Max Power Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Worth resisting, the USA is looking to introduce legislation which can close down any site which it feels is in breach of their copyright laws! This can be content posted innocently by subscribers or forum members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 F-A-S-C-I-S-M. Funny how the US is fast becoming very similar to China in it's political standpoint, at around the same time as China has the US over a barrel economically with the trillions of dollars it holds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addie Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Can we reciprocate by banning their trashy eateries and ghastly TV programmes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheels Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16623831 Support wanes in US Congress for anti-piracy billEight US lawmakers have withdrawn their support for anti-piracy laws, after "blackout" protests on thousands of internet sites. Good Another poke in the eye for the worlds self apointed policeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokorito Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 why would it threaten the manx forums? we arent in the US. We make our own laws. why dont google and facebook move here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 why would it threaten the manx forums? we arent in the US. We make our own laws. why dont google and facebook move here? If a MF member were to link something which the US believed infringed their legislation it could close the site to their own citizens. It could then force Google, Bing and Yahoo etc not to display search results for the site, effectively shutting it down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 why would it threaten the manx forums? we arent in the US. We make our own laws. why dont google and facebook move here? If a MF member were to link something which the US believed infringed their legislation it could close the site to their own citizens. It could then force Google, Bing and Yahoo etc not to display search results for the site, effectively shutting it down! This is true. Hence why we are seeing record numbers of Americans emigrating. It's not a nice place to be at present. http://rt.com/usa/news/leaving-us-america-country-289/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Can we reciprocate by banning their trashy eateries and ghastly TV programmes? A great idea. No more Starbucks, no more KFCs, no more 'Friends'. Like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Can we reciprocate by banning their trashy eateries and ghastly TV programmes? A great idea. No more Starbucks, no more KFCs, no more 'Friends'. Like it. I'll second that. Throw in McPlastics, Burger King and pretty much every US comedy show ever made and we're getting somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 ...and sub-prime loans... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 why would it threaten the manx forums? we arent in the US. We make our own laws. It's a .com domain. If they don't like it they can sieze it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Hey hey woah, there are plenty of good American comedy shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Hey hey woah, there are plenty of good American comedy shows! Bush and Chaney, Regan and Bush, Bush and Quayle for starters. I sense a comedy theme there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Well instead of talking about it take some action...... http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet_action_center_b/?cl=1514278295&v=12083 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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