If you haven’t heard, the US Congress is pushing something called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) – a bill meant to curtail online piracy in theory, but in execution could effectively censor the entire web at the whim of the US government and the entertainment industry. The Senate is pushing a similar bill called PIPA (Protect IP Act).
Nobody making comics online would be able to do so without a free, open Internet, and SOPA could greatly impact our (and my!) ability to do just that.
Please, read up on the act and do everything you can to prevent it from moving forward. If you’re in the US, contact your member of Congress or Senator and tell them you oppose this bill. The Internet has changed our lives and the way we communicate with the world – please do your part to make sure it stays open and uncensored.
Also: Vimeo has a great video here that explains the whole thing:
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
i’ve been fighting against sopa since october.
and just now ppl are acting
Better late than never.
A lot of sites (and other webcomics) were using the blackout day as an opportunity to speak out a bit, so I just figured I’d hop on the bandwagon. 😉
I already made plenty of posts against SOPA, PIPA, OPEn, the DMCA, and in favour of dissolving the RIAA and MPAA. Government needs to be truncated by about 90%.
Or at least the government needs to be reminded just who they’re supposed to represent. IMO, their job should be to protect citizens’ rights from bills like this one, instead of trying to force it through. There are ways to crack down on copyright infringement that don’t resort to censorship and silencing freedoms of speech and expression.