PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet
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.
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