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Stop SOPA: The Essentials
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Update: WE WON! Both bills are shelved, but keep vigilant because they can always be brought back when they think no one's paying attention. Original post follows:
This was posted by a representative of Anonymous named YourAnonNews.
http://youranonnews.tumblr.com/post.....-and-bill-text posted by YourAnonNews on Tumblr.
This applies to US citizens, but citizens all over the world will be affected if either Internet blacklist bill is passed and signed into law.
The two bills are SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act of 2011, H.R.3261; and PIPA, the PROTECT IP Act of 2011, S.968. (Beware any bill whose short title is an acronym spelling English words.) These bills are being touted as an attempt to stop piracy and bootlegging, but they will instead create a level of American censorship unseen since the McCarthy Era, and they won't stop piracy at all.
Congress WILL pass these bills unless they hear everyone tell them no.
STOP SOPA
THE ESSENTIALS:
* Summary and bill text of SOPA - H.R. 3261: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/show
* Summary and bill text of PIPA - S.968: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s968/show
* Congressmen who support SOPA and how much money in donations they received to support it: http://www.sopaopera.org
IN DEPTH:
* Companies that support SOPA - http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/R.....Supporters.pdf [PDF]
* Companies that oppose SOPA & PIPA - https://www.cdt.org/report/list-org.....-opposing-sopa
* Video: What is PIPA and how will it affect you? http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/
* SOPA 101: An Infographic - http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html
* Tech Law & Policy: House takes Senate’s bad Internet censorship bill, tries making it worse - Analysis of SOPA & PIPA - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/.....s-it-worse.ars
* First Amendment Legal Analysis and Implications of SOPA - http://www.scribd.com/doc/75153093/.....SOPA-12-6-11-1
* Stanford Law Professors React to SOPA and PIPA - http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/0.....a-legislation/
* Infographic: What SOPA Means for Business and Innovation - http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/08/s.....a-infographic/
* FAQ: How SOPA Would Affect You - http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-5.....ct-you-faq/%20
GET INVOLVED:
* Take Action Checklist to Stop Censorship - http://americancensorship.org/
* Join YourAnonNews and AnonymousIRC and pledge not to tweet between 8AM-8PM EST (1300-0100 UTC) on 18 January [check your local timezone here - Use hashtags #SOPAblackout and #J18
* Add the following banners to your Twitter pic: "CENSORED" - http://t.co/Ie9Bz4L2 | "STOP SOPA" - http://t.co/vlaSE7je
* How to contact Facebook and Google to support the January 18 SOPA blackout - http://t.co/MBeUuaPd
* Contact your local Representative with info and a widget to find them by EFF and Wired for Change - https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/9.....ction_KEY=8173
* Plugin for WordPress to protest with a blackout: http://www.site5.com/blog/s5/stop-s.....kout/20120113/
* Click "attend" on the FaceBook event page - http://www.facebook.com/events/232028526874851/
This was posted by a representative of Anonymous named YourAnonNews.
http://youranonnews.tumblr.com/post.....-and-bill-text posted by YourAnonNews on Tumblr.
This applies to US citizens, but citizens all over the world will be affected if either Internet blacklist bill is passed and signed into law.
The two bills are SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act of 2011, H.R.3261; and PIPA, the PROTECT IP Act of 2011, S.968. (Beware any bill whose short title is an acronym spelling English words.) These bills are being touted as an attempt to stop piracy and bootlegging, but they will instead create a level of American censorship unseen since the McCarthy Era, and they won't stop piracy at all.
Congress WILL pass these bills unless they hear everyone tell them no.
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STOP SOPA
THE ESSENTIALS:
* Summary and bill text of SOPA - H.R. 3261: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/show
* Summary and bill text of PIPA - S.968: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s968/show
* Congressmen who support SOPA and how much money in donations they received to support it: http://www.sopaopera.org
IN DEPTH:
* Companies that support SOPA - http://judiciary.house.gov/issues/R.....Supporters.pdf [PDF]
* Companies that oppose SOPA & PIPA - https://www.cdt.org/report/list-org.....-opposing-sopa
* Video: What is PIPA and how will it affect you? http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/
* SOPA 101: An Infographic - http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html
* Tech Law & Policy: House takes Senate’s bad Internet censorship bill, tries making it worse - Analysis of SOPA & PIPA - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/.....s-it-worse.ars
* First Amendment Legal Analysis and Implications of SOPA - http://www.scribd.com/doc/75153093/.....SOPA-12-6-11-1
* Stanford Law Professors React to SOPA and PIPA - http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/0.....a-legislation/
* Infographic: What SOPA Means for Business and Innovation - http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/08/s.....a-infographic/
* FAQ: How SOPA Would Affect You - http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-5.....ct-you-faq/%20
GET INVOLVED:
* Take Action Checklist to Stop Censorship - http://americancensorship.org/
* Join YourAnonNews and AnonymousIRC and pledge not to tweet between 8AM-8PM EST (1300-0100 UTC) on 18 January [check your local timezone here - Use hashtags #SOPAblackout and #J18
* Add the following banners to your Twitter pic: "CENSORED" - http://t.co/Ie9Bz4L2 | "STOP SOPA" - http://t.co/vlaSE7je
* How to contact Facebook and Google to support the January 18 SOPA blackout - http://t.co/MBeUuaPd
* Contact your local Representative with info and a widget to find them by EFF and Wired for Change - https://wfc2.wiredforchange.com/o/9.....ction_KEY=8173
* Plugin for WordPress to protest with a blackout: http://www.site5.com/blog/s5/stop-s.....kout/20120113/
* Click "attend" on the FaceBook event page - http://www.facebook.com/events/232028526874851/
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