{"id":3330,"date":"2012-01-19T10:46:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T03:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moui.net\/blog\/?p=3330"},"modified":"2012-01-19T10:46:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-19T03:46:44","slug":"tell-congress-you-oppose-h-r-3261-stop-online-piracy-act-sopa-and-s-968-protect-ip-act-pipa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moui.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/tell-congress-you-oppose-h-r-3261-stop-online-piracy-act-sopa-and-s-968-protect-ip-act-pipa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell Congress you OPPOSE H.R. 3261 “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and S. 968 “Protect IP Act” (PIPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2605\u00a0\u2606\u00a0\u2605\u00a0Tell Congress you OPPOSE H.R. 3261 “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and S. 968 “Protect IP Act” (PIPA)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2605\u00a0\u2606\u00a0\u2605<\/p>\n

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Drawing by a girl which is against SOPA. Thanks SFZ for this drawing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Supporters of SOPA: <\/strong>RIAA, MPAA,\u00a0News Corp<\/a>, TimeWarner, Walmart,\u00a0Nike,\u00a0Tiffany, Chanel, Rolex, Sony, Juicy Couture, Ralph Lauren,\u00a0VISA, Mastercard, Comcast, ABC, Dow Chemical,\u00a0Monster Cable, Teamsters, Rupert Murdoch<\/a>, Lamar Smith (R-TX)<\/a>, John Conyers (D-MI)<\/p>\n

Opponents of SOPA<\/strong>: Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, craigslist, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, eBay, AOL, Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, Etsy, Zynga, EFF, ACLU, Human Rights Watch, Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ron Wyden (D-OR),\u00a0Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Ron Paul (R-TX)<\/p>\n

Where does your Member of Congress stand on SOPA<\/strong>?<\/a>\u00a0(Project SOPA Opera)<\/p>\n

SOPA and PIPA Are Too Dangerous To Revise, They Must Be Killed Entirely\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congress needs to hear from you<\/a>, or these dangerous bills will pass<\/a> – they have tremendous lobbying dollars behind them, from corporations experts say are attempting to prop up outdated, anti-consumer business models<\/a> at the expense of the very fabric of the Internet — recklessly unleashing a tsunami of take-down notices and litigation, and a Pandora’s jar of “chilling effects” and other unintended (or perhaps intended?) consequences.<\/p>\n

There is still time to be heard.\u00a0Congress is starting to backpedal<\/a>\u00a0on this job-killing, anti-American nonsense, and the Obama administration has weighed in against<\/a> these bills as drafted, but SOPA\/PIPA cannot be fixed or revised — they must be killed altogether<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sen Darrell Issa<\/a> (R-CA) and Rep Ron Wyden<\/a> (D-OR) are championing an alternative<\/a> to SOPA\/PIPA called Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN)<\/a> that\u00a0addresses foreign sites dedicated to piracy, without disrupting basic Internet protocols, or threatening mainstream US sites like craigslist.<\/p>\n

Tim O’Reilly, a publisher who is himself subject to piracy, asks whether piracy is even a problem, and whether there is even a legitimate need for any of these bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Learn more about SOPA, Protect IP (PIPA), and Internet Blacklisting<\/strong>:<\/p>\n