Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. And most of the webs choose to blackout since they don't want SOPA and PIPA to be voted in.
But for now, I'm going to tell you about SOPA and PIPA
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a.k.a H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced in the US House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by House Judiciary Committee Chair Representative Lamar S. Smith and a group of 12 initial co-sponsors. The bill could expand U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders's ability to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property.
PIPA is Protect IP Act, introduced
on May 12, 2011 by Senators Patrick Leahy, Orrin
Hatch, Chuck Grassley. It is a
re-written legislation, since the original one failed to pass Combating
Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) of 2010. If passed, it shall give U.S. corporations and the government the
right to seek affirmative legal action with any website that they see or consider as
enabling copyright infringement whether of U.S. origin or not.
The video below will explain you more about SOPA and PIPA, which I'm against, and wikipedia, facebook, google, twitter, also mozilla, against too.
Here's the video
And this what will happen in SOPA PIPA passes
Wikipedia Blackout
http://www.wikipediablackout.com/
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/wiki_sign/
Comment from Mark Zuckerberg
Twitter trending topic
#stopSOPA
if #SOPA
#SOPAblackout
Follow @sopablackout
http://www.wikipediablackout.com/
http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/wiki_sign/
Comment from Mark Zuckerberg
Twitter trending topic
#stopSOPA
if #SOPA
#SOPAblackout
Follow @sopablackout
More info, visit these websites
Sign the petition HERE
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