They might as well call it the Democratic People's Republic of America at this point.
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Wait, that shit passed?
What the FUCK?!
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God damn it. This could also make doujinshi illegal, couldn't it?
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In other words, they're gonna be the equivalent of the RIAA, only for manga.
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That is ridiculous. Won't that be a pain in the ass for browsers to implement, as well? Come on, who the fuck's gonna let that happen?
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Gotta "love" the double standards (and few other things) of certain companies and their certain agendas when it's pretty much revealed recently that the MEPs who are said interests' bitches pretty much copy and paste their proposals into the proposed amendments into the proposed privacy reform. (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/02/12/0238228/eu-data-protection-proposal-taken-word-for-word-from-us-lobbyists) A reform which - surprise surprise - would only serve it's actual authors. Authors who aren't even residing in Europe.
This time, it's not about copyright law or any piece of text that at worst would harm our liberties.
No, some genuine apocalypse is heading in our way as the DPRK are ready to start a nuclear war. (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/north-korea-approves-nuclear-strike-on-us/article10735512/)
It was nice knowing you, Americans.
Wait, what?
lmao I'd like to see them try
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They are seriously outgunned. But these threats seems to be real. Why they would try this is beyond me though.
Hell, this damn island has more firepower than North Korea has in its entire country (I know some retired military dudes who used to maintain the island warheads, and my understanding is that this island alone could destroy North Korea if provoked).
More importantly, China and Japan rely heavily upon us for trade.
I'll say that again: China relies heavily upon us for trade.
That's their bread and butter they'd be fucking with. With China's army, any war would be over in a matter of weeks, if not days.
Either their new leader is insane and actually thinks he has a chance or he deliberately wants to be conquered for the US to pay the resulting reconstruction.
Like the novel The Mouse That Roared only more retarded.
Almost 2 months later and they haven't done shit. lel.
Also, what the fuck. (http://boingboing.net/2013/05/26/us-entertainment-industry-to-c.html) These people would be better if they had a bullet in the head.
Yeah, the best way to stop something perceived as illegal is to do illegal shit. :what:
QuoteIn 2011, the MPAA told Congress that they wanted SOPA and knew it would work because it was the same tactic used by governments in "China, Iran, the UAE, Armenia, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Burma, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam."
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realize what they just said?!
Since else nobody bothered to post it I give you PRISM (http://gizmodo.com/what-is-prism-511875267).
I really have no words. I'm so against this, but for some reason, probably because my life circumstances are the best they ever have been, I'm just entirely apathetic.
Speaking of PRISM, the author of the PATRIOT ACT (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130610/01385123392/author-patriot-act-says-nsa-surveillance-is-abuse-must-end.shtml) has come out against it.
Fuck PRISM, we just lost our 5th Amendment rights. (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/17/read-the-supreme-court-rules-prosecutors-can-use-a-suspects-silence-as-evidence-of-guilt/)
http://www.examiner.com/article/jimmy-wales-breaks-wikipedia-rules-hunt-for-snowden (http://www.examiner.com/article/jimmy-wales-breaks-wikipedia-rules-hunt-for-snowden)
Just wow. :what:
What the fuck? What's it to him if he edited Wikipedia?
Yeah, it's been a while since the last time anyone of us posted on that thread.
But in the light of the recent Russia-Ukraine crisis, especially with the Russian Navy nearing close to the Polish borders, I'll just say, a second Cold War (or even worse) may be upon us.
RIP Net Neutrality (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/technology/fcc-new-net-neutrality-rules.html?_r=1)
Oh FUCK THAT NOISE.
Just when we're getting Google Fiber, they want to THROTTLE it?