The Blackout and SOPA
Jan. 18th, 2012 01:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ceitfiannaI just did a write up about SOPA and PIPA along with a number of links over at my librarian blog, Nurturing Stories called The Power of a Link.
I'm reposting it here as it's so important that we stop these bills and let Congress know that they don't have all the tools to dictate how the internet is governed. Piracy does need better measures but these laws are hammers that can smash the good the internet does.
I know most of my flist knows about these issues already but I just wanted to add another voice to the chorus.
I'm reposting it here as it's so important that we stop these bills and let Congress know that they don't have all the tools to dictate how the internet is governed. Piracy does need better measures but these laws are hammers that can smash the good the internet does.
I know most of my flist knows about these issues already but I just wanted to add another voice to the chorus.
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Date: 2012-01-18 07:02 pm (UTC)If you haven't seen this or this, both are excellent reads; the second link also explains the implications of this legislation for Canada + the international contingent. (To give props where props are due, the ever-lovely
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Date: 2012-01-18 07:35 pm (UTC)