# Use the Internet?? BE AWARE! . Stop SOPA and PIPA!! (U.S. and worldwide)

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [January 14, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/use-the-internet-be-aware-stop-sopa-and-pipa-u-s-and-worldwide/219740 "2012-01-14T04:18:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/use-the-internet-be-aware-stop-sopa-and-pipa-u-s-and-worldwide/219740/61 "2012-01-23T09:46:35Z")

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> [@LZ](#):
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> Ok
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> The US government didn’t do anything illegal they followed current laws/procedures that are in place…
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> Which basically means if they wait and follow the proper legal procedures there isn’t a need for SOPA/etc.
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> Anonymous launched some lame denial of service attacks for a couple hours…lame…
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> From what other people said CBS and the other site didn’t get hacked someone just poisoned the DNS or some bs.

Link? Not because I don’t believe you, I’m just interested. Either way both sites were up and running again or “corrected” in a short amount of time.

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**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/use-the-internet-be-aware-stop-sopa-and-pipa-u-s-and-worldwide/219740/62 "2012-02-03T21:59:24Z")

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While SOPA and PIPA were getting all the publicity,hardly any mentions of ACTA? From what i’ve gathered this much more :snky:

> **[Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement)**
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> The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a multinational treaty for the purpose of establishing international standards for intellectual property rights enforcement. The agreement aims to establish an international legal framework for targeting counterfeit goods, generic medicines and copyright infringement on the Internet, and would create a new governing body outside existing forums, such as the World Trade Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and the United Nati...

[https://youtu.be/citzRjwk-sQ](https://youtu.be/citzRjwk-sQ)

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**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/use-the-internet-be-aware-stop-sopa-and-pipa-u-s-and-worldwide/219740/63 "2012-02-04T07:25:07Z")

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Oh no. Now you’ll have to pay for your Lil Wayne and Nickelback songs ☹

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**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2012, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/use-the-internet-be-aware-stop-sopa-and-pipa-u-s-and-worldwide/219740/64 "2012-02-04T07:47:23Z")

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lol, no one actually downloads nickelback songs.

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