Stop Online Piracy Act

[Meatpie]

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as House Bill 3261 or H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011.

If made law the bill would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to prosecute users who upload copyrighted content to websites, including CDG.

Users could potentially be held criminally liable and forum staff will be required to cooperate with authorities if we want to stay online.

Website owners who cooperate will be given "immunity".



Our policy so far has been to NEVER reveal any information about members but if the bill is passed this may change.

Therefore we strongly advise against posting copyrighted material on our forums.

Please check our announcements section regularly to keep up to date with the latest forum news and any future changes in our forum rules.

Best,

Cute Dead Guys forum staff

 

[markfive]

It's good to be cautious about copyright, for sure.

But it doesn't look like the SOPA bill is actually going anywhere. It's stalled out in Congress, and the White House is not supporting it.

http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/13/10151672-sopa-opponents-gaining-momentum-wikipedia-google-join-protest

 

[Meatpie]

Thanks for the link.

 

[mxboots888]

Good to know. GoDaddy was a supporter but after users protested and they lost revenue from them, they reversed their stance

 

[Noose]

The bill seems to be dead in the water. Now if only it was a cute guy.