What is SOPA/PIPA? How could it be abused?
I spent quite a bit of time over the last 24 hours trying to figure out exactly what I should do with WHYGAVS in protest of SOPA/PIPA, the two censorship laws being debated in Congress that threaten to fundamentally change the internet as we know it. I thought about shutting down the blog for the day and putting up a blackout page, but because this site is something much more personal to me, I’d rather leave the site up and make a personal appeal.
This is something that really, truly matters to me. A free and open internet has changed the way that we live life in the 21st century; it’s changed the way we interact with the world around us, it’s changed the way knowledge is passed, it’s changed the way we share our lives with our family and friends. Think of how the internet has changed life for the better over the last five or ten years and consider what it might make possible in the future. Piracy and intellectual property theft are huge problems on the internet today, but burning down a forest to get rid of one sickly tree is never, ever the solution.
If you have just a few minutes today, please take the time to contact your elected officials and tell them that you oppose these laws (you can go here to send a form letter). It might not seem like one person can make a difference here, but every voice added to what is likely to be the biggest protest in the history of the internet will make it just a little bit louder.
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