http://btjunkie.org/goodbye.html

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/10/us-signs-international-anti-piracy-accord.ars

A bit late for the announcement, but ACTA is mainly for HARDWARE piracy. So say goodbye to Pedro's Discount DVD store in the barrio.

Feel free to share your >opinions

Sanic and serve haven't been taken down, but they've disabled their public file sharing services.

Also, according to warezbb (though this can't TRULY be confirmed yet) the FBI issued a warning to Mediafire to take down their site, but Mediafire has basically halted the process for now. Only time will tell if this has any merit.

http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/22/mediafire-megaupload-business-model-piracy/

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/954aee8c-45ea-11e1-9592-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1kJYvATBR

TL;DR:

The Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011, cleverly disguised by its name, forces your internet distributor to keep a copy of your internet history for at least a year. It has already been approved by the committee and is soon be voted.

If you have the time to sit down and read through these, you'll see that a lot of the contents are nearly identical to SOPA, but this time, FOR THE CHILDREN.



http://www.slashgear.com/sopa-sponsor-has-another-internet-bill-that-records-you-247-20210264/

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/08/the-legislation-that-could-kill-internet-privacy
-for-good/242853/

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217074/New_U.S._bill_would_make_ISPs_keep_records_for_18_mon
ths

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/08/05/protecting-children-bill-could-kill-internet.aspx