Question: What are SOPA & PIPA and why does this affect the you?
Answer: Simple explanation here: http://vimeo.com/m/31100268
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Jan 18th was a historic, unprecendented display of protest which turned the tide in less than 24 hours. Many large websites (such as Wikipedia, Reddit, The Oatmeal, and others (including all of my personal websites) went dark in protest of SOPA/PIPA.
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Jan 20th, PIPA was postponed indefinitely - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46072630/ns/technology_and_science-security/
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The irony of this is that the lawmakers who authored the bill - were BREAKING their own LAW!http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/11747/sopa-author-lamar-smith-rtx-breaks-copyright-law-on-his-own-website
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AND they were PAID in advance to vote for the bill!
http://www.politicolnews.com/congressmen-who-received-money-for-sopa-vote/#ixzz1k5iXp8En
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However, the danger is far from over, as Lamar Smith has authored another bill, this time hiding it under the name “Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011.”
Read and learn: http://www.slashgear.com/sopa-sponsor-has-another-internet-bill-that-records-you-247-20210264/
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Stay vigilant! Protest the idiocracy!
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UNBELIEVABLE!
Sign Petition to investigate MPAA bribery after Chris Dodd publicly admited bribing politicians for SOPA:
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/%21/petition/investigate-chris-dodd-and-mpaa-bribery-after-he-publicly-admited-bribing-politicans-pass/DffX0YQv
