Fight for the Future and the Center for Rights are campaigning to get everyone involved to stop the censorship-driven, business-crushing, unnecessarily-criminalizing, horrible-for-web-users-everywhere, SOPA [Stop Onlince Piracy Act] from coming back to life. This affects everyone who uses the internet, so yes this means you too. Get the word out to your friends and help stop SOPA it before it spreads.
One of the stupidest parts of SOPA is back.
In 2012, millions of Americans took a stand against internet censorship by saying “NO” to SOPA. But now The Commerce Department’s Internet Policy Task Force is at it again: they’re proposing to make it a felony to stream copyrighted content.
When SOPA was first introduced, it included a section that sought to make streaming copyrighted content a felony. But here’s the thing: companies tend to make mountains out of molehills when it comes to copyright! The section was so poorly defined that uploading a YouTube video with a song playing from a TV in the background could be grounds for felony prosecution!
Tell Obama: “No SOPA-style censorship. Ever.”
Sign the petition at Fight For The Future And in case you need a reminder on why SOPA is a bad idea, check out this must see video where Clay Shirky explains.
