Tell Congress not to censor the internet NOW! - 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.
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.
Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA.The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please let them know how you feel. Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late.

Tell Congress: Don’t censor the Web
Fighting online piracy is important. The most effective way to shut down pirate websites is through targeted legislation that cuts off their funding. There’s no need to make American social networks, blogs and search engines censor the Internet or undermine the existing laws that have enabled the Web to thrive, creating millions of U.S. jobs.Too much is at stake – please vote NO on PIPA and SOPA.
January 18th, 2012 is the largest online protest in history, to stop the internet censorship bills, SOPA & PIPA. Join in by blacking out your site and urging everyone you can reach to contact Congress now.
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January 18th is
going to be amazing. Sites are striking in all different ways, but they
are united by this: do the biggest thing you possibly can, and drive
contacts to Congress. Put this on your site or automate it by putting this JS into your header, which will start the blackout at 8AM EST and end at 8PM EST.
Websites: How to Strike
- Black out your website for 12 hours with this page's HTML, or by putting this Javascript into your site's theme. Tucows is doing this and so is BoingBoing.
- Other people have made tools to strike. Some other ways to strike:
- Don't be silent that day. Tweet all day from your official company account (#SOPASTRIKE) and share news on sites like reddit. You will get much love in return from your users, and the bigger the action you do, the more love you will be feeling :) - You can follow us on twitter for news as the strike gets closer. If you are really feeling shy, you can blackout your site logo / add STOP SOPA messages wherever you can.
Copy this code and paste it into the header of your theme to black
your site out in protest of SOPA/PIPA. It will activate only on
Wednesday, January 18th.
Everyone: Prepare to Strike
- If you have a Twitter account, tweet about the #SOPASTRIKE and ask your followers to get ready. You can follow us on twitter for news as the strike gets closer. Go to Blackout SOPA to add ‘STOP SOPA’ to your Twitter image.
- Post this SOPA Strike page to your Facebook account by clicking here.
- Get ready for January 18th! Email and tweet at your friends, tell them to tell everyone about the strike. When the day comes, call Congress, tweet like crazy (#SOPASTRIKE), and help the strike appear everywhere!
See this timeline of SOPA and PIPA events and the activist backlash.
Confirmed Participants:
- Wikipedia
- Mozilla
- WordPress
- Tumblr
- Vimeo
- Flickr
- 4chan
- Wired
- U.S Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
- U.S Representative Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA)
- icanhazcheezburger network sites
- theDailyWhat
- FailBlog
- Craigslist
- Tucows
- VanillaForums
- Michael Moore
- Peter Gabriel
- The RawStory
- Al Jadeed TV
- Wikia
- Open Congress / PPF
- Internet Archive
- Miro
- Computer & Communications Industry Association
- Digital Public Library of America
- Universal Subtitles
- Center for Technology and Democracy
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- G1NBC
- Politics1.com
- O'Reilly Media
- National Venture Capitol Association
- Namecheap
- TwitPic
- dotSUB
- MoveOn.org
- Gog.com
- MineCraft
- Tor Project
- webhostingbuzz.com
- RageMaker
- Destructiod
- bloginity
- theCHIVE
- theBERRY
- Red 5 studios
- A Softer World
- PostSecret
- Greenpeace International
- The LeakyWiki
- EyeIdea
- XDA-Developers
- Indenti.ca
- >Major League Gaming
- The ECA
- Game Politics
- Imgur
- Monticello Capitol
- Crypto Cat
- Colossal Mind
- TweetFail
- Errata Security
- FreakOutNation
- SlashTHREE
- Focus On the Facts
- City News
- Strategy Tune
- Progressive Congress News
- bitBucker
- WPS Security Lock
- openSUSE
- Smirking Chimp
- Bread Without Bullets
- iSchool at Syracuse University
- nomacs Image Lounge
- ComputerHope
- PhantomTS
- News2Map.com
- Safex.tk
- DatelineZero
- Liberty Confidential
- Victor Rix
- WJSimpson
- Spurs of The Moment
- peeje
- Dr. Stephen Right
- DigiBase
- Tomayko Peters
- GTA-NeXT
- Hertz Gaming
- Elegant Solutions Software and Publishing Company
- Short Travel Tips
- SoulFriends
- JammerDirec
- Free Internet Press
- youn00b.com
- Pop Culture Madness
- Celebrity Magnet
- Grand Magazine
- 941 Media Project
- The Linux Geeks
- SDX-Developers
- Occupy Birmingham (UK)
- LiveLocalCard.com
- Turkreno
- The Tao of Pooh
- James Wade Weaver
- lowson.ca
- Photography 101
- Go Green Charleston!
- eliteMRP
- Antjepolis.com
- Stonewall Young Democrats
- AppBlitz
- Brown Cafe
- Crush Labs
- Tea Party West
- Antonamor
- RockAndWater.net
- Elder Scrolls Wikia
- CPA Infinity
- Rockkit Records
- Deadlock Site
- team-CTC
- Tommy Wierper
- Ron Bercume Design
- Jazz Sequence
- Plague Studio
- ViperZeroOne
- Motorcycle Street and Strip Magazine
- Blue Dragon Creations
- Briana Dragon
- The Vampire's Lair
- Elephant Talk Wiki
- TheComeAndGo
- katchabilek
- CPAarmy Central
- The Skate Rack
- whitehouse.gov1.info
- The Memphis Ghost Hunters
- Cerebralboinkfest
- The Geeky Chic
- Clockwork RPG
- Be Open Friends
- SEO Wolf
- TeenWitch FanClub
- Freelance Designz
- 5point.info
- Bluefire Studios
- mgtrepair.net
- Handi Maid
- Travels With David
- Veterans Press News
- Digital Marketing Speak
- Dan Carroll
- Stormchaser1.net
- The Movie Vault
- JRL Computer
- Elforodetaxco.com
- Scavenger-Hunt Guru
- Inland Empire
- Jack Terror
- Music4nerds
- GaviaLib.com
- Data Protect Group
- WebRats group
- Nolan Web Development
- Ghetto Webmaster
- qa yemni
- 7iber.com
- mindprod
- NoSurfMusic
- Evolution Games
- hemarori.com
- European Team Fortress 2 League
- Green Hosting Discount
- Ranker.com
- Home Soccer Jersey
- Geek Girl World
- Extra Future
If you can also tweet at us at @FightForTheFTR
from your official Twitter account, it will be easier for us to verify
your participation. A blog post about why you are striking is great
too!
Participation
Check out the 75,000 sites that participated in this protest with us!