing absolutely nothing for humanity ...as usual
Tags: censorship, pipa, sopa
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