SOPA in action already?! (illegal, radical, terrorist, parties)

[ToystoryM]

http://www.megaupload.com/,

So, is this the effect of SOPA? I thought the law didn't even pass yet.

[Dane_in_LA]

Nope. Good old-fashioned copyright law etc., they even list all the relevant legislation at the bottom.

[AnUnidentifiedMale]

Cool.

Any "locker" site that's used primarily for sending pirated media back and forth should be shut down.

[Randomstudent]

Nope if it was it would say. X corporation has seized this site via an ex parte order. No need for a grand jury or any other form of due process.

[padcrasher]

Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale

Cool.

Any "locker" site that's used primarily for sending pirated media back and forth should be shut down.

It's weird how you support illegal government actions when you perceive a "good outcome"? I thought of all people here you might have learned.

Is that how Americans should perceive "gay rights"?

Don't go by what the Constitution says about "the equal protection clause" and just go with what they think would be a "good outcome"?

Here is somebody who stands for the rule of law "in all cases".

Two lessons from the Megaupload seizure - Salon.com

....it nonetheless sends a very clear message when citizens celebrate a rare victory (defeat of SOPA for now) in denying the Government a power it seeks — the power to shut down websites without a trial — only for the Government to turn around the very next day and shut down one of the world’s largest and best-known sites. Whether intended or not, the message is unmistakable: Congratulations, citizens, on your cute little “democracy” victory in denying us the power to shut down websites without a trial: we’re now going to shut down one of your most popular websites without a trial.

(2) The U.S. really is a society that simply no longer believes in due process: once the defining feature of American freedom that is now scorned as some sort of fringe, radical, academic doctrine. That is not hyperbole. Supporters of both political parties endorse, or at least tolerate, all manner of government punishment without so much as the pretense of a trial, based solely on government accusation: imprisonment for life, renditions to other countries, even assassinations of their fellow citizens. Simply uttering the word Terrorist, without proving it, is sufficient. And now here is Megaupload being completely destroyed — its website shuttered, its assets seized, ongoing business rendered impossible — based solely on the unproven accusation of Piracy.

[CDusr]

No, no SOPA yet. Just cyber terrorist act and hr 1981 on the horizon now.

Too bad we can't get them to act so quickly in other areas, like maybe actually charging or hey investigating some banksters.