Originally posted by ladyhadhafang at And back on the subject of SOPA and company … 

There's a new bill in motion, and it's worse than ACTA. It's called TTP, or the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement:

https://www.eff.org/pages/trans-pacific-partnership-agreement

Click  ( Read more... )

Originally posted by lk737 at U.S. Petition to prevent ACTA
Kosmonaunt on Tumblr just posted this link to the U.S. Petition to stop ACTA. Here is what was said about it ( Read more... )

Originally posted by nyxmidnight at Why SOPA is dangerous, an explanation of the bill
Why SOPA is dangerous
To Sum Up
SOPA:

• Gives the government the right to unilaterally censor foreign websites.
• Gives copyright holders the right to issue economic takedowns and bring lawsuits against website owners and operators, if those websites have features that ( Read more... )

I urge you to watch the video and do your part in supporting this critical protest of dangerous legislation by signing the petitions, passing along the news, and making your voice heard.

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 You guys - check out this CNN article on the drastically under-reported resistance to SOPA.  The article features an interview with a Wikipedia co-founder, and links to some explanations of SOPA, which I think underestimate its potentially chilling effects on internet free speech.  In any case, I urge all US citizens who see this post to read the ( Read more... )

LJ friends:

You know already that I'm concerned about the SOPA legislation currently in hearings before Congress and what, if passed, it would mean for freedom of speech in the U.S. and internet access worldwide - for legitimate users, not pirates bent on copyright infringement.  I cannot stress enough how dangerous this bill is, for me as an ( Read more... )