SOPA & PIPA - get engaged- the revolution will not be televised!!

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Unless you like seeing the below image and receiving DNS error messages on many websites, educate yourself and get in touch with your elected officials!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Indeed! Autopia is one of many sites that could be affected if SOPA/PIPA pass; we can`t afford to allow the US Government to return us all to the dark ages!

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Click on the link to learn about and sign petition against





https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Indeed! Autopia is one of many sites that could be affected if SOPA/PIPA pass; we can`t afford to allow the US Government to return us all to the dark ages!

Yes sir!!!!

[DaGonz]

Signed and delivered!

[Ben@3D]

I signed the petition this morning. Was gonna post a link, but ya beat me to it!



SOPA is one of the worst acts brought forth in a long time. Free Speech, innovation, and Privacy are all affected.



SOPA will require every isp, hosting company, website, blog, forum, etc to police every post, video, link, etc to be sure it does not contain anything that is remotely copyrighted. One bad link, video, plagiarized post, and Autopia could even be taken offline.



From wikipedia:



Websites that host user content:



Opponents have warned that SOPA would have a negative impact on online communities. Journalist Rebecca MacKinnon argued in an op-ed that making companies liable for users` actions could have a chilling effect on user-generated sites such as YouTube. "The intention is not the same as China’s Great Firewall, a nationwide system of Web censorship, but the practical effect could be similar," she says.[29] The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) warned that websites Etsy, Flickr and Vimeo all seemed likely to shut down if the bill becomes law.[30] Policy analysts for New America Foundation say this legislation would enable law enforcement to take down an entire domain due to something posted on a single blog, arguing, "an entire largely innocent online community could be punished for the actions of a tiny minority."[31]



Additional concerns include the impact on common Internet functions such as linking or access data from the cloud. EFF claimed the bill would ban linking to sites deemed offending, even in search results[32] and on services such as Twitter.[33] Christian Dawson, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Virginia-based hosting company ServInt, predicted that the legislation would lead to many cloud computing and Web hosting services moving out of the US to avoid lawsuits.[34] The Electronic Frontier Foundation have stated that the requirement that any site must self-police user generated content would impose significant liability costs and explains "why venture capitalists have said en masse they won’t invest in online startups if PIPA and SOPA pass."[35]

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[Paul Sparks]

Signed and shared.

[imported_dfazekas]

Pretty sure the online community managed to get lawmakers attention on this one. And thank God...

I believe some people realized they wouldn`t be getting reelected if they were gonna stand for crap

like this.

[togwt]

[Imagine a world without free knowledge.] Jimmy Wales



Signed and posted on social media sites

[pixelmonkey]

anyone else find it disturbing people and websites will jump when regulation and cap on freedom of speech is proposed... yet...



no effort has been placed in health care reform







if the US public voiced the same uproar and demanded the same actions be taken on other key issues *balanced budget, reformed healthcare system & banking accountability*, the country just might be a better place.

chris<pixelmonkey>

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Funny video on the topic- hitler reacts to SOPA



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXo4...e_gdata_player

[salty]

"It`s so cold up here right now, my internet is froze."



"No it`s just PIPA SOPA"



waiting for the Gestapo

[togwt]

Senate leaders have postponed a vote on PIPA - Senate vote on PIPA is postponed | Media Maverick - CNET News

[C. Charles Hahn]

Senate leaders have postponed a vote on PIPA - Senate vote on PIPA is postponed | Media Maverick - CNET News

Not good enough. They should have cancelled it altogether, not just postponed it.



I think they`re hoping people will forget about it so they can slip it in under the radar later.

[Ben@3D]

They will probably weaken it a bit, but still try to push it through. After all, they are in the RIAA and MPAA`s pocket books.