Protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
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Many sites across the Internet, including this one, are blacked out today to show support for the Anti-SOPA movement. Congress is about to vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). If passed, this bill will allow the United States government to censor the Internet.
Anti-SOPA blackout on Google
Although SOPA advocates claim it targets foreign pirates, the Electronic Frontier Foundation reports that “broad definitions and vague language” allow the bill to shut down legitimate U.S. websites without due process.
Anti-SOPA blackout on Wikipedia
SOPA supporters in Congress actively avoided feedback from public interest groups, Internet investors and professionals, technology companies, and independent artists. They were too busy listening to lobbyists to hear the widespread outrage over the bill’s many flaws.
Anti-SOPA blackout on JeremySarbercom
Please do your part.
List of senators with contact information.
It’s important to write a message or call your senator today. The Senate vote is rapidly approaching.
Feel free to use or adapt this note:
Dear Senator,
I am concerned about the implications SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, have on our nation’s stance on freedom of speech, in addition to its prospects for economic growth. These bills pose a real threat to every online business in the United States. Furthermore, these bills contradict the United States’ foreign policies, which encourage greater Internet freedom.
Technologists and small businesses have been shut out from the bills’ formative process, and have been denied an opportunity to communicate the issues inherent in this form of legislation. The lobbyists supporting this legislation represent a single portion of this nation’s economy; it is out of bounds to force compliance in a manner that taxes legitimate businesses.
I oppose SOPA, PIPA, and other bills of this nature.
Thank you.
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Jeremy Sarber
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