The Whole SOPA Rigamarole And How It Affects The Daily Norseman

to your legislator or congressman/woman, go to the wikipedia sight and type in your zip and they will give you all the info pllus email links to said person.

From what little I’ve gathered about the proposed legislation, the details of SOPA include provisions to punish anybody for the slightest violation of any copyright.

My very own face, which bears a tragic resemblance to a notable muppet, might land me in legal jeopardy.

Anyone who is against SOPA/PIPA to go to the google home page and click on the black bar to sign a petition against this bill

And it will limit things to a lesser or greater degree. However, places around the world are already dealing with items like this and as always once one wall goes up someone builds a better ladder. In Berlin the hacker conference that goes on there (one of the better ones you should go if you are in the area) has come up with a prospectus to build a DIY internet. Yeah I can see the eye rolls and head shakes however HAM satellites are already up in the air and in use, and are usable by this organization. They are working on three ground relay stations and seems to be garnering some interest. The speeds would be slow (think 90’s BBS’s) but from a grain sprouts the wheat from the wheat comes a plethora of more grain. It’s a beginning.

Anyway, hope I don’t step on toes with this.

But it’s better than the alternative “Big Brother” style crap we’d have to deal with if these pass.

Some people are so stupid. I would rather watch the game at home, even from my computer, than I would going to the bar down the street. All this big $$ in these companies and they can’t figure that out? Oh, the NFL won’t allow them? I see. Never mind.

I know that times are tough and it’s likely that every last one of us here on the DN have to watch our budgets. I’m in no way advertising for DirectTV by saying this, but if you don’t happen to have it – wait a couple of months before football season starts (or baseball if you are a big fan) because DirectTV will without a doubt offer a package that will include the free NFL package for a season. It is totally worth it! You can follow along with the game threads in “real time” as opposed to the delay that you incur with an illegal stream, and you also get Red Zone (which I enjoy) and such. If this is hard on your budget then simply drop it after the season. I’m not sure how much this package costs during the second season, but I’m paying it whatever it is. 16 (and hopefully more) Vikings games is worth it to me, but either way it’s better follow a budget that fit you and your family the best, although I am very pleased with this service. You might feel differently and if you do, that’s fine. Whatever works.