Wednesday, January 18, 2012

The internet goes on strike

On strike.



PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

4 Comments:

At 1/18/2012 10:05 AM, Blogger Fuzz Against Junk said...

Wikipedia has a super handy page up today that will direct you to your local reps. Everyone should take five minutes and send them an email.

 
At 1/18/2012 10:19 AM, Blogger John Gallaher said...

Indeed. This is a really bad bill. It does the whole "baby with the bathwater" thing.

 
At 1/18/2012 1:29 PM, Blogger Fuzz Against Junk said...

I was actually going to post about how I don't think it will pass (I still don't think it will), but then I came across this:

"Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works"

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/scotus-re-copyright-decision/

 
At 1/18/2012 2:49 PM, Blogger John Gallaher said...

That could be a problem. In the narrow sense, it seems OK, but it relies on the good will of congress, it seems to me, and congress has a tendency to, well, not always be a place of good will.

 

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