Black March 2012

#1

Post by sp332 » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 4:36 PM UTC

Black March 2012
black-march.com

Re: Black March 2012

#2

Post by Yarnage » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 4:44 PM UTC

I wish the people who started this "movement" actually understood the economics behind what they're doing. It's dumb and won't amount to anything.

Re: Black March 2012

#3

Post by untog » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 4:55 PM UTC

Possibly the most confusing web site I've seen in a while. It's like the author got excited and threw half a dozen images they liked on a page.

Re: Black March 2012

#4

Post by zht » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 4:57 PM UTC

Long story short:

"Do not buy a single record. Do not download a single song, legally or illegally. Do not go to see a single film in cinemas, or download a copy. Do not buy a DVD in the stores. Do not buy a videogame. Do not buy a single book or magazine."

Re: Black March 2012

#5

Post by arbitrage » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 4:57 PM UTC

oh, we're still passing around the "emergency" ip list? these people have absolutely no idea what they're talking about, or why this won't work.

i hope they remember to send us a postcard from 30 years ago.

Re: Black March 2012

#6

Post by Yarnage » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 4:59 PM UTC

zht wrote: post #4

Long story short: "Do not buy a single record. Do not download a single song, legally or illegally. Do not go to see a single film in cinemas, or download a copy. Do not buy a DVD in the stores. Do not buy a videogame. Do not buy a single book or magazine."

"Do not buy a single record until April. Do not download a single song, legally or illegally until April. Do not go to see a single film in cinemas, or download a copy until April. Do not buy a DVD in the stores until April. Do not buy a videogame until April. Do not buy a single book or magazine until April."

Fixed that for ya as that is what the website suggests.

Re: Black March 2012

#7

Post by ScotterC » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 5:27 PM UTC

but, but but. I already pre-ordered mass effect 3!

Re: Black March 2012

#8

Post by fourmii » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 5:32 PM UTC

I want to support this sort of movement, but it seems a little naive. Sure, not going to a movie is going to have some impact on the big movie studios and companies, but I happen to love listening to music. And I still want to support the artists themselves, many of them not superstars...

Re: Black March 2012

#9

Post by finnw » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 5:37 PM UTC

> With the continuing campaigns for Internet-censoring litigation such as SOPA and PIPA,

I think you mean Internet-censoring legislation

Re: Black March 2012

#10

Post by sp332 » Fri, Mar 02, 2012, 5:38 PM UTC

arbitrage wrote: post #5

oh, we're still passing around the "emergency" ip list? these people have absolutely no idea what they're talking about, or why this won't work. i hope they remember to send us a postcard from 30 years ago.

DNS is a good upgrade from passing around text files, but it's not the only possible solution, or necessarily the best one. An "emergency" IP list doesn't scale, but it's much better than nothing if your DNS stops working.