Fight for the Future, which ran the largest organizing sites
for the recent SOPA protests (sopastrike.com and americancensorship.org),
applauds the announcement that the Senate and House have postponed action on the
proposed web censorship bills.
“We sent the MPAA back to the drawing board,” said Fight for
the Future Co-founder Holmes Wilson, “But any law that lets the copyright lobby
block our websites, censor our search results, or cut off our Paypal
accounts--without even going through a judge--will be soundly
defeated.”
“This was the largest online protest in history,” said Fight
for the Future Co-founder Tiffiniy Cheng, “The MPAA was trying to quietly force
this bill through Congress, but when internet users started paying attention,
real democracy happened. This is a watershed moment in the fight against
lobbyists’ influence on politics.”
“The MPAA could have proposed a law to address copyright
infringement,” said Holmes Wilson, “Instead, they proposed giving rightsholders
veto power over online innovation and free expression. At that point, it was
just a matter of getting the public involved.”
Statistics from the November 16 protest: http://americancensorship.org/infographic2.html
1 comment:
ok question-
1.if it passed it stopped paypal accounts(so basically they are trying to make it so you cant make any money)
2.arent they looking back into it feb.24?
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