Stop Online Piracy Act(SOPA) is a bill that would create America's first Internet censorship system. In a nutshell, its similar like the censorship in China, Iran, etc. Visit here for more info, http://pastebin.com/gnU74Trx. STOP THIS BILL NOW!!! Has not passed yet I found out. BUT it WILL, unless something happens, after new year.
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People of the United States.
We are ANONYMOUS.
There is a new bill that the United States government has successfully passed. It is called the Stop Online Piracy Act, or (SOPA) for short. Also known as The Protect IP Act of 2011. The US Congressional Budget Office estimates that implementation of the bill would cost the federal government 47 million dollars through 2016. Translated into plain english, It will cost tax payers 47 million dollars over the next 4 years.
The SOPA act will censor you from accessing certain websites and block all access to other areas of the internet that the United States government does not want you to access.
The SOPA act essentually means, that even if you make a video of your child playing or singing and you have music playing in the background, or video on TV, you are breaking the law, and the government will order the websites that host your content to censor your content because of their new bill. Or if you visit websites that are on servers not in the United States you will be blocked so that you cannot access them.
Ask yourselves, Who really owns the internet?
The answer is simple: no one actually owns the Internet, and no single person, organization or government controls the Internet in its entirety. It is more of a concept than an actual tangible entity, and the Internet relies on a physical infrastructure that connects networks to other networks. There are many organizations, corporations, governments, schools, private citizens and service providers that all own pieces of the infrastructure that make up the internet, but there is no one entity that owns it all. How can the US government decide to block access to parts of the internet that the US government does not even own? The SOPA act is a direct violation to people's right to freedom of knowlege and information, And for that violation the United States government is a disgrace to the land of the free, The free that every United States soldier has fought or died for. The United States government is essentually telling the people of the United States that they are free to do as the government tells them. If people do not follow their rules they will arrest them for making an attempt to learn. But the government will tell the media that these people are getting arrested for acts of treason, domestic terrorism, or internet piracy.
As for the United States government. Who gave you the right to regulate the people's right to think outside the box and use the internet as they see fit? If we cut off global internet, shouldn't we also cut off all foreign affairs? Should we hinder globalization completely? Perhaps all other World Trade Centers are acts of terrorism by existing, as they use the Internet for commerce. The ambiguity of this bill should terrify you.
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If you speak, they have to listen. If they do not listen, Their blatant disregard for the people will not go un-noticed, and is not acceptible. Doing nothing is the worst thing you can do.
We are anonymous.
We are legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us!
Note: I didn't make this, but I support Anonymous fully in the task of stopping SOPA. I know I'm not American, but if SOPA is active now, the rest of the world will follow America's example and censor the internet even more and I don't want that to happen. As the message said, download this video and upload it yourselves to spread the word even more. For America! Nay, THE WORLD!!!
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Rant: Our Country is run by idiots who want to destroy the internet. (SOPA)by TheTillmanTube282 views
The Founding Fathers are rolling in thier graves. Don't let this law pass.
ginnrollins211 1 month ago
Read the Patriot Act and see that Bush and Cheney removed our freedoms already, and the music and movie corporations have thrown people in jail for copyright infringement for years on this already.. This is just another excuse to take away our rights..
AngeLsLuv 1 month ago