The End of Squidge.ORG and other sites?

[squidgestatus]

The United States Congress is having hearings today on the Protect IP act, which will basically mean the end of Squidge.org, LiveJournal.com, Youtube.com, and any other site that hosts "re-imagined" information such as FanFiction, Karaoke Videos, or the like.

If you're in the United States, please head over to AmericanCensorship.org and do your research - and contact your members of Congress!

Comments

[goddess47]

I left this on sgamadison's info about the same topic... another resource for folk to check out.

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There's a wonderful -- free -- service that will send a card to your rep in congress. Sendwrite will send a paper letter to your congress person and they have something of a template you can use to help write your message...

https://sendwrite.com/sopa/

They do ask for donations but you're not obligated...

Check it out!

[squidgestatus.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Only thing is, they were overwhelmed (go figure! yep, this topic has everyone up in arms!!!) and shut down the site. Still, I'll donate.

[goddess47]

Well, that's essentially a good development... 3000 may not be an overwhelming number but hopefully it's representative enough and goes to enough different Congressmen/women to be something of an impact.

[dhae_knight_1]

Man, I wish I lived in the States, just so I'd get a vote on something that means so much to people worldwide! :-/

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Part of me thinks they couldn't be that stupid - it'd take out just about everything in theory... *clings to Squidge*

[squidgestatus.livejournal.com]

Oh trust me... This is part of the reason Congress has a 9% approval rating. They've done crazy crap like this before!

WHAT?!?!

[daichanslady.livejournal.com]

Way to crush creativity!

Re: WHAT?!?!

[squidgestatus.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry!!! I'm just really upset about this bill, and it really, really needs to be stopped!

[porridgebird.livejournal.com]

I just don't understand - how could this possibly be enforced??

Anyway, thanks for the heads-up. I'm contacting my legislators and spreading the word.