Everyday the Entertainment Industry fights ways to protect their copyrighted materials and this means protecting, fighting and shutting down the bad guys who do these illegal things. The Entertainment industry now has pushed a bill that will do the job for them, but this time it targets the most precious source of information “the internet and YOU”.
Introducing the new bill called “SOPA BILL” which gives the entertainment industry power to shut down or block any IP or website that uses their products, which doesn’t sound too bad to anyone or anybody and you never know…you could be a person who is thinking “why would I care?” ” what does this have to do with me and my internet surfing” well to put it in simple words. Well if you put in a simple video or sing a song of your favorite song list you are now a violator or the SOPA BILL and
the entertainment industry can shut you down, sue your ass, or simple shut down the website that you are using such as twitter, facebook,lifehacker,ect. ect. It can be a simple picture you posted in Facebook because it was funny…yeah you just broke the law (Yes it includes blogs too).
If you want to learn more about how SOPA works, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) posted a great overview. You can also view the exact contents of SOPA. For a quick overview, be sure to watch the video at the top of this post.
What Can I Do About SOPA?
Currently Twitter, Google, Reddit, Kickstarter, Tumblr, Mozilla, Yahoo, AOL, eBay, Zynga, Facebook, and several other sites have spoken out in opposition of SOPA. If you’d like to as well, there are a couple of things you can do.
Guides:
First, call your congressperson on the phone. This is especially important if you live in Texas, Michigan, Vermont, or Iowa. You can also send a letter to your congressperson by visiting the American Censorship Day web site. To activate the contact widget, you have to click the “Try it out” link that’s wedged between two screenshots of a censored logo and the “Website Blocked” widget you’re trying to open. This will provide you with a form and allow you to send a letter.
Second, get the word out. Post this article, the American Censorship Day web site, or any other information about SOPA on your social media accounts. Send emails to friends and family. If you oppose the bill, help others to understand why they should oppose it as well.
SOPA is on the fast track, so if you want to fight it you need to do so today. We do, however, recommend you get to know the bill so you you can make an informed decision regarding how you feel about it.
Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! – fightforthefuture.org/pipa
