Its the beast that doesn’t die. This legislation or something like it has been coming back again and again for at least a decade, and each time everyone scratches their head… why? this wont help, and it may cause other problems! When will congress realize that we dont want it.
How often, in the last few decades, has anyone said “we need a more repressive government like china?” Yet congress seems hell bent on, not just passing this, but trying to slip it in to procedural loopholes so we won’t notice.
Apparently, all the press on this hasn’t hit politicians where it hurts yet… so, lets send congress a little reminder that we the people, democrat or republican, are not interested in creating the kind of censorship regime that repressive governments use to control information. Heres a petition you can sign… End Piracy, Not Liberty https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
Fighting online piracy is important. The most effective way to shut down pirate websites is through targeted legislation that cuts off their funding. There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs.
Too much is at stake – please vote NO on PIPA and SOPA.
For those of you who dont know what all the fuss is about… WAKE UP!!! and read this:
Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.
Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.
The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.
Failure to act will put the censorship button in the hands on an industry that has been shown time and time again to abuse whatever power has been given to it. Not to mention… it wont do that its intended to do!
Learn more:
EFF: One-page guide to SOPA
reddit: A technical overview of the SOPA and PIPA bills
DYN: How these bills would break DNS
EFF: Free speech on the web
Google: End Piracy, Not Liberty
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