I figure most people, if not everyone, have heard about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) by now. I had, but prior to watching this video from Fight For The Future, I didn’t fully understand what the repercussions would be if these bills were passed. If you too are slightly if not altogether clueless about the situation, please, watch and learn. From the video description:
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.
Also, if you feel strongly enough about the issue, you can write your local representative and give him or her a piece of your mind.
Viva la web!
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