Write Your $%@ Congressman
↵↵SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, is a bill that, in the name of preventing online piracy of copyrighted work, creates a horrifyingly large censorship authority for the Internet. Among other things, it requires service providers (which have come out opposing the bill) to block access to entire sites if a user on the site is accused of copyright infringement.
↵↵This is a really, really, really terrible thing unless you’re a huge corporation that hates the Internet. Oh, and most of the Congressmen and Senators considering this legislation don’t know the difference between an IP address and a URL. Or for that matter, between a notebook and a netbook.
↵Here’s an easy way to call your representative and try to stop this from happening.
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