Vive Oaxaca, one of my favorite websites that covers things cultural in Oaxaca, had the following on their homepage today:
Do not censor the web; S.O.P.A. Stop Online Piracy Act; the Internet was born and will continue being free!
There is a video explanation of S.O.P.A. (in Spanish) and a couple of great posters.
As the Vive Oaxaca website suggests, these Acts will not just affect access to information in the USA, they have worldwide implications.
For more information and links to other articles opposing SOPA and PIPA, check out Wikipedia’s SOPA and PIPA – Learn more page.
Update: And to become even more informed, resources from the Progressive Librarians Guild: Learn more about SOPA, censorship, & piracy:
- http://sopastrike.com/
- http://www.article19.org/sopa.html
- http://arstechnica.com/
- http://blog.softlayer.com/2012/how-the-internet-works-and-how-sopa-would-break-it/
- http://www.districtdispatch.org/2012/01/pipa-sopa-and-open-act-quick-reference-guide
The Swiss study (2011)…Piracy pays for itself
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