this is an emergency

Bleeping Computers is being sued by Enigma Software, the guys who made that rubbish program Spyhunter

if you can please donate to them and help fund their defense

more info here

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ann.....dom-of-speech/

the stakes are higher than ever due to a sneaky change to the TPP regarding copyright

text taken from here
https://boingboing.net/2016/02/17/b.....o-tpp-sne.html
When the text of the secretly negotiated Trans Pacific Partnership was released, we were warned that it hadn't been "legally scrubbed" and checked for translation errors, but the new text that's been posted to the New Zealand government's website contains tiny revisions that sneakily increase the criminal penalties countries must impose on people who commit copyright infringement.

Simply by changing the word "paragraph" to "subparagraph," the new text forces all signatories to pass criminal laws against copyright infringements where there is no damages -- even where the copyright holder doesn't complain. The kind of tacit, don't-ask-don't-tell infringement that's normal on the Internet (for example, publishing multilingual subtitles, or other fan activities) would become criminal matters, and liable to prosecution even when no one complained about it.

This is a very significant change. Let's look at an example of how it might work. Take a website that shares multilingual subtitle files for movies. Although a technical copyright infringement, there are many legitimate uses for these files; for example, they allow you to lawfully purchase a foreign movie that isn't available in your own country, and then to add subtitles to view the film in your own language. The sale of such subtitle files is as good an example as any of a niche service that copyright owners have never bothered to commercially fill, and probably never will, particularly for less commonly spoken languages.

Under the TPP's original terms, a country could limit the exposure of the owner of such a website to prison time, or to the seizure and possible destruction of their server, on the grounds that by definition their infringement didn't cause any lost sales to the copyright owner. (Note that they would be liable for civil damages to the copyright owner in any case.)

Although a country still has the option to limit criminal penalties to “commercial scale” infringements (which is so broadly defined that it could catch even a non-profit subtitles website), the new language compels TPP signatories to make these penalties available even where those infringements cause absolutely no impact on the copyright holder's ability to profit from the work. This is a massive extension of the provision's already expansive scope.

more info here
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/.....inal-penalties

as you all know yesterday actor Robin Williams was found dead in his home, the cause of death is suspected to be suicide by asphyxia, I will always remember him for his roles as Teddy Roosevelt in the Night at the Museum films, Genie in the Aladdin films (except for The Return of Jafar), Ramon in the Happy Feet films, Philip Brainard in Flubber (screw you Nostalgia Critic) and Alan Parrish in Jumanji

Rest in Peace you great man, you're free, free from the suffering of this world

also (and this is fitting because he was a Zelda fan)
May the way of the Hero lead to the Triforce.

and as his wife Susan Schneider said
“As he is remembered, it is our hope the focus will not be on Robin's death, but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions.”

The White House, under pressure from the Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force, is bringing back to the table a provision from SOPA that would make the "unauthorized streaming of copyrighted material" a felony. Unfortunately, once again its language has people scared. Scared that some people will be fined/jailed for singing a song by someone else and uploading it on YouTube to share with the world.

Not to mention what it would do to sites like YouTube. There are several users who make covers of songs, both instrument and vocal covers. Some of these users have a lot of subscribers. There are also video game commentators who have gameplay footage over what they say, like username "MinnesotaBurns", whose videos are popular. This piece of legislation would force users to either severely cut down on the number of videos they have or shut down their channels out of fear of prosecution.

And if you think this doesn't affect foreign users, you're wrong. In January of 2012 the Hong Kong based site MegaUpload, a site that ran online storage and viewing services, was shut down because copyright infringement was taking place on the site, and it's founder, New Zealand resident Kim Dotcom (Kim Schmitz) was arrested. Since then Dotcom successfully battled attempts to have him extradited to the U.S. But if this legislation goes through, other foreign users who are supposedly costing the entertainment industry money by videotaping themselves covering songs and sharing on YouTube might not be so lucky.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm against plagiarism, counterfeiting and piracy, the taking of one's ideas and passing them off as yours. There are some who will try to do this with music, and those people should be punished. But then again there are those who are just paying tribute to their favorite artists by making covers, and as the old saying goes, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." Some artists, believe it or not, watch these covers and don't pursue legal action, because it would hurt their fanbase, the very people who made these artists as big as they are today. This legislation would stifle talent that could be "the next big thing", and it would also be the death of flattery.

Also this could extend to websites like deviantART, Wikipedia, fanfiction.net, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Thatguywiththeglasses.com, Wikia, Furaffinity, Sheezyart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fTt4K4Cae4

watch the video above

and sign the petition below

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe.....-2013/LMzMVrQF

(you don't have to live in the US to have an account on this website)

also copy this to your journal and let other people know

As you all know, we are getting close to the 1st of January 2012 and we have things to look foward, like the London Olympics and THE END OF THE WORLD, however it's not going to happen (i'm talking about the end of the world), why? this may surprise you but experts say the Mayans never predicted the world would end in 2012, I am not joking, A new reading of a Maya tablet mentioning the 2012 date suggests that it refers to the end of an era in the calendar, and not an apocalypse, it also marks the end of a 5,126 year old cycle around December 12, 2012 which should bring the return of Bolon Yokte, a Mayan god associated with war and creation

here's a link to a news story proving i'm telling the truth: http://news.yahoo.com/mayans-never-.....002838132.html

i've just realized something, timezones (i'm not saying anymore , if you get what i'm talking about then good for you)

borrowed from  thiscrispykat I made some changes to it

For those of you who aren't already in the know with regards to SOPA (aka the Stop Online Piracy Act) I strongly urge you to look it up by way of YouTube or Google, as it is extremely serious and will undoubtedly destroy the Internet as we know it if the bill is approved by U.S. congress in it's current form. Located below is a link which will lead you to a website hosting further links to explanatory videos regarding SOPA and PIPA which will also give you the option to phone or E-Mail a complaint to congress.

SOPA is still relatively new to me as I have only been aware of it for the past few weeks or so. However, since I have been closely following the matter, I am fairly confident that I can still provide my watchers and whoever else reads this with a summarized explanation: If SOPA is approved by U.S. congress, our Internet will be heavily censored just like China's. If you're grinning as you read this because you happen to reside in a foreign country, keep reading. This affects you too. If this bill is allowed to pass it will cripple the Internet in a myriad of different ways, but since this is FurAffinity/DeviantArt/SheezyArt that I'm speaking to and since I am myself an artist by trade I'll only be focusing on the single most horrifying aspect of the SOPA bill that should have every artist shaking their fists with rage. Namely, the fact that we will no longer be allowed to draw whatever we wish any anymore.

Depicting copyrighted material (harmless cartoon characters in this particular instance) such as Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Balto, Kimba, Simba, Celestia, Naruto, Spyro, Sonic the Hedgehog, Toothless, Fievel Mousekewitz, or even Care Bears in her case, will officially become illegal by law and will give their respective owners (Walt Disney, Warner Bros., Hasbro, Sega, Activision, et cetera.) the power to yank the government's chain and force them to automatically vaporize (insert name of website) without warning for posting pictures depicting characters from the franchises they own be it snapshot, wallpaper, lineart or fanart. Just let that sink in for a moment, my fellow art lovers:

THE GREEDY ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY WANTS THE POWER TO DECIDE WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DRAW SO MORE PEOPLE WILL BUY THEIR SHIT.

Does "Communist Russia" ring any bells? Essentially we'll be handing the keys to the Internet to large corporate bodies such as Hollywood for instance and trusting them to make fair and balanced decisions. This, in my mind, is hardly any different from giving the nuke launch codes to the permanent residents of the Sunnyvale funny farm and saying "Just promise us that you won't cause any mischief, okey dokey?"

The House Judiciary Committee held hearings on SOPA on November 16 and December 15, 2011. A vote is presently scheduled for Wednesday, December 21. Until then, I suggest we all start raising a raucous about this bill whenever and wherever we can on the world wide web. Remember: if SOPA wins, DeviantArt, FurAffinity, Elfwood, The Lion King Archive, Sheezyart, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Imgur, 4Chan, Wikipedia, Equestria Daily, Fanfiction.net and Flickr among many, many other things are ancient history and we can all kiss our freedom of artistic expression goodbye. Lol, Constitution? What Constitution?

---> http://americancensorship.org/ <---

So if you don't want a censored internet, help fight it!

Update: it seems there will be no markup tomorrow but there will be one next year, also here's 2 more petitions

http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitio.....ation/g3W1BscR

note: the white house one is full but you can still sign it if you live in america and you will need an account, who knows it might make much more of an impact

also here's a video about SOPA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc

I’m sure that most of you have heard of this Protect IP bill, but I wanted to spread the word.

The Protect IP Act is a bill that Congress is debating about at the moment. Why should we care? Well, the Protect IP Act is a bill that could force Internet Service Providers to block social media sites like tumblr, Facebook, and deviantART. This is despicable and wrong.

Private corporations want the power to get rid of sites that allow people to download music, videos, and other media. however, most of these sites aren’t in U.S. jurisdiction. This bill will allow corporations to, as I said above, force Internet Service Providers to block these sites. It will also give them the ability to cut off funds from these websites by forcing American Ad providers to take their ads off of these websites, and sue websites, blogs, and even forums to make them remove links to the offending websites.

This bill is ridiculous for many reasons. Firstly, it doesn’t even prevent piracy. One can still access these sites by typing in their IP addresses. And, it’s unconstitutional. Any website where people express themselves, whether it be making art, music, or media, there’s enough copyrighted material that this bill can target them, censoring them, or worse, shutting them down.

Even if we trust the U.S. government not to overuse it’s power, other countries may follow their example, and there may be some who would use this power to destroy the freedom that we get on the internet.

I might be overreacting, but the hearings are horribly lopsided, with the bill’s supporter’s voices far outweighing those opposed to it. Tech companies such as Google, AOL, Twitter, and Mozilla, have signed a full page ad in the New York Times opposing this bill, but it’s doubtful that their voices will be heard by those who have to hear it.

I beg you guys, please help stop this freedom-restricting bill. No good can come of a bill that gives corporations the power to crush our creativity. You can sign petitions here: http://americancensorship.org/ and http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/.....p;rd=1&t=2 and http://www.change.org/petitions/sto.....ntrol-bill-now

You can contact your congressman, if you live in America: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/

Anyone who cares about their ability to express themselves creatively, please help.

Share this post, or any other posts or media relating to the bill, such as this video: http://vimeo.com/31100268

if this bill is approved then say goodbye to social media sites like Tumblr, Facebook, Youtube and deviantART and other websites like TGWTG and Equestria Daily

also you can copy this to your journal, spread the word! taken from here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.ph.....500&page=0 (sorry for taking it Thyme Who, also wouldn't Fanfiction.net, Furaffinity and SheezyArt be effected as well?)

so please don't put any comments that will disturb me

i tried to access blue bird (megami36 version) but all i got was "This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions"
the reason i'm typing this is because it's a fandub of blue bird from naruto shippuden it's not a official music video or anything like that as such i'm thinking of deleting my youtube account... (update i've decided not to delete my account)

oh and to any members who live in the uk and are planning to go to france for the summer if anyone offers to sell you a chipmunk in paris don't buy it, they have ticks which carry lyme disease

i just finished watching day five of torchwood: children of earth *i'm not spoiling it so don't bother asking what happened in the episode* and it was the saddest thing i ever watched...

sorry for not replying for 4 days but i was staying at another place so my mum could spend time with my sister. on thursday i will staying at the same place because my mum is going to see take that in london and will pick me up on sunday so i will not be able to reply for 3 days

i've now left college (i couldn't think of anything else to say)

i' m now eighteen years old (by the way if you see this after tommorrow i'm too lazy to update it)

i was only a member for 7 months but it was fun while it lasted
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