Search the Community

Under PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) and SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), two bills being seriously considered in the United States, websites which contain or link to copyrighted material (even if posted by a user of the site) can be indefinitely blocked without trial or notice. If SOPA or PIPA were to pass, it will make random spammers and spam bots more than just an annoyance, it will make them dangerous to websites. Under these bills, if someone were to post a link to copyrighted material on our website or if we were to be targeted/flooded with spam that links to copyrighted material, Ancient Clan could be taken offline with no notice. Under these bills, content providers could even promote spam activity by underhandedly employing spammers to target competitor's websites, independent forums, blogs, etc. Once the major media outlets get their links spammed in the websites they want taken offline, most likely in comment areas or in forum topics, those websites can be taken offline without notice. This would make the internet nothing but a mainstream media outlet. Heres some links to more information: http://gizmodo.com/5877000/what-is-sopa http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/01/16/obama-says-so-long-sopa-killing-controversial-internet-piracy-legislation/ http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/14/obama-administration-responds-we-people-petitions-sopa-and-online-piracy For a list of your representatives that you can contact to express your opposition to these bills, please visit the following website: https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173