Going Dark Against SOPA/PIPA
Politics are a big part of my life and I enjoy being socially active in causes I believe in and against causes I think would be damaging. Recently the House (SOPA) and Senate (PIPA) have been discussing two bills for to strengthen anti-piracy laws by wrecking the way the internet works and providing almost unregulated power to intellectual property owners. While I agree that piracy is a huge concern, as the industry I work in can be hit hard by piracy, but the way that SOPA/PIPA go about solving the problem is all wrong.
These bills have the ability to cause catastrophic damage to the way we currently use the internet today and could potentially stop progress and innovation. If either SOPA or PIPA were law these sites would have been closed or gone bankrupt before becoming part of our lives today.
- YouTube
- Vimeo
- MySpace
- eBay
- Craigslist
- Twitpic
- WordPress.com
- and countless others.
To show my support against SOPA and PIPA my site will be blacked out on January 18th 2012.
This could be a turning point in how we use the web and I ask you to join me in writing your State Senators and Representatives and tell them you do not support SOPA and PIPA.
