I was nervous, but the call went really well. Please call your representative. Tumblr makes it really easy for you.
The Internet is my home; keep it free.
I was nervous, but the call went really well. Please call your representative. Tumblr makes it really easy for you.
The Internet is my home; keep it free.
(Source: healtheworld92)
#OccupyCongress #J17
Occupy Congress - January 17th - Morning of Day 1
Barely one-in-ten Americans are okay with Congress’ job, the lowest rating in the history of the CNN/ORC survey that released its findings Monday, a no-confidence vote apparent Tuesday as a huge crowd of Occupiers from across the nation have gathered for Occupy Congress, demonstrating in front of the nation’s Capitol Building in an all-day protest. There have been at least six arrests at the protest, two for allegedly stepping on the sidewalk as Occupy DC’s Ustream livestream reporting of the event has documented.
“Only 11 percent of Americans favor the current work by lawmakers in Washington,” reports CNN, as the news organization mulls over data of its latest poll in conjunction with ORC International, the results of which were released Monday.
Yet I still mindlessly click the icon, whenever the current site I’m on starts to bore me. FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU-
What I wish Wikipedia (and others) were saying: “Today, we’re going to an extreme to notify the public of bills that threaten the Internet. We’re doing so because this was the only way to get your attention. The mainstream news media was not going to tell you about SOPA or PIPA. Many of your elected officials want to push through harmful legislation because their supporters demand it, and they know you’re unlikely to hold them accountable. It’s vitally important to stop SOPA or PIPA from passing, but what’s even more important is that you start paying attention and demand better from your government. Even if we stop SOPA, the larger problem continues. Tomorrow we’re going to go back to business as usual, but it’s up to you whether Congress does.”
A letter to the Internet, from Senator Ron Wyden
“Proponents of these bills [SOPA/PIPA] say these arguments are overblown, but I say any step towards an Internet in which one person’s voice counts more than another is a step in the wrong direction.”
SOPA
People, ACTA is horrible. And why WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT IT??
Remember SOPA: everybody was screaming about it. ACTA IS EVEN WORSE.
ACT! PROTEST! SIGN PETITIONS! DO FUCKING SOMETHING!
Information:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQ56UNL5zeo
Petiton:
(Source: kevinxzeleous)
Obama And ISP’s To Launch Largest Digital Spying Scheme In History (Must Read)
If you download potentially copyrighted software, videos or music, your Internet service provider (ISP) has been watching, and they’re coming for you.
Specifically, they’re coming for you on Thursday, July 12.
That’s the date when the nation’s largest ISPs will all voluntarily implement a new anti-piracy plan that will engage network operators in the largest digital spying scheme in history, and see some users’ bandwidth completely cut off until they sign an agreement saying they will not download copyrighted materials.
Word of the start date has been largely kept secret since ISPs announced their plans last June. The deal was brokered by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and coordinated by the Obama Administration. The same groups have weighed in heavily on controversial Internet policies around the world, with similar facilitation by the Obama’s Administration’s State Department.
The July 12 date was revealed by the RIAA’s CEO and top lobbyist, Cary Sherman, during a publishers’ conference on Wednesday in New York, according to technology publication CNet.
The content industries calls this scheme a “graduated response” plan, which will see
-Time Warner Cable
-Cablevision
-Comcast
-Verizon
-AT&T
and others spying on users’ Internet activities and watching for potential copyright infringement. Users who are “caught” infringing on a creator’s protected work can then be interrupted with a notice that piracy is forbidden by law and carries penalties of up to $150,000 per infringement, requiring the user to click through saying they understand the consequences before bandwidth is restored, and they could still be subject to copyright infringement lawsuits.
Response: This is much worse than SOPA/PIPA and ACTA. It doesn’t necessarily censor the internet but it spys on everything you do. Your ENTIRE web history will be watched and recorded and might even assist the government. This was coordinated by Obama and his administration with the help of the MPAA and RIAA.
What is so dangerous about this is that this is not a law it is a policy adopted by several companies. That means this will not be debated in Congress and you will agree to be spied on by signing a contract with the company.
Internet censorship is becoming a reality and now the corporate elite will legally be able to spy on you. If we spread this and cause an uproar like what we did with SOPA, maybe they will back down. Either way people NEED to know about this.
