Stop SOPA and PIPA

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These are laws which allow the government to control what you see on the internet based on alleged infringement of intellectual property. They assume guilt before innocence and will kill jobs. Sound far fetched? The DMCA is already being abused this way:

http://minglewing.com/w/sopa-pipa/4f15f882e2c68903d2000004/uncensored-a-personal-experience-with-dmca-umg
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/dec/12/pirates-of-youtube-cory-doctorow

And many more.

Write your representative. Better yet, call them. Good info on doing so found here.

This gets my Feinstein tag because she's supporting it (as is Boxer). Why oh why can't we replace her with someone sane?