If SOPA passes, will it affect Disco?

[AeternusDoleo]

I believe there's a lot of things that would or could happen if someone were to stumble across this and report the site/mod. Igiss would probably be sued...

Yes. And I expect the Russians to be most cooperative in enforcing American law on it's citizens...

... the name would be gone and U.S. citizens would have to put in the IP...

Myea, the copyright gulag? Besides, the name "Discovery" isn't copyrighted. Even if it was, it's too generic to withstand a challenge.

... images would be gone, and depending on how the ISPs and Invision Power Board Feel, they could restrict access or take it down all together.

Doubtful. Again, the server is hosted in Germany. The forum is just freeware software running on a server. Just like the game server itself. Most of our content is developed from scratch - heck, if the game wouldn't stop bawling and crashing with the original mission content removed, we'd have axed that as well.

EDIT Hmm. The above is said in a form as if everything was here in the U.S. Which, it isn't. BUT! We have been reaching across countries to do this sort of thing, and we probably will if SOPA is passed. Just look at megaupload. Isn't it down 'cause the U.S. went to NZ to do it?

Megauploads is a commercial site dedicated to one purpose: Filesharing. Comparing that to a nonprofit online gaming community is really just... silly.

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