Posts Tagged ‘PIPA’

The Internet Wins


20 Jan

Organized, peaceful protest works. I know it does not always seem like it does. But the Occupy Wall Street folks changed the conversation in this country. It may not seem like much, but we no one is going to work on fixing problems no one is talking about. Changing the conversation matters.

In that same vein, the very loud internet protests of this week have resulted in Congress withdrawing the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy measures. Protecting intellectual property is good, but not at the expense of our freedom of speech. We do not need more laws; we need better laws.

No SOPA


18 Jan

I thought about not posting anything today as part of the SOPA protest, but since I accidentally skipped Monday, I think it may just look like the Seattle snowpocalypse knocked out my connection.

I am against SOPA. As a writer, I am for copyright protections, but not handled in such a mishmash, no one knows if they’re breaking the law or not, kind of way. Do not let your internet provider be the one who chooses what sites you can visit.

The First Amendment protects us from censorship. Don’t let them claim the internet is not protected by the Constitution.

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