So, SOPA and PIPA walk into this bar

And they ruin the internet.

They also make Lunchboxdaily really boring.

We finally get bi-partisan support on something and it's THIS? I say let the parties go back to bickering, and let us make fun of it all on the internet.

I'm not technically savvy enough to shut my site down for a day in protest of SOPA/PIPA, but I can send you to a site where you can call your local representatives to stop this nonsense.

Comments

[wendy]

and now early indications are that we may get bipartisan-backing-down on this issue (having no wikipedia for three hours turns out to be more painful than congress anticipated) -- which is cool for the internet but makes me wonder.

what if we -- or some subset of 'we' -- boycotted on a substantive social issue? not that SOPA and PIPA aren't, but you know what i mean -- something affecting our schools or the environment. maybe organized opposition still can make a difference. (unless it only works when wikipedia is involved. which is possible.

rock on, Lunchboxdaily.

[daisy]

Having so many sites with access (phone #'s, e-mails, etc...) to our senators and representatives right there makes it that much more real (and easy) for many.

Thanks for being you, BusyDad.

[Craig]

Another one to watch out for is ACTA. That could potentially hurt all of us internet users as well...

Thanks for the link to the State Representatives! Go Dads!

[Mario Hargianto]

It is not true and not good to catch some criminals by offending and sacrificing the liberty and affairs of so many non-guilty people around the world. Furthermore, it is unethical and illegal to create a national law to put foundation for and justify such act. It is unethical to create a national law based upon the will of SOME corporations and for the sakes of SOME corporations. If a law must be created, it must be created based upon THE REAL MAJOR PUBLIC WILL and for THE REAL WHOLE PUBLIC SAKE.
Noteworthy, The Internet is not only the container of by-law-protected products, but also IS:

1. The universal medium of the unlimited flow of thoughts from humans all over the world
2. The universal place of unlimited thought-exchange and thought-sharing among humanity
3. The universal channel of unlimited talk among humans all over the world
4. The universal channel and virtual place of unlimited human encounter and human traffic

Therefore, SOPA and PIPA absolutely can not be applied. SOPA and PIPA are a form of Egoistic-Will Enforcement.
Moreover, products of companies have been protected by the existing laws of intellectual property. What is to do is just Law Enforcement based upon the existing laws.