DailyDirt: Together We Can Stop SOPA

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Wed, Jan 18th 2012 5:00pm — Michael Ho

Usually, this DailyDirt post provides some relief from the regular topics here on Techdirt. Not today. SOPA & PIPA need to be defeated, and the organizations behind these bills won't stop. So we won't either. Here are just a few more sites that will help you learn about why SOPA & PIPA are just plain bad for everyone -- and each can show you to how to contact your elected representatives for political action.

Several tech companies have put together StopTheWall.us to help everyone learn about the facts on SOPA. Stop the Great Firewall of America! [url]
The EFF helps defend your digital rights online. Help them help you! [url]
American Censorship Day is today! Spread the word and help defeat the bills on January 24th. Fight for the Future! [url]
To discover other sites related to innovation, check out some of these StumbleUpon links. [url]

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Filed Under: censorship, pipa, politics, protest, sopa
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Anonymous Coward, 18 Jan 2012 @ 5:21pm

Have CNN on, missed who paid for it, but just saw a commercial saying to tell congress to stop online piracy and support SOPA.
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- Anonymous Coward, 18 Jan 2012 @ 5:32pm
  
  Re: Hollywood!
  TV commercials that are pro-SOPA are likely paid for by the MPAA or other entertainment groups.
  
  was it this one:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b85kvxwMgKs
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  - Anonymous Coward, 18 Jan 2012 @ 5:36pm
    
    Re: Re: Hollywood!
    Different commercial, but enough similarities that it was surely the same group.
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    - Anonymous Coward, 18 Jan 2012 @ 5:55pm
      
      Re: Re: Re: Hollywood!
      Upon seeing it a second time, paid for by Creative America along with US Chamber of Commerce.
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      - Anonymous Coward, 18 Jan 2012 @ 11:15pm
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Hollywood!
        Creative America, eh? It's funny how Nuge claims Google can't blackout its own logo, but his group can pay to fill televisions with garbage.
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The Luke Witnesser, 20 Jan 2012 @ 4:55am

Here lies the truth about SOPA/PIPA that even TechDirt has yet to report: what MPAA, RIAA, and Hollywood execs do not want you to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzS5rSvZXe8

The truth behind why these big companies responsible for SOPA and PIPA are also responsible for piracy itself is far more insidious than even their outmoded business model.

Hint: can you say, do as I say so I can crush you under heel?
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