How about NOPA?

“We are joining the Internet-wide protest against SOPA/PIPA today on

Jan 18^th by shutting down our websites. NOPA to SOPA & PIPA”.

-‘Minecraft’.

Stop Online Piracy Act, a US bill by Lamar S. Smith, a US Representative; tend to expand US law enforcement’s ability to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods. The law would expand existing criminal laws to include unauthorized streaming of copyright material, imposing a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

 

 

 

 

 

“Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge.”

-‘Wikipedia’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy on May 12, 2011, is a proposed law with the stated goal of giving the US Government and copyright holders additional tools to curb access to “rogue websites dedicated to infringing or counterfeit goods”, especially those registered outside the US.

 

Well, SOPA caused a lot of negative feedback in the GAMING COMMUNITY. The developer of popular independent game MineCraft, Sweden-based Mojang was scheduled to shut down the company’s website and the MineCraft.net indefinitely starting January 18.

 

PROTEST:

Wikipedia (English), joined thousands of other web sites to protest against SOPA and PIPA. About 6000 other websites joined this protest separately. They blacked out their websites for 24 hours to raise public awareness and to encourage them for their opinions that they must share with their elected representatives.

RESULT:

Lamar postponed his communities hearing of the bill. But, he indicated that work would forward in refining the bills. In the US and abroad legislators and big media are embracing censorship and civil liberties on free knowledge and an open Internet. Though the works have been delayed, but it’s not yet stopped. Protest against it. Yet, it’s required to keep pressure up on both DOGS! SPREAD AWARENESS.

 

 

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