Help Stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation (SOPA, Protect IP)

[3Gear]

Hey, It is a rare that I post something like this, however there is too much at stake to allow this destructive legislation to pass.  The Bill (SOPA, Protect IP) will essentially kill the internet, as we know it.  The bill gives draconian powers to the MPAA and RIAA and the government to shut down any site for copyright infringement,  without proof of actual infringement,  so if there was a link on the sjvwc site that linked to a site that linked to a site that had infringing material, we could be shutdown.  It will be the end of all freedom of the internet. We must as users of a free internet take a stand and tell our government NO!  

Here are some details on the legislation by people who know much more than I do on these matters.


https://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8173

http://lifehacker.com/5860205/all-about-sopa-the-bill-thats-going-to-cripple-your-internet

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_you_need_to_know_about_sopa_in_2012.php

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/why-we-must-stop-sopa

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/01/sopa-is-a-symbol-of-the-movie-industrys-failure-to-innovate/250967/



Here is the contact links for our Senators, you should write them to make sure the oppose the SOPA Legislation

http://menendez.senate.gov/contact/

http://lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/index1.cfm

[3Gear]

another great article on the topic...

http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/sopa_people_who_grew_up_on_the_web_vs_people_who_still_don_t_use_it

[lovebus (jack)]

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

Biden on Internet Freedom = Anti-SOPA from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

[steveo]

They should be more concerned about getting people back to work...of course...this is easier to do then finding a solution to massive unemployment [gunfiring\

[lovebus (jack)]

Some internet sites will black out today in support to stop SOPA, Protect IP blll and our IP is supporting this but will NOT black out our site. Click on link below.