#protect-ip act

[thirddeadlysin]

I'm hopping on this bandwagon like whoa. SOPA's been tabled by one of its authors in the House, but it will be back. PIPA (PROTECT IP Act) is still alive, though nearly scuttled, in the Senate. Congress is going to keep trying to pander to the entertainment industry by legislating internet traffic in ways that make it clear they don't understand what it does or how it works. Unfortunately for them, the past month or two made it equally clear to them that there is more money and power and votes on the anti-SOPA side.

Plus I really need to watch The Reichenbach Fall another bafrillion times finish one of these auction fics.

Anyway: strike tomorrow. Link tells you how to join in (and you probably want to look to see what all's going dark tomorrow. It is a truly scary list to any internet addict, I mean, Tumblrer).

[thirddeadlysin]

SOPA hasn't made it to a vote yet in the House, but supporters of its sister bill, the PROTECT-IP Act, are trying to fast-track it in the Senate.

Click the link above to call your Senators to let them know you oppose this bill. (For more info, check the PROTECT-IP Act tag on my Tumblr, or visit the EFF.)

For my fellow phone-phobics, having a script handy can make this a much less daunting task. The only goal of calling an elected officials is to get them to record how many of their constituents are in support of or opposition to a particular bill or issue. They do it all day long. You don't have to be wordy or eloquent. Just give them your name and neighborhood (to verify that you are a constituent), and say something along the lines of "I oppose the PROTECT-IP Act [because of reasons] and I urge [Senator Whoever] to oppose it as well [because of effects]." 

And remember that whoever you've got on the line is probably just as eager to end the call as you are :)

[kopedup]

This video basically describes what is going on in America with the protect-ip act. Take a listen and learn about the repercussions that passing this bill could have.

[frompawntoqueen]

Video is about the dangerous of SOPA, tbh I hardly watch videos but this is sooo well put together! 

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26 January 2011: "Shutting down The Internet and Mobile Services": After several Facebook groups were created and tweets (from Twitter) called for mass demonstrations, the Egyptian government shut down internet access for most of the country.[113] This was done to cripple one of the protesters' main organizational tools and to impede the flow of news and people.

^ That is way you don't mess around with the internet. 

Seriously, can anyone find me an article that is pro on SOPA? I couldn't find it. 

Two personal notes: Tumblr gets things better then Gaia's Forums, Clearly Tumblr is my new home. 

[chao-meo]

Those that are interested in Protect-IP Act and SOPA:

http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/112%20HR%203261.pdf

Educate yourselves and see what it's REALLY about.

[eloisavaldes]

My own very first #someecard. :,)

[fifthgalaxy]

Take away our freedom of speech on the internet? How about, take away the freedom of speech from the Westboro Baptist church. Amirite?