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I don’t ever use this blog to share my political views, but I think this subject is important to every blogger no matter what he or she chooses to write about. The below youtube video does a great job visualizing the damage that the Protect-IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)—though, the video doesn’t directly mention SOPA—can truly have on our web ecosystem.
PIPA and SOPA are bills which have been introduced in the Senate and the House to give the U.S. government and corporations the ability to censor the net. This is all done in the name of protecting “creativity” and “copyrights.” The law would allow entire sites to be censored by corporate and government entities. All this is achieved by simply convincing a judge that a website is “dedicated to copyright infringement.”
The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under these bills, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, would be considered illegal behavior.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would cost us $47 million tax dollars a year—that’s for a fix which won’t work, disrupt the internet, stifles innovation, shuts out diverse voices, and censors the Internet. This bill is bad for creativity and does not protect our rights.
If you are in the United States, it’s time to stop these acts by making your voice heard. If you are outside, call on your U.S. friends and associates to do what is needed in order to stop PIPA and SOPA. United we can make a difference, let’s make that difference now! ~Paul
I am obviously against SOPA as well, but that infographic had me smiling because some of those graphs are obviously made to scare the living daylights out of people. Not very factual, but speculation of the end of internet as we know it. Carolyn Lewis recently posted..Home Kitchen Appliances
You are probably right that the maker was heavy on the slippery slope side of logic. However, I am certain if Congress used SOPA reasoning in the same fashion for our 1st Amendment you would probably get the same reaction. When it comes to freedom of speech we should be very wary when the government tries to heavily curtail it. Yet, I do appreciate the dialogue, and feel that you are right about SOPA not being the end of the world as we know it, but I am glad that we won’t find out either (at least not right now).
Estella- Thanks for commenting. I hadn’t heard of ACTA until your comment. I did a quick search and it shows that there are 31 countries a part of ACTA—the United States being one. It is interesting, because it seems very similar to SOPA, in that it threatens freedom of speech and privacy. What I am curious about is how ACTA will be enforced globally?
I am obviously against SOPA as well, but that infographic had me smiling because some of those graphs are obviously made to scare the living daylights out of people. Not very factual, but speculation of the end of internet as we know it.
Carolyn Lewis recently posted..Home Kitchen Appliances
You are probably right that the maker was heavy on the slippery slope side of logic. However, I am certain if Congress used SOPA reasoning in the same fashion for our 1st Amendment you would probably get the same reaction. When it comes to freedom of speech we should be very wary when the government tries to heavily curtail it. Yet, I do appreciate the dialogue, and feel that you are right about SOPA not being the end of the world as we know it, but I am glad that we won’t find out either (at least not right now).
If you thought SOPA was bad, just wait Until you meet ACTA.
ACTA had move forward in Europe despite protests.
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Estella- Thanks for commenting. I hadn’t heard of ACTA until your comment. I did a quick search and it shows that there are 31 countries a part of ACTA—the United States being one. It is interesting, because it seems very similar to SOPA, in that it threatens freedom of speech and privacy. What I am curious about is how ACTA will be enforced globally?