Isn’t protecting IP (intellectual property) a good thing? Why wouldn’t we want to protect copyright? How could ending online piracy be wrong?
Listen up…I make my living on intellectual property as an engineer, a photographer and a writer. Protecting copyright is a massive passion of mine.
But so is liberty, freedom of speech, and free market capitalism in an economy driven in this country by creativity, innovation, small business and the open exchange of ideas.
Both bills proposed in Congress, SOPA and PIPA, will put a swift and sudden end to all those things on the internet.
For more information, check out this very clear and simple description of the proposed laws and how to take action to stop them. Or watch this video explanation below.
And here’s another video with thoughts from a bunch of internet famous people including a few blogger friends of mine.
And finally for a little humor on the situation in song…
Do you want to lose the internet we know and love? Facebook and YouTube? I doubt it. Don’t think that because Obama says he won’t support SOPA and the bill has been “shelved” that means the fight is over. It’s far from it.
Call and email your U.S. Senators now. I already did three weeks ago and while TX Sen. Cornyn has told me he is listening to both sides and carefully considering the bill, the response I got from TX Sen. Hutchison was clearly in favor of passing the bill.
