Blackout for SOPA.

[Tommer]

It's not like me to dip my nose into Politics but I think we should be raising awareness on this one.

[TC] is a community that has been around since 2006, our Forums have always been bustling with users who have open minds, often sharing useful information, files and other resources, for many it's where we've joined team's and found friends, and even spend most of our free time.

However, we also have users who post links occasionally to materials that may not be necessarily legal. Even things such as YouTube videos featuring copyrighted content being linked to on this forum could be breaking the law, SOPA could result in the [TC] Website being censored by anybody going through a DNS in the United States, or even worse being brought down completely, wiping our face off the Internet.

A Quote from Margaret Mead to think about;

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.

My suggestion is to 'censor' our banner in the protest of SOPA and PIPA in order to raise recognition of the issue that puts our forum under threat - I'm sure many of us will agree it would be devastating if [TC] was shut down as a result of the new bill.

Have a read about SOPA and PIPA;

http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/help-stop-sopa-pipa/
http://americancensorship.org/
http://www.reddit.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10100210345757211
http://www.minecraft.net/

If you have concerns about this issue please express them, and if you have any ideas we could do to raise awareness of the issue also.