#sopa bill

[sals-geno]

Remember what happened around 12 years ago with the SOPA bill and serveral websites expressing their opposition to the these bills, the protests and how it left the SOPA bill dead? I think there should be something similar, if it is possible.

Original quote by @picturejasper20

[future-justice]

Now that I am learning Spanish I recently learned what soup was. It’s sopa. That just makes me think of that Sopa bill that was going to get passed or not. Its literally called the soup bill. XD I can’t believe this.

[embarrassthebureau-blog]

Aaron Swartz stood up for freedom and fairness – and was hounded to his death

One explanation for the vindictive prosecution puts it down to a politically ambitious federal attorney anxious to make a name for himself. But there is a darker, interpretation – that the authorities had noted how effective Swartz had become as an activist (he had, after all, mobilised the net community to stop the internet censorship legislation of the SOPA bill), and they were determined to make an example of him pour décourager les autres. Which, if true, would mean the Obama administration has taken a leaf out of the Chinese book on internet control: people can say more or less what they like online; but the moment they look like mobilising people, then you come down on them like the ton of bricks that crushed Aaron Swartz.

[xxxladyrebel]

SOPA!!!

PLEASE sign this petition! It needs 100,000 signatures by March 19th, but only currently has about 5,001! PLEASE reblog this and spread it around so we can gather more signatures! If this petition doesn't get 100,000 signatures, then the SOPA bill will be passed and ALL FANART, FANFICTION, FANSITES, AND SO MUCH MORE WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE INTERNET AND THE PEOPLE THAT CREATED THE FANWORKS WILL BE SENT TO JAIL!!!!! Here is the link to the petition: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-sopa-2014/q0Vkk0Zr

[flamehans]

TheSOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bill has resurfaced and is once again trying to be passed. The link attached will take you to a petition. Unless this petition reaches 100,000signatures by next week, this will happen:

All websites containing media that refers to or is owned by a company that hasn't given its permission for the media to be displayed can and will be shut down. This means sites such as Tumblr, Wattpad, Pinterist, fanfiction.com.

People who post such media can and will be fined, with a maximum sentence of five years in prison. This includes, but is not limited to, people who own/post the following: fanfiction, fan art, roleplay blogs, fan blogs/accounts and movie streaming sites.

"The legislation would allow copyright holders and the Justice Department to seek court orders against websites associated with copyright infringement. SOPA, the House version, applies to both domestic and foreign websites, while PIPA targets foreign websites. If that court order is granted, the entire website would be taken down. Internet users who typed in the site's URL address would receive an error message, and for all appearances, the site would never have existed. Importantly, the court does not need to hear a defense from the actual website before issuing its ruling. The entire website can be condemned without a trial or even a traditional court hearing." This is not a joke. This is real. We need 100,000 signatures by next week. Make one of them yours, or all these things that make you happy will disappear.

[donthitanybody]

Ok, so apparently writing fanfics and drawing fanart is going to be a federal crime with the new SOPA bill.  Can we just take a moment that with our fanfics and fanart, we are conversing our interpretation of a medium/fandom?  We are breaking down imagery, deep metaphors, and characters in hopes that someone will see our ideas and agree. We discuss a component and say, "I think the creator intended that we interpret this as such..." We make comparisons to other media or perhaps comparisons within the same medium to deepen our understanding.  We ask the "what if"s.  I could go on, but I won't.

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I hope you are all aware that this is exactly what we do in literature classes, and we write English papers with these goals in mind.  And I'm terrified as to what this exactly means.

[one-tired-enby]

SOPA

IS ANYONE WORRIED ABOUT THE SOPA BILL!?!? Is anyone actually sure if its real? Or is it fake? But either way I need to know!?!!!

[atlasexual-blog]

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-sopa-2013/LMzMVrQF