F*ck off, Fascist.

In a shocking turn of events, Wiki is perfectly free to do whatever they damn well please with their site as they are breaking no laws. However, your dumbass would like to change that.

Just think, in two years when these bills gets stuffed in to an appropriations bill and passed with no fanfare, you can shut down Wikipedia for having the audacity to question your views and disagreeing with your stance. It'll be great.

Man, you used to be cool, Dodd.

/nah, not really. Enjoy being a footnote when future history textbooks write about the Second Gilded Age.

further their corporate interests.

you mean like the people supporting SOPA?

It's a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests.

OK so the MPAA has either gone full retard or is trolling REALLY hard.

'How dare you shut down for one day in protest of a law that might shut you down?'

It's funny...you could say the exact same thing about SOPA. abuse of power...etc...

Kettle, pot, etc.

bulldg4life: F*ck off, Fascist.

In a shocking turn of events, Wiki is perfectly free to do whatever they damn well please with their site as they are breaking no laws. However, your dumbass would like to change that.

Just think, in two years when these bills gets stuffed in to an appropriations bill and passed with no fanfare, you can shut down Wikipedia for having the audacity to question your views and disagreeing with your stance. It'll be great.

And that's the big worry...the companies/entities behind the bills aren't going to let them die...they'll just be reincarnated and stuffed into page 6,589 of some 'give farmers more money for crops---oh, and all this internet stuff too' bill.

FTA As private enterprises, Wikipedia and Reddit have the right to exercise free speech the same way as anyone else.

So, they're like people?

/ducks

my irony meter just asploded.

I found this line to be a little interesting:

It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today.

Of course passing SPOA takes away that "power".

That is weapons grade stupid.

I love the tortured logic of "How dare they take stuff off the internet to protest a bill that would allow us and all our corporate donors to take stuff off the internet!"

They're right. What kind of monster would try to shut down the entire internet by blacking out all the content? That's just terrible.

In all honesty, if I tried to cite Wikipedia to influence my boss in anything, he'd probably hurt himself laughing as he kicked me out the door.

I can't think of too many corporations that understand just how heavy handed this piece of shiat is. Hopefully enough of the heavy hitters will step up and teach the children in Congress that restricting freedom of information and access to information aligns them with the thugs in Syria.

Sooo....

Irresponsible: using your available platform to spread information to customers about a bill that, if adopted, will have significant negative consequences on those customers by effectively assuming them to be criminals simply for using a legitimate service that criminals also happen to use.

Totally not irresponsible at all: using untold millions in greasy, unmarked bills to buy off politicians so they vote for the bill and adopt what amounts to a private police structure that allows private industry to bring about severe punitive punishments based almost entirely on unsubstantiated allegations regarding what some people might be doing with a service that is otherwise legitimate.

Seriously, just wow... that is some brazen, ultra-level bullshiat right there, Mr. Dodd.

dahmers love zombie: It's a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests.

OW MY EYE! MY DOCTOR TOLD ME NOT TO GET IRONY IN IT!

cherryl taggart: In all honesty, if I tried to cite Wikipedia to influence my boss in anything, he'd probably hurt himself laughing as he kicked me out the door.

I can't think of too many corporations that understand just how heavy handed this piece of shiat is. Hopefully enough of the heavy hitters will step up and teach the children in Congress that restricting freedom of information and access to information aligns them with the thugs in Syria.

Really Google is our big hope in all this. Also hopefully MS, Yahoo, and Apple are all against it as well. They're the people with the contacts to kill this thing off for us.

It's a very rare occasion when someone opens their mouth and what issues forth is a swirling black vortex of derp that grows and threatens to consume the universe. This is one of those times.

God farking dammit, Dodd.

fark off and die MPAA
-Fat

No "Irony" tag subby? Come on, the MPAA Chairman, with a strait face, criticized someone for abuses of power

/someone not involved in his own organization that is

cherryl taggart: I can't think of too many corporations that understand just how heavy handed this piece of shiat is. Hopefully enough of the heavy hitters will step up and teach the children in Congress that restricting freedom of information and access to information aligns them with the thugs in Syria.

Seeing as how most of the congresspeoples openly laughed at the idea of not understanding the actual legislation and "not being a nerd", I doubt they really care what this would do to the internet.

The motion picture and music industry donated hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars and that's all that matters. Hell, they didn't even see the need for having technical experts show up for discussions during the committee meetings.

F*ck you Dodd, you corrupt piece of shiat.

You shouldn't FARKING RELY on Wikipedia, you massive heap of excrement.

FTFA It's a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests.

It sure is, MPAA. Good thing your entire statement isn't skewing the facts to incite users in order to further your corporate interests.

/Fark you, MPAA.
//This shiat passes and I will become a regular on The Pirate Bay.
///I've never done an illegal download, but I'm about to change that.

ichiban: You shouldn't FARKING RELY on Wikipedia, you massive heap of excrement.

How else do you expect people to complete their dissertations?

It is an irresponsible response and a disservice to people who rely on them for information and use their services. It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today. It's a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests.

Any word on whether Dodd speaking this phrase caused everyone in the room to bleed from their ears? Or was this simply written into a tome bound in human flesh and sent to the AP?

Chris Dodd. Once a bag-of-dicks, always a bag-of-dicks.

Doesn't abuse of power imply the institution has some recognized authority in the first place?

pag1107: Yet again these tools are shown to be festering boils on the butt of humanity. Time and time again they manage to one up themselves for sheer dickishness. How do they keep workers? Even complete sociopaths move on to greener pastures after being shamed enough times.

You think the MPAA/RIAA whores are capable of feeling 'shame'?

/Can't believe my farking state once elected Dodd. What a damned tool.

badhatharry: According to Dodd, these actions by websites are to "further their corporate interests." No shiat.

All I can do is shake my head. It's just difficult for me to believe that a human being can spin at this magnitude. This is really 1984-level doublespeak.

Lumpmoose: "MPAA Chairman and former Senator from Connecticut Chris Dodd"?? Wow. He's a shoe-in for the 2012 Evan Bayh Award For Post-Congressional Career of Shame and Loss of Integrity that I just made up.

I guess if you're a treasonous, baby-eating sellout you might as well make some cash from your unique talents.

Imgur is taking part in the anti-SOPA stuff, in a very brilliant way.

I'm going to start charging for fair use of my posts. If you read it, please PayPal me .02 (USD). If you quote it, the price is .05. I'm sick of big businesses making money off of me without providing any compensation whatsoever. Now bring on the people who think quoting isn't stealing...

MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd on the SOPA Blackout Protests: "It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today. It's a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests."

SOPA Blackout Protestors on those who support SOPA (like MPAA Chairman Chris Dodd): "It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today. It's a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests."