In lieu of blacking out my blog – considering that wouldn’t really accomplish much, not many people would notice – I’m just going to post some links for info.<\/p>\n
This really is a major issue. SOPA started out as a good(ish?) idea and a lot of major internet companies supported it. But as happens with government the bill was changed and re-written to a point where what it is now would affect almost everything on the internet. Especially<\/i> blogs and other interactive communities. It hands the power of censorship to companies – they can decide what violates their copyright and gives them the right under law to submit requests to hosting providers to shut down sites – and the hosting provider must comply within 5 days. The bill also includes DNS blocking, which is the same censorship method used in countries like China. That’s some scary shit there.<\/p>\n
Wikipedia (who is blacked out today): https:\/\/wikimediafoundation.org\/wiki\/SOPA\/Blackoutpage<\/a> Click on the “Learn More” for info and enter your zip for your reps info to contact them.<\/p>\n SOPA Infographic: http:\/\/americancensorship.org\/infographic.html<\/a><\/p>\n A post about how these bills would affect you: http:\/\/www.1stwebdesigner.com\/design\/how-sopa-pipa-can-affect-you\/<\/a><\/p>\n The Day The LOLcats Died (video): http:\/\/icanhascheezburger.com\/2012\/01\/18\/funny-pictures-videos-the-day-the-lolcats-died-pipa-sopa\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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