Re: Protest Against ACTA / SOPA / PIPA.
got this in my e-mail :)
Hi everyone!
A big hurrah to you!!!!! We’ve won for now -- SOPA and PIPA were dropped by Congress today -- the votes we’ve been scrambling to mobilize against have been cancelled.
The largest online protest in history has fundamentally changed the game. You were heard.
On January 18th, 13 million of us took the time to tell Congress to protect free speech rights on the internet. Hundreds of millions, maybe a billion, people all around the world saw what we did on Wednesday. See the amazing numbers here and tell everyone what you did.
This was unprecedented. Your activism may have changed the way people fight for the public interest and basic rights forever.
The MPAA (the lobby for big movie studios which created these terrible bills) was shocked and seemingly humbled. “‘This was a whole new different game all of a sudden,’ MPAA Chairman and former Senator Chris Dodd told the New York Times. ‘[PIPA and SOPA were] considered by many to be a slam dunk.’”
“'This is altogether a new effect,' Mr. Dodd said, comparing the online movement to the Arab Spring. He could not remember seeing 'an effort that was moving with this degree of support change this dramatically' in the last four decades, he added."
Tweet with us, shout on the internet with us, let's celebrate: Round of applause to the 13 million people who stood up - #PIPA and #SOPA are tabled 4 now. #13millionapplause
Re: Protest Against ACTA / SOPA / PIPA.
Hi,
Now loads of interesting thinks happened in Poland.
We lost battle for not-signin ACTA, but non-internet people can see how lobbyst works.
140k people in two days protest against ACTA on FB, 500k people says "NO for ACTA" on Internet, and polish Prime Minister is sure that Poland HAVE TO sign ACTA!!!
Today he told on press conference that whole process of negotiation was not secret - can you imagine that?
Re: Protest Against ACTA / SOPA / PIPA.
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Originally Posted by
krzyszp
Hi,
Now loads of interesting thinks happened in Poland.
We lost battle for not-signin ACTA, but non-internet people can see how lobbyst works.
140k people in two days protest against ACTA on FB, 500k people says "NO for ACTA" on Internet, and polish Prime Minister is sure that Poland HAVE TO sign ACTA!!!
Today he told on press conference that whole process of negotiation was not secret - can you imagine that?
That is most likely because the corporations responsible for creating ACTA have promised him LOTS of money to go along with their desires.
Re: Protest Against ACTA / SOPA / PIPA.
Anyone listen to the state of the union address last night? Seemed pretty clear to me that Obama is for policing the Internet.
Re: Protest Against ACTA / SOPA / PIPA.
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Slicker
Anyone listen to the state of the union address last night? Seemed pretty clear to me that Obama is for policing the Internet.
Yeah, I caught that part of his speech. And the way he stated it most people will not comprehend the full impact if any such policy goes into effect. Why is it that so many do not realize this is really about controlling the flow of information? All the MPAA/RIAA waling nonsense is just smoke and mirrors. Welcome to the new USSR of the United States...........
Re: Protest Against ACTA / SOPA / PIPA.
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Originally Posted by
Slicker
Anyone listen to the state of the union address last night? Seemed pretty clear to me that Obama is for policing the Internet.
Anything to do with that man and his party just ticks me off to no end. If anyone feels like arguing about that, please move to California and try starting a small business from scratch.:mad::p
Re: Protest Against ACTA / SOPA / PIPA.
One year of Protest Against ACTA / SOPA / PIPA
https://www.accessnow.org/internetfreedomday
A broad-based coalition of activist organizations, communities like Reddit and Wikipedia, and sympathetic lawmakers worked together to stop SOPA and PIPA. People flooded Congress with phone calls and emails demanding that representatives oppose the bills. With the pressure on, dozens of Congressmen and Congresswomen came out against SOPA and PIPA--and the legislation was dropped.