Operation SOPA

I'm sure most of you have heard about SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act (and the similar PROTECT IP Act, or PIPA). This week the internet came together to protest this over reaching legislation that, if passed, would have seriously infringed upon our freedom of information. Google, Wikipedia, and many other prominent websites "blacked out" their homepages and led the way by raising public awareness.

In this video Sarah Austin, and her friend Dani, embarked on a covert operation and took to the streets of San Francisco to inform the people.

UPDATE: SOPA and PIPA were dropped by Congress today! The largest online protest in history has fundamentally changed the game. You were heard! Well done!

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• sopa
• pipa
• stop online piracy act
• congress
• internet
• censorship
• free speech
• Youtube

[swedishwishes]

Ha! That was great!



[bummfarto]

A dumb blond and a lesbian. Can I watch you?

[MrJeffrey2012]

@pancakerepairman this is the hottest ive ever seen you sarah in 3 years

[pancakerepairman]

is that skirt leather? you look like such a whore.

[Trollinista]

Don't worry Sarah and Rebecca, we got your back.

[Trollinista]

SOPA needs to be rewritten so the simplest person can understand it. It is about action against FOREIGN sites not USA sites.  USA sites are ALREADY required to remove copyrighted material if notified. SOPA attempts to deny money and services to foreign sites that don't honor copyright laws.

[CmdrSloanne]

People are sleep & too easily distracted.That's why the a-holes in Gov. are taking advantage in creating a new aristocracy & slavery.for the majority of the mindless people to wake up is to have all our rights & freedoms taken away & a new Corporate Fascist Theocracy to be born.

[EricJaffa]

@Trollinista

SOPA section 104, "IMMUNITY FOR TAKING VOLUNTARY ACTION AGAINST SITES DEDICATED TO THEFT OF U.S. PROPERTY," lets ISPs decide that websites are infringing on copyrights and block us from visiting those websites.

If SOPA passed, an ISP could decide that YouTube infringes copyrights and block it.

Section 104: "the Internet site is a foreign infringing site or is an Internet site dedicated to theft of U.S. property."

The text says "or" not "and." So domestic included.

[lbmixpro]

@Trollinista: SOPA and PIPA can easily be abused by anyone who doesn't like certain content or have their content used in a certain way. The MU take-down shows we don't need it. Not that the music industry hasn't abused the legal system to get what they want.

0:23 - They could have done this at a fast food drive thru. Oh wait.

1:53 - The best time to avoid Sarah Austin is when she has a megaphone in her hand.

2:13 - No, he won't. No, he won't. He sounds like a Chris Dodd or Rupert Murdoch.

[Trollinista]

Gawd! SOPA applies to FOREIGN pirate sites. It would require companies like Google and Paypal to deny services to foreign pirate sites. It needs to be written so it is easier to understand. But Sarah, it just toughens ways we fight pirating outside the USA. All the crazy stuff being said and people hearing black helicopters is crazy. The need