I know several really big sites that are doing it, including Moveon.org. I am. Are you?
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I know several really big sites that are doing it, including Moveon.org. I am. Are you?
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it'll be good for me.
oh i make myself laugh.... i'll never be able to do it.
and as to twitter's noninvolvement:
http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/17/wikipedia-twitter-sopa-protest/
When I was your age, I was already trying to kill my second husband and make it look like bears did it.
@MadameFilth
books!
I know there are going to be people mad at me for saying this, but I don't like the blackout. I understand what it's purpose is, but I wonder if the best way to protest an internet censorship bill is to essentially censor the entire internet. I'm thinking of how effective bank transfer day was and how BoA took hard in the pocket that day. And I'm thinking about the bus boycott in the 60's. That hurt the city and forced change to happen. Blacking out the internet really just hurts people who need to use the internet.
I don't know. It could be my internet addiction talking here! Is there some aspect of this that I'm missing? I don't want to be the wet blanket. Again.
"Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth." -Buddha
Just to be clear, I am totally against SOPA and PIPA. I'm not about censorship, no way! Just so there's not confusion. I'm just trying to wrap my head around this particular event.
"Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth." -Buddha
Okay, I don't even know why I'm still on the computer as I'm getting a massive migraine, but I just had a conversation with one of my friends about it, and she said to her it's more like showing everyone what the consequences of SOPA would look like. Guess I hadn't thought of it like that before. Carry on!
"Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth." -Buddha
i think it's important to keep people aware of these things, which is why i've posted about SOPA repeatedly. hopefully it helped to keep the issue in people's minds but personally, my intent was was to just expose who these lawmakers really are, and who they really work for, how willing they are to ignore the overwhelming will of the people, and how they are willing to sign and pass laws they don't understand, written by industry reps. the "debate" on this topic swung between outrageous and laughable, with representatives having NO UNDERSTANDING of how the internet works, yet are willing to restrict it, making no effort to educate themselves.
Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works
but, to be honest, i'm not sure i give a shit what's legal. SOPA workarounds are already in the works, if not completed. the internet community will not be stopped, regardeless of copyrights or censorship laws. censorship is censorship. it's nothing new. and in the big picture, it never works.
i'm not sure how a web blackout hurts people who use the internet though. i mean by that logic, no one should have participated in the bus boycotts, since it hurt people who use buses to get to work. and people who use the internet will not have to sacrifice ANYTHING at all to participate in this digital sit-in. traffic drops, the ISP's who support this, as well as the big publishing industry, will see that they're not needed. so, while i'm not participating because i'm not particularly interested in legal content, i don't think it hurts anyone except the industry that wants to censor users.
When I was your age, I was already trying to kill my second husband and make it look like bears did it.
@MadameFilth
books!
Bus boycotts hurt the city.
I feel different about this today now that I've had a couple of conversations and slept on it. I'm always skeptical of things like this, because I've been involved in enough misled protests. I actually was involved in a performance art protest that ended in the bomb squad coming out and several of my friends being questioned by the FBI. In hindsight, I'm unsure of what we accomplished.
Anyway, that's the long way of saying that I think I get the point now and I'm all for it. Sometimes it takes me a while!
"Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth." -Buddha
there's limitations to all statements like this. namely, you're preaching to the choir in most cases. i tend to stay away from most protesting, and just try to live my life working around shit that's unfair, for that very reason.
the lawmakers who support sopa or are prone to, won't understand or notice the protest, for the most part. so... there's that. but anything that can be done to expose the true motives to the voters, that's a good thing. so i'm glad they're doing it even if i'm not jumping onboard.
When I was your age, I was already trying to kill my second husband and make it look like bears did it.
@MadameFilth
books!
i guess i could figure out how to do our school lessons without logging i -- if I didn't have to log attendance and if our school books were ere & not in a filing cabinet still at the old house! ack
but i am in support & we actually just saw it on google when we were looking something up before bed
http://kiakiali.blogspot.com/
http://rileduptales.blogspot.com/
http://greenmountainmamasnest.blogspot.com/
"Do not speak--unless it improves on silence." ~ buddhist saying
(wow - my email on file was so old - it was from the old hipmama email!)
I blacked out my site, not that pretty much anyone will notice -- so low traffic... I'll be mucking about online though. A number of the places I frequent are doing a click through thing where you get the blackout message and then you can see the content. It's a visibility/education point.
And now I have the Scorpions Black Out stuck in my head.
"Do not forget. Remember and warn."
-- Plaque fixed to the hollow shell of Sarajevo's National Library
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