PROTECT IP / SOPA Act Breaks the Internet

[GirlinContempt]

http://vimeo.com/31100268
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet.
Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! - http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa
PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting "creativity". The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites-- they just have to convince a judge that the site is "dedicated to copyright infringement."

The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would cost us $47 million tax dollars a year — that's for a fix that won't work, disrupts the internet, stifles innovation, shuts out diverse voices, and censors the internet. This bill is bad for creativity and does not protect your rights.

http://americancensorship.org/
http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/online/dont-break-internet

[Hissyspit]

1. GirlinContempt!

Long time no see.

[GirlinContempt]

6. Been a while

[DeathToTheOil]

2. Girl, why you gotta be so Contemptuous?

Just kidding! K'd & R'd.

[Shining Jack]

3. K&R

That's scary.

[GirlinContempt]

9. Very scary!

Consider putting your support behind any of the initiatives you can find here:
http://americancensorship.org/
Scroll down for different ways to express your feelings about this! They have a great tool to censor a post for you than you can then share anywhere on the internet, and when people click to un-censor (de-censor?) it provides them with information about this issue! I think it's neat.

Or, directly contact any company you have a connection with that is supporting these bills and let them know what you think.
http://gizmodo.com/5870241/all-the-companies-supporting-sopa-the-awful-internet-censorship-lawand-how-to-contact-them
Full list of supporters with contact info at the above link!

[Thav]

4. Don't forget to vote with your dollars

The name registrar GoDaddy supports SOPA. If you are a net admin and have domains with GoDaddy, switch them to a different registrar. I just changed all mine to NameCheap, which actively OPPOSES SOPA. http://www.namecheap.com?aff=25573

Use the coupon code SWITCH2NC for $1 off.

(I am not affiliated with Name Cheap nor employed by them. I just am encouraging you to vote with your dollars as well).

[GirlinContempt]

7. Here's a full list of supporters of these bills, with contact info!

http://gizmodo.com/5870241/all-the-companies-supporting-sopa-the-awful-internet-censorship-lawand-how-to-contact-them

Includes ABC, CBS, BMI, Comcast, Capitol Records Nashville, Council of Better Business Bureaus, Country Music Association & Country Music Television, Disney, EMI, ESPN, Estee Lauder, HarperCollins, IFTA, IACC, IBEW, INTA, L'Oreal, Major & Minor League Baseball, Marvel Entertainment, MCA, MPAA, NAM, NTCA, National District Attorneys Association, NFL National Football League, NSA, News Corp, Penguin USA, Pfizer, Random House, Revlon, Scholastic, SAG, Sony, Tiffany & Co, Time Warner, UFC ultimate fighting, United States Chamber of Commerce, Universal Music & Publishing, Viacom, Visa, Warner Music.

Full list with contact info at link http://gizmodo.com/5870241/all-the-companies-supporting-sopa-the-awful-internet-censorship-lawand-how-to-contact-them

I will be contacting each and every person on that list, individually and personalized to each company to express my feelings about this horrible horrible crap.

[NorthCarolina]

5. Signed. nt

[GirlinContempt]

8. Awesome!

[Roy Rolling]

10. Corporate Media

Of course corporate media supports SOPA. They favor saving legal fees and hassles versus freedom of speech. They favor the govenment policing their business when it's convenient for them, and crying "foul" when the govenrment infringes on their programming.

They do not support principles, they only support things when it affects the bottom line.

[AverageJoe90]

11. Thankfully opposition to this fascistic POS bill has been spreading like wildfire.........

One petition I came across had 100,000+ signatures!