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I realize that I have a small fanbase out there, but if you guys take the time to reblog this post, it will ripple across Tumblr and people will see and know what the future holds. The “Stop Online Piracy Act” (also known as SOPA and H.R. 3261) is currently in committee in the US House of Representatives. This bill will be detrimental to the Internet and almost all of your Tumblr accounts. Following this post will be links to find the contact info of all Congressmen and women, Senators, a link to the bill, a list of SOPA supporters, and a list of SOPA opponents. We must all take a stand against censorship in what has been considered the bastion of freedom: The United States. A little about SOPA: If a company suggests a website contains copyrighted material that was taken without permission, they can file a complaint that would shut that website down. Search engines like Google and Yahoo could not allow search results that would link to those websites. PIPA, otherwise known as PROTECT IP Act, Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, and United States Senate Bill S.968, is virtually the Senate’s version of SOPA. It is set to be brought up on January 24th. Following this post will be a link to the list of Senators. All them, as most of them will not meet with you before the Senate reconvenes. We need to take a stand, as the people, to prevent the United States government from censoring the internet. Remember, SOPA and PIPA doesn’t just affect the US. It affects the world. Representatives: http://www.house.gov/representatives/ Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state&Sort=ASC SOPA: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261: SOPA Supporters: http://www.scribd.com/doc/76259944/SOPA-Supporters SOPA Opponents: http://www.quora.com/Stop-Online-Piracy-Act-SOPA-1/What-companies-are-publicly-opposing-SOPA-PROTECT-IP PIPA: http://leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/BillText-PROTECTIPAct.pdf

I realize that I have a small fanbase out there, but if you guys take the time to reblog this post, it will ripple across Tumblr and people will see and know what the future holds.


The “Stop Online Piracy Act” (also known as SOPA and H.R. 3261) is currently in committee in the US House of Representatives. This bill will be detrimental to the Internet and almost all of your Tumblr accounts. Following this post will be links to find the contact info of all Congressmen and women, Senators, a link to the bill, a list of SOPA supporters, and a list of SOPA opponents.


We must all take a stand against censorship in what has been considered the bastion of freedom: The United States.


A little about SOPA:
If a company suggests a website contains copyrighted material that was taken without permission, they can file a complaint that would shut that website down. Search engines like Google and Yahoo could not allow search results that would link to those websites.


PIPA, otherwise known as PROTECT IP Act, Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, and United States Senate Bill S.968, is virtually the Senate’s version of SOPA. It is set to be brought up on January 24th. Following this post will be a link to the list of Senators. All them, as most of them will not meet with you before the Senate reconvenes.


We need to take a stand, as the people, to prevent the United States government from censoring the internet. Remember, SOPA and PIPA doesn’t just affect the US. It affects the world.


Representatives: http://www.house.gov/representatives/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state&Sort=ASC

SOPA: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261:

SOPA Supporters: http://www.scribd.com/doc/76259944/SOPA-Supporters

SOPA Opponents: http://www.quora.com/Stop-Online-Piracy-Act-SOPA-1/What-companies-are-publicly-opposing-SOPA-PROTECT-IP

PIPA: http://leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/BillText-PROTECTIPAct.pdf

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