Protect IP Act Breaks the Internet

When I found out Fight for the Future needed help with their campaign against a new bill called PROTECT-IP, I had to take a little time away from Everything is a Remix Part 4 and produce the video above. PROTECT-IP is the latest piece of legislation aiming to chip away at your online rights in the name of protecting the entertainment industry's business model. It's legislation that won't work, will give us yet more lawsuits, and will make the net worse.

Whether you lean right and hate business regulation, lean left and hate censorship, or lean neither way but hate useless legislation, PROTECT-IP is a bill everyone should oppose. I encourage you to head over to Fight For the Future and contact congress.

http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa

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[elotionKING]

Prisons if laws like this pass.

Inmate: So.. why are you in jail? Im here because I raped a woman..

Me: I was filming my son dancing, it had some copyrighted music in the background, im here for 5 years now.

LAWS LIKE THIS CANT PASS! The Goverment are doing to much secret stuff, and the world doesn't have free speech anymore... We have to fight this stuff!

- 15 year old guy from Norway

[darthspeaks]

You have a blog.

You link to a site you think is 'legal' in the sight of the royals in Hollywood.

You receive legal papers in the mail saying you need to appear in court on the weekend you thought you were going to party with your friends.

In court you are now told you must pay $20,000 to some company that can afford to have someone wipe all their asses for $100 an hour.

You and your family can barely afford food now.

You think this is science fiction? Think again.

[Strelok RO]

like la doza de hash, JOS ACTA SI SOPA SI TOTI MUISTII!

[Alphaqu69able]

A redditor posted an article for use of students in college for free, the company sued them and the government jailed the redditor for 20 years, once the company heard about this, they pulled all charges off as this was 20 years in jail... The redditor committed suicide. Pretty horrible things for copyright.

[asdfghjkl9260]

what does your age have to do with it?

[Pufu Ro.]

No Protect IP

[Ssine Hipno]

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[321haiqal]

SOPA IS SOUP IN SPANISH! :D

[SoulThirstJC]

I half way understand. Since the Internet the entertainment industry has taken a big hit. But there should be a compromise.....it shouldn't effect kids....and it should be limited to actual copyright infringement/free downloading, not admiration for the music.

[filip andrei]

If you want to know what are knowing some old geezer who know nothing about the net

[ProHacker XL]

FUCK SOPA

From Romania

FUCK YOU