Left Out in the Cold During Black Out

1/18/12 repositioned post

Sign Google's 'End Piracy, Not Liberty' Online Petition- Click Here For 24 hours, Wikipedia will be blacked out to create awareness of Congressional legislation that is currently in discussion that would create Internet censorship in America. You can call your elected officials and tell them you are their constituent, and you oppose SOPA and PIPA.  Concerns have been raised that:

• SOPA and PIPA put the burden on website owners to police user-contributed material and call for the unnecessary blocking of entire sites.  

• Small sites won't have sufficient resources to defend themselves.  

• Big media companies may seek to cut off funding sources for their foreign competitors, even if copyright isn't being infringed.  

• Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won't show up in major search engines. SOPA and PIPA build a framework for future restrictions and suppression. 

• In a world in which politicians regulate the Internet based on the influence of big money, Wikipedia — and sites like it — cannot survive.

• Congress says it's trying to protect the rights of copyright owners, but the "cure" that SOPA and PIPA represent is worse than the disease. SOPA and PIPA are not the answer: they will fatally damage the free and open Internet.

-Wikipedia

 As a former student and neighbor of Rob Bishop, I must believe that he would oppose something that could hurt or devalue education and free communication. He was a creative, expressive educator who taught at a school with minimal funds and material and textbook shortages. To schools and educators such as these and the students they teach, the Internet is invaluable. Especially as he is yet undecided on this matter, I encourage you to contact him.




To Contact Utah Representatives, Click Here To see where Utah Members of Congress Stand, Click Here

To Look up Representatives for Other Areas, Click Here
For Wikipedia's 'SOPA and PIPA- Learn More' Page, Click Here