Speaking of Piracy
On Thursday the House Judiciary Committee will vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Meanwhile the Protect IP Act is making its way through the Senate.
As the Center for Democracy and Technology writes, “If passed, these bills would cripple online innovation, chill online free expression, subvert the inner workings of Internet security, and compromise user privacy.”
At 1WebDesign, they’ve put together the following list of resources for background on SOPA and PIPA:
- Stop Online Piracy(Scary Facts)
- Protect IP Act Breaks the Internet
- DNS Filtering In SOPA/PIPA Won’t Stop Piracy, But Will Hurt Online Security
- Tech Giants Back Off SOPA Support
- Mozilla Renews Call Against SOPA/PIPA
- An Alternative To Blacklist Bills SOPA and PIPA
- Why Americans Need a Civil Liberties Caucus
- What SOPA Means for Business and Innovation(Infographic)
- AmericanCensorship.org Infographic
- ‘SOPA’: Internet Piracy Bills in Congress Threaten Core Values
- SOPA visual petition riles up the ‘geek lobby’
- Wikipedia may blackout all articles to protest SOPA
- Reddit users organizing a global mesh network
Don’t Censor the Net has resources for signing petitions and contacting representatives here.
