New Bill by Congress, would destroy sites like the Marlin, PPB, and IH8MUD

[TacoRunner]

New Bill by Congress, would destroy sites like the PPB.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page



The Wikipedia community has blacked out the English version of Wikipedia for 24 hours on January 18th to raise awareness about legislation being proposed by the U.S. Congress — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate — and to encourage readers to speak out against it. This legislation, if passed, will harm the free and open Internet. If you are in the United States, let your congressional representative know what you think of the proposed legislation by clicking here.
The blackout will last 24 hours — from midnight to midnight EST (05:00 UTC Wed to 05:00 UTC Thu).
This decision was made by Wikipedia's global community of editors — the people who built Wikipedia — between 15 December and 16 January. The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, also opposes SOPA and PIPA, and supports the editors' blackout.
SOPA and PIPA are real threats to the free and open Internet. Although recent media reports have suggested that the bills are losing support, they are not dead. On January 17th, SOPA's sponsor said the bill will be discussed and pushed forward in early February. PIPA could be debated in the U.S. Senate as soon as next week. There is a need to send a strong message that bills like SOPA and PIPA must not move forward: they will cause too much damage.
Although the bills have been amended since their introduction, they are still deeply problematic. Among other serious problems in the current draft of the bills, the requirement exists for US-based sites to actively police links to purported infringing sites. These kinds of self-policing activities are non-sustainable for large, global sites - including ones like Wikipedia. The legislative language is ambiguous and overly broad, even though it touches on protected speech. Congress says it's trying to protect the rights of copyright owners, but the "cure" that SOPA and PIPA represent is worse than the disease.

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Wiki, Google, Reddit, Craiglist, and dozens of other sites have all stepped up to make a visibile stand against this legislation.

It is important to take action against this. Write your congressmen/women. Since most of us are in California, here are our representitives and their info:

Rep. Daniel Lungren [R, CA-3]
Phone: 202-225-5716
Fax: 202-226-1298

Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA]
Phone: 202-224-3553
Fax: 202-224-0454
Twitter: senatorboxer

Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D, CA]
Phone: 202-224-3841
Fax: 202-228-3954

[83 Crawler]

I say the cencererd out googles name

[abnormaltoy]

Unfortunately...I don't have a Representative in the House 

[kneedownnate]

I hate to say it but, you may as well write Boxer and Feinstein and simply say "hi!", cause nothing you or I say has any bearing on what they do.  They both have their own agendas and do not seem to realize they're representetives of the people.