1/18/2012
Today, many websites are striking and closing down their sites in protest to SOPA (Stop Online Pirating Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act): two legislative acts that are engineered to censor the Internet. In the face of immense potential oppression, many are coming together to combat the acts as a community. How is it, that only a huge threat is capable of bringing people together as a community?
My blog is here to encourage fellow actors to create a community and a safe environment in which we can create the beauty in all forms. In the face of potential censorship, I feel that my thoughts, encouragements, and my ideas will never reach out to people. So, do I even bother?
HELL YES I BOTHER!
This may be my first post, but to whomever may care and may read this: let us band together my friends! Fight the oppression that the government is attempting to impose upon us!
http://www.stopthewall.us/?gclid=CPj1i4mg2q0CFTOCtgodd3isnA
http://www.sopastrike.com/strike
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
These are only 3 of many petitions and strikes that are rising up to stand for our rights. If we are limited to how we can be creative, how can we be creative at all? My fellow artists, actors, creative thinkers: think of everything out there that inspires us on the internet. Denied of inspiration, how can we strive to inspire others?
*update*
For a more in depth article on the effects of SOPA and PIPA:
http://www.technet.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SOPA-PIPA-Statement-Release-1.pdf
An informative speech from ted.com:
http://www.ted.com/talks/defend_our_freedom_to_share_or_why_sopa_is_a_bad_idea.html#.Txc5WET05yQ.facebook
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