Join The Protest Against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act)

[silentg]

Sign the petition to save the internet:
http://avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet/?fp (Anyone can sign this petition.)
http://fightforthefuture.org
http://americancensorship.org/

UPDATE: Jan 19, 2011 from Representative Zoe Lofgren

Yesterday was important. Emails and phone calls poured into the US Capitol. The message in opposition to SOPA/PIPA was clear. As I was on the floor of the House yesterday, I can assure you that the actions taken were noticed by the Representatives. For myself, I was inspired that millions of Americans cared enough about freedom to contact their elected Representatives. But we have not yet prevailed. The key vote in the United States Senate is scheduled to occur at 2:15 next Tuesday, January 24th. It is on a “motion to proceed” to consider PIPA. We need at least 41 Senators to vote NO on the “motion to proceed”. Our vote count right now show us in single digits on the NO side so we have work to do. If the motion to proceed is successful it is likely that a form of SOPA/PIPA will become law this year. So this vote is a KEY VOTE on PIPA in the Senate. The concern is that Senators may try to have it both ways. They can say they are only voting “yes” on a motion to proceed to “allow the bill to be fixed.” But the truth is that moving to proceed next week will leave the proponents of SOPA/PIPA in control of the process. It will shut down further debate and preclude input from Internet experts and the public and will prevent meaningful consideration of changes to the bills. The goal of proponents of SOPA/PIPA is to pass something in both the House and Senate so that legislators can move “behind closed doors” into what is known as a “conference committee” and write what they want in secret.
A yes vote on a motion to proceed is, in effect, a yes vote on getting SOPA/PIPA made into law. And that vote is scheduled to be taken next Tuesday at 2:15. Your opposition to SOPA/PIPA had nothing to do with political parties and everything to do with preserving free expression on the internet. Make sure that everyone knows the KEY VOTE in the Senate is scheduled for this Tuesday, January 24th, 2:15pm (EST). We need Senators to vote NO.

http://www.facebook.com/zoelofgren
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What is SOPA? [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act"]Stop Online Piracy Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

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TED: Why SOPA Is A Bad Idea

 

[werty]

Sign petition against sopa

Here is the petition at Whitehouse.gov -

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitio...eaten-diminish-free-flow-information/g3W1BscR

Also this site has information and actions that can be taken on it

http://americancensorship.org/

 

[Sull]

Just signed. Thanks for the link.

 

[Sparhawke]

While I do not agree with censorship in any form I refuse to waste my time in signing up to any website to express my disgust therefore I have not signed it, why should I tell people who I am to protest such a thing?

Besides, that story was a complete waste of my time to read, no details were given and no reasoning was presented to ask my support.

 

[silentg]

You don't need to sign the petition to show opposition. I am pretty sure you're a customer of one of the companies listed below. You can e-mail or call these companies to voice your opposition:

for Tax Reform
Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies
Association of Talent Agents (ATA)
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Beachbody, LLC
BMI
BMG Chrysalis
Building and Construction Trades Department
Capitol Records Nashville
CBS
Cengage Learning
Christian Music Trade Association
Church Music Publishers’ Association
Coalition Against Online Video Piracy (CAOVP)
Comcast/NBCUniversal
Concerned Women for America (CWA)
Congressional Fire Services Institute
Copyhype
Copyright Alliance
Coty, Inc.
Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB)
Council of State Governments
Country Music Association
Country Music Television
Covington & Burling LLP
Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
Creative America
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Deluxe
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Disney Publishing Worldwide, Inc.
Elsevier
EMI Christian Music Group
EMI Music Publishing
ESPN
Estée Lauder Companies
Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)
Gospel Music Association
Graphic Artists Guild
Hachette Book Group
HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Inc.
Hyperion
Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE)
International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC)
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
International Union of Police Associations
Irell & Manella LLP
Jenner & Block LLP
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Kendall Brill & Klieger LLP
Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert LLP
L’Oreal
Lathrop & Gage LLP
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Lost Highway Records
Macmillan
Major County Sheriffs
Major League Baseball
Majority City Chiefs
Marvel Entertainment, LLC
MasterCard Worldwide
MCA Records
McGraw-Hill Education
Mercury Nashville
Minor League Baseball (MiLB)
Minority Media & Telecom Council (MMTC)
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
Moving Picture Technicians
MPA – The Association of Magazine Media
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA)
National Center for Victims of Crime
National Crime Justice Association
National District Attorneys Association
National Domestic Preparedness Coalition
National Football League
National Governors Association, Economic Development and Commerce Committee
National League of Cities
National Narcotics Offers’ Associations’ Coalition
National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA)
National Songwriters Association
National Troopers Coalition
News Corporation
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Pearson Education
Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
Phillips Nizer, LLP
Pfizer, Inc.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Provident Music Group
Random House
Raulet Property Partners
Republic Nashville
Revlon
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
Scholastic, Inc.
Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Showdog Universal Music
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Nashville
State International Development Organization (SIDO)
The National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)
The Perseus Books Groups
The United States Conference of Mayors
Tiffany & Co.
Time Warner
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
UMG Publishing Group Nashville
United States Chamber of Commerce
United States Tennis Association
Universal Music
Universal Music Publishing Group
Viacom
Visa, Inc.
W.W. Norton & Company
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Nashville
White & Case LLP
Wolters Kluewer Health
Word Entertainment

Michael explains who created the online piracy > [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc"]Be a HERO and Help STOP SOPA Now!! I'll tell you How! This Video that Must Be SHARED! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[werty]

Come on people spread this. We need to protect the internet. Please get votes from all your loved ones! The date is near!

 

[Mark Talks]

I've signed both.

You don't need to sign the petition to show opposition. I am pretty sure you're a customer of one of the companies listed below. You can e-mail or call these companies to voice your opposition:

Signing as well as calling/emailing just helps even more

 

[007]

I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion on the SOPA here at NamePros. Do people here not even know about it?

For example, are NamePros owners aware that the bill would effectively require them to review all posts, private messages, and profile edits members submit? Not to mention shutting down the chat room completely.

After all, if even one user posted copyrighted text, embedded a copyrighted image, or even used part of a copyrighted image in their avatar, NamePros could be considered a site that supports or assists in online piracy.

My personal opinion on the matter is that Internet forums, message boards, and chat rooms would be forced to shut down completely if this bill passes. I also see now way for social networking sites to survive. Even Facebook and Twitter don't have enough money to survive a mandatory review of every single piece of user submitted content.

This bill is serious people. It's the end of the Internet for all practical purposes.

Here is the petition at Whitehouse.gov -

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitio...eaten-diminish-free-flow-information/g3W1BscR

Also this site has information and actions that can be taken on it

http://americancensorship.org/

I've signed the White House petition many weeks ago and have been spreading it around.

 

[liquidcherry]

One of the problems i think is that this was posted in the warnings thread, not too many people i think are browsing here unfortunately(i could be wrong tough)

Maybe a mod could make this a sticky in the discussion forum?

cheers

liquid

 

[silentg]

More than 7 million users signed Google Petition: http://mashable.com/2012/01/19/sopa-internet/

35 senators now oppose the SOPA bill. 41 senators got to say no to stop the SOPA bill. Fellow Americans get to work
http://fightforthefuture.org
http://americancensorship.org/

 

[InvisionTech]

How come no one is talking about the Piece of SH!T congressman (Lamar Smith, TX) who came up with the bill? Someone needs to look at his finances and see who is funding these types of anti-freedom, fascist bills.

People of Texas need to vote this goon out of office next election!


Using the CURRENT laws, megaupload.com got shut down. NO need for new asinine legislation.

 

[silentg]

SOPA bill gets pulled > http://mashable.com/2012/01/20/sopa-is-dead-smith-pulls-bill/ and PIPA gets postponed.

---------- Post added at 02:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:11 PM ----------

They introduced something new now:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics...-could-kill-internet-privacy-for-good/242853/
Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 - See how the sneaky politicians named this bill.

 

[Kate]

In Europe there are already data retention laws in place.
And all the data that is being accumulated will be exploited sooner or later. The ultimate aim of politicans is always the same: total control of the Internet and the individual.

 

[south]

http://www.billboard.com/news/trent...a-palmer-ok-go-among-artists-1005926152.story

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20...t-against-sopapipa-website-will-go-dark.shtml