Congress needs to hear from you, or these dangerous bills will pass – they have tremendous lobbying dollars behind them, from large corporations reportedly hoping to prop up outdated, anti-consumer business models at the expense of the very fabric of the Internet — recklessly unleashing a tsunami of take-down notices and litigation, and a Pandora’s jar of “chilling effects” and other unintended (or perhaps intended?) consequences.

Please let your Members of Congress know you OPPOSE H.R. 3621 “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and S. 968 “Protect IP Act” (PIPA):

• Phone, yes phone your Member of Congress! (House) (Senate)
• EFF Congressional Emailer – Oppose Internet Blacklisting (SOPA & PIPA)
• OpenCongress Congressional Emailer – Oppose SOPA
• Generic Congressional Emailer (You’ll need your Zip+4)

Learn more about SOPA, Protect IP (PIPA), and Internet Blacklisting:

• Growing Chorus of Opposition to SOPA
• Open Letter against SOPA from 83 Prominent Internet Engineers
• Why SOPA and Protect IP (PIPA) are Bad, Bad Ideas (Techdirt)
• SOPA News (Google News)
• SOPA Wikipedia entry
• SOPA FAQ (CNET)

Internet Giants Consider Blackout Against SOPA!

Where does your Member of Congress stand on SOPA? (Project SOPA Opera)

Opponents of SOPA: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, craigslist, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, eBay, AOL, Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, Etsy, Zynga, EFF, ACLU, Human Rights Watch, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Ron Paul (R-TX)

Supporters of SOPA: RIAA, MPAA, News Corporation, VISA, Mastercard, Pfizer, Comcast, Time Warner, ABC, Nike, Walmart, Dow Chemical, Tiffany, Chanel, Rolex, Monster Cable, Teamsters, Lamar Smith (R-TX), John Conyers (D-MI)

I noticed a lot of chatter online about the term “Nulled” when used in context with scripts and when looking to buy a script.

The definition of Null is Zero, Nothing, Free. The definition of Nulled when used to describe a script is basically “made free by hacking”. So a Nulled script is simply a script that has been hacked and is now offered free. Nulled scripts are technically ILLEGAL unless otherwise distributed by the rightful owner or creator of the script.

Nulled Scripts can also be very dangerous to use for various reasons. One thing to ask your self is why is this “hacker” offering a nulled script to me for free? Well, maybe free is coming at a high price later. For example the person that made the script free by hacking it could have easily imbedded malicious code, spyware, or some type of backdoor to your server. After you install the script the Nullifier could be notified by a phpmail function or some sort of webbeacon and then gain full access to your site and server.

Bottom line is if you are not the nullifier yourself or getting the script from the true owner of the script, it can be dangerous. If you use nulled scripts you also risk being banned from your web hosting company if reported somehow.