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Oppose Internet Censorship: Help Defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act

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Jerry Witt (mcfilms):
I wanted to share a bill that is making its way through Congress and encourage ELI members to help defeat it. This is something all ELI members can relate to. But it give the companies even MORE power. They can basically block or erase your site from the internet based on the accusation of a copyright holder.  Check out the infographic on this page:
http://mashable.com/2011/11/16/sopa-infographic/

Internet censorship legislation is barreling through Congress, and could come up for a vote in the next couple of weeks. 

The Stop Online Piracy Act would ruin so much of what's best about the Internet: It will give the government and corporations new powers to block Americans' access to sites that are accused of copyright infringement, force sites like YouTube to go to new lengths to police users' contributions, and put people in prison for streaming certain content online.

Please visit http://act.demandprogress.org/letter/pipa_sopa to learn more. BEG your congressman to vote against SOPA.

Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi):
Thanx for sharing MCF!

If this law passes, you'll wake up to find sites you love blocked by the US government. Tell Congress to vote "no" on SOPA.

http://americancensorship.org/

Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi):
Heres yet another great link to stop the censorship

http://stopcensorship.org/

SoylentGreen:
"Corporations" have enough power as it is.
All we need is powerful companies dictating what can be transmitted electronically under the guise of "copyright infringement".

S.G.

Jerry Witt (mcfilms):
Government too. This essentially gives the government a "kill switch" to censor content they don't appreciate; just like in China and Iran.

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