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TalkingDog

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Wed Jan 18, 2012, 11:14 PM Jan 2012

(I figured out why they are backing down on the Hill) Porn Sites Black Out For SOPA

http://www.webpronews.com/porn-sites-black-out-for-sopa-2012-01

With a NSFW-ish pic.

But don’t think that just because you’re browsing the porn tubes, that means you’re in a SOPA Blackout-free zone.

In fact, many popular streaming porn tube sites have joined in the SOPA protest, and their participation ranges from blacked out landing pages to censored logos.

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Xvideos and XNXX have gone to greater lengths in protest of the legislation. Upon visiting their sites, users are directed to a landing page that announces the blackout:

SOPA and PIPA are laws that would lead to a censored internet, in the name of copyright protection. You may not have heard about them yet as the big medias are hardly covering the subject because they are all in favor of SOPA. This new set of laws was about the pass silently (less internet = more TV). It would allow copyright holders to shut down any site with user generated content (even just a little as it could be seen facilitating infringements), without due process, and create an American internet blacklist.

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(I figured out why they are backing down on the Hill) Porn Sites Black Out For SOPA (Original Post) TalkingDog Jan 2012 OP
Morning k&r. enough Jan 2012 #1
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