{"id":1208,"date":"2012-01-18T08:32:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T16:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2012-01-18T08:32:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T16:32:17","slug":"what-is-sopa-and-why-you-need-to-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graywolfproductions.com\/lynnsrants\/what-is-sopa-and-why-you-need-to-act","title":{"rendered":"What is SOPA? And why you need to act!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Why is this site, and many others, totally or partially blacked out today?<\/span><\/p>\n

It's a solidarity move to stop SOPA [Stop Online Piracy Act.]<\/span><\/p>\n

What is SOPA? From the point of view of many of us in the USA – it's a misguided attempt to stop the piracy of films and music. And guess what? the music and film industry stand solidly behind this bill – DUH!<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is it misguided? Well it contains provisions that could shut down most of the Internet by a big player [ISP, etc.] saying "my content was stolen."
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SHUT DOWN THAT SITE.<\/span><\/p>\n

Or saying "that site linked to a site that had my stolen content." 
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SHUT DOWN THAT SITE.<\/span><\/p>\n

Goodbye Wikipedia, goodbye Google, goodbye YouTube, goodbye any site that they "say" they have an issue with.<\/span><\/p>\n

It will stop creativity, stop inventions and stop the free exchange of ideas! It is censorship!
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And if you are a small business who relies on a website and the Internet – it can hurt your business!!
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For a more scholarly discussion see Wikipedia.
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To take action: http:\/\/www.google.com\/landing\/takeaction\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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