January 18, 2012
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Stop SOPA!!!
This is what my posts (and your posts) could look like if SOPA is implemented (a whole lot of black and nothingness). Don’t know what SOPA is? Check it out here! (Highlight the rest of this entry to see what my blog posts could still look like without SOPA.)
There’s been a lot of buzz about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). SOPA is basically censorship without due process. If someone thinks that you are possibly pirating an image, video, music, etc., your online life could be shutdown without warning. Search engine companies could be forced to censor the searches that you’re able to do Piracy sucks. We’ve seen some of the effects of it here on Xanga. People get really upset when someone’s posts or pictures get stolen and rightfully so but I’d rather take the routes that we have now (i.e. reporting possible piracy or stealing) than having the craziness that is SOPA. Orwellian in the first degree…
So what can you do? Email or call your representative. Sign a petition. Make your voice heard. I don’t have a senator because I’m in DC but I have contacted my representative and I’ve signed Google’s petition. Make your voice heard!!!
Comments (16)
Agreed.
@ClimbUpTreesToLookForFish - Indeed
I so agree with you. Right now, even the images on Xanga is blacked out. So it is difficult to figure out what is what. Your Rec button is not working
@angys_coco - I tried to recommend this blog but failed too. About “black out” here, highlight the blog and you can read.
@angys_coco - Aww, I don’t know why my rec button isn’t working but thanks for trying to recommend it
@ClimbUpTreesToLookForFish - Hrm, I don’t know why my rec button isn’t working. I can see it but obviously I can’t test it since you can’t rec your own items!
@TheCheshireGrins - Go into your settings and check.
@angys_coco - Hrm, I just checked and I have it set so people can recommend my posts. That’s so odd…
Stop SOPA and PIPA!
@Roadlesstaken - Oh yes!
Like!
(Not SOPA and PIPA, though. The legislation is a case of the Road to Hell being paved with good intentions, in this case trying to stop online piracy.)
I’m with you! The more I read the more freaked out I became. peace & a free & open internet.
I wager that nobody will even notice SOPA except the artists, writers and programmers who will be protected by it.
i heard that the congress backed down lol, idiots.
My Senators and Representative have heard from me. So far, two of the three have come out against the proposed laws.
They attack things that are easy to attack instead of trying to solve the real problems. One politician for SOPA acted like he didn’t even know what the internet was. People like that don’t care about their decisions affecting others. It’s jus’ a box full of wires n’ stuff.