Wednesday, 18 January 2012
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Random Thoughts-"Don't Censor The Internet!"
As a supporter of free speech, I wholeheartedly agree with the blackout of Wiki-pedia, Google and other sites that have been going
on in protest of the proposed anti piracy legislation in Congress.
To sign a petition, click here: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/, to read about the legislation click here http://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/sopa-pipa/
The internet, while it can be like the wild west, should not be censored.
Piracy is one thing. Of course people should be paid for their work...artists and authors and songwriters. But it is big business, like cable providers and the recording industry that want to squish entire websites for having even one copyrighted image, music file, etc.
But there are so many images, files out there, how do you police them all, do you shut down all the websites? How would anyone enforce such legislation? Do you censor the whole internet? It can open up a whole Pandora's box of censorship. There has to be a better way to target piracy.
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