In response to newly passed SOPA bill recently passed by the US congress designed to protect copyrighted material the site is planning a 24 hour staged blackout of the site. Many feel that this bill allows the US the power to crush free speech on the web while using the excuse of copyright protection. It has been causing much concern around the web but little in congress where it was was voted in a by a large majority.

While it all started in Alex Jones and conspiracy theory land it has worked its way up to the heights of major web companies including even Facebook.

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Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! – http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa

PROTECT-IP is a bill that has been introduced in the Senate and the House and is moving quickly through Congress. It gives the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting “creativity”. The law would let the government or corporations censor entire sites– they just have to convince a judge that the site is “dedicated to copyright infringement.”

The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill.

According to the Congressional Budget Office, this bill would cost us $47 million tax dollars a year — that’s for a fix that won’t work, disrupts the internet, stifles innovation, shuts out diverse voices, and censors the internet. This bill is bad for creativity and does not protect your rights.