I see.
Anyway!
SOPA/TPP is going to constantly try to oppress freedom in one of the few places it remains - the Internet.
And after that, I'm fairly certain that they're going to go for oppressing
all freedom.
No more having fun parties in the future. No more skateboarding. No more riding a bicycle without a permit.
No more
walking on the streets without a license... no more
breathing without a license...
That's just me though... when I'm panicked like I am now my mind tends to go rampant on possibilities that are just that - possibilities.
Or stupid things. (Seriously, the last two things are what my mind's thinking right now, even though that would be the most stupidest thing ever. Seriously, if that were to happen, SOPA/TPP would cause just about trillions of homicides in a day, if not a week or a month...)
So far, it seems as though they'll win. :-/
What would you be able to do if SOPA/TPP censors the internet?
What would you be able to do if writing fanfics and drawing fanarts become illegal, even with permission?
What would you do if it's illegal to do a cover of your favorite song on YouTube? (Okay, I don't really care about this one.)
What would you do if downloading things from the internet (music, movies, TV episodes, etc) became illegal, even if one uses Playism or Steam, even if it's a free game like
Vresun: Ciraian Ruins is intended to be?
What would you do if SOPA/TPP wins the war and takes away Internet freedom?
SOPA may have been stopped, but large companies with many copyrights are trying to re-institute portions of it under other names and policies. This attempt to limit protected speech in the name of copyright is unacceptable, and must be resisted.
Secret negotiations to include SOPA provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, lead by a former SOPA lobbyist, draconic Notice and Staydown measures that would hold small websites accountable to electronically police media with software they can't afford, and private agreements that could be used to bully small companies into excluding protected content are all being proposed now by Big Media.
We encourage the administration to oppose any measures that would deny alleged copyright infringers due process and protect original content!
There's only one way to save our beloved internet and prevent SOPA/TPP from winning the war.
Fighting back will require signing petitions... that's all I'm aware.
For those from the United States of AmericaFor those outside the USAnother petition, going by the link it's probably AustraliansYet another petitionI may be breaking forum rules by saying most of the above, but if Quotev, TV Tropes, these forums, several
other forums are in danger...
I'd rather be banned than keep quiet about this. Quotev is mostly fanfiction, so it's most definitely in danger, isn't it?
I've spread the word, feel free to spread it if you feel like it.
...
I've got to play
Terraria now, it's just about the only thing that can calm me down now.
I must calm down.
(I've copied and pasted it from the Vresun: Ciraian Ruins forums, so BBCode failures would be my fault in this case.
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