klainespants:

Authors Stand Up for Free Speech (x)

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An e-mail from ACTA:

flitwickslittlebrotha:

Next protest coming soon:

With an incredible showing of power and belief, over 300,000 people in 72 hours called on the European Parliament to reject the rights-threatening international copyright treaty, ACTA. We’ve shone a bright light on the countries that signed this secretly negotiated agreement – but the fight to save the internet is far from over.

ACTA still needs to be approved by the European Parliament, and if it goes down there, the agreement will effectively be dead in the water. Now we invite you to join us by taking to the streets at a protest near you on Feb 11.You signed the petition against ACTA, now check out the amazing map below showing the global day of action, and grab a friend to join a protest and make your voice heard: 

https://www.accessnow.org/acta-protest

If you can’t make a protest, you can still participate. Go to our Tumblr page and show your solidarity with the Feb. 11 protestors by submitting a picture, words of support, or protest signs! Your pictures and words will be posted on our page, and the best signs will be printed out by us and given to protestors on Feb. 11.http://accessnow.tumblr.com/

As you know, the internet is facing many threats and in 2012 Access will ask for your help on those issues. This is the year to protect the internet, and it starts with all of us! We’re right in the center of the fight for digital freedom in 2012 and we’re happy to have you with us.

The internet has been used for activism. Now it’s time to use activism to save the internet.

Thanks for all your support,Brett SolomonAccess Executive Director

PS: For ACTA updates, make sure to follow Access on Twitter at @accessnow.

bagelcriss:

CANADA IS PASSING A SOPA COPY IN 14 DAYS. EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT CANADIAN, REBLOG THIS SO OTHERS CAN SEE IT. BECAUSE WE HAVE A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT HERE, THIS MEANS THAT ANYTHING HARPER AND THE CONSERVATIVES DECIDE THEY WANT TO PASS, CAN BE PASSED.

sassygaychewbacca:

comingupcolfer:

astudyintruffle:

forgottenplayground:

itsrainingcatsandpumps:

the letter is already written, so all you have to do is click send.

Reblogging for all you Canadians out there. 

HARPER GODDAMN IT

I’m Canadian so it would mean a lot to me if you guys would sign this!

please reblog even if you’re not canadian!

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PLEASE REBLOG THIS LIKE THE PLAGUE

passingknightly:

earlfoolish:

bad-mojo:

blameitonthesilence:

needlesslydefiantwithtea:

prawnosaurus:

This is a petition on the Directgov website - this goes straight through to parliament and at the current time of posting it only has 21 signatures

I know a lot of people are reblogging the one sponsored by anonymous which is great but if you live in the UK, this is going to be your best best at getting yourself heard about ACTA - even if you don’t live in the UK or even the EU, PLEASE REBLOG THIS, as ACTA is something that not only affects Europe but the rest of the world as well and this could be one of the only opportunities for it to be downturned

COME ON GUYS!!!!!

No more pretending to be US citizens just to sign petitions! This one’s international so we can petition our government too and we NEED to let them know we’re not ok with this.

We’re already in danger of extradition just for posting links to pirated files (see Richard O’Dwyer’s case), and this would make things a whole lot worse.

411 signatures. I know you guys can do much, much better than that.

Sign both petitions, but this one is more important.
Anonymous is more or less seen as a criminal hacker group even if their intents and purposes here are good, they are hardly going to be taken seriously.

sign it! just do it!

Number of signatures:10,664

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My Fellow Tumblrers:

laureltastic:

anoncentral:

Consider this your call to action.

I know that we all love this site as an expression of our individuality, but the fact of the matter is, we are under attack. And what we do is distracting us from that fact.

The American government now has all the records from Megaupload’s servers. Do you know what that means for you? That means that if you have ever used Megaupload, the government has your fucking number. And they will come for you.

Read More

This whole situation is so nightmarish and ridiculous and we need to speak out. At the moment, we still have the power and the right to free speech and we have to use that, we have to take advantage of that and raise our voices until they overpower it all. Because this is scary, it’s terrifying, this is oppression, this is unlawful behaviour by governments who would see the Big Brother of 1984 become a reality, and that is not a joke and no exaggeration. The powerful are gaining power, the powerful are abusing their power and abusing their people. And I believe it is true ‘people should not be afraid of their governments, governments should be afraid of their people’, because we are the majority, and if we speak up, if we retaliate, if we fight and reason and stand together, then no one can deny that, and no one can turn a blind eye, a deaf ear. So speak up to keep the interned free, to keep media free, to keep us, you, everyone, speech, thought, actions - too keep our freedom. This is scary, but it’s also a battle, we don’t have to sit at home and worry, because we are the masses, because we can fight. Because we can win. So take action.

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ACTA has just been signed by the European Commission and several European countries

lordmoriarty:

alanrickmandaily:

suzywire:

BUT….. the European Parliament still has to vote about it.

If you haven’t signed the petition against ACTA yet, please do it now, it will be presented to the European Parliament. And they are kind of the last hope we got to stop this. If the parliament votes NO to ACTA, it can still be stopped. SO DO IT.

SIGN HERE

& why you should care about this

Please take moment and just sign the petition. Thank you! And reblog and let your followers to sign it too.

it’s also worth reading this, as it offers a lot of insight into ACTA and how it will affect europe, as well as what you can do to help, etc.

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legleekcestchic:

sherlocksscarfandjohnsjumper:

vampyresproductions:

preservedcucumbers:

beefykunoichi:

BeefyKunoichi: Please take the time to call your local representative regarding this bill. Protect expression. Protect the internet.

the-paranoid-humanoid:

milojamesthatch:

(ooc) GUYS THIS JUST HAPPENED TO MY DASH. Yesterday I was was wondering what all this talk about the Internet bill was, and I thought it was small - BUT GUYS, TUMBLR STAFF IS NOW ASKING FOR OUR SUPPORT. SO…. I’M OFFICIALLY FREAKING OUT.

((Followers, you know what to do. Go, my legion!))

Do not ignore this. Do not scroll past. Take action.

PLEASE JUST DO IT.

MUST REBLOG.

I think this only involves the US.. but OMG REBLOG.

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dcrisscolfer:

theronweasleygeneration:

I know there are a lot of posts out there about this, but not always a lot of information. These are screen shots from the AVAAZ website, further explaining the rights that everyone stands to lose if SOPA is passed. They have another petition that you can sign. I say call your representatives, sign petitions, do whatever you can. Use the internet to protect the internet, no matter what country you’re from.

Here are some petitions you can sign, all of which will be seen by Congress:

• White house petitions
• AVAAZ
• Change.org

You can also:

• Call your representative

Please do this. This is a GLOBAL issue. This will affect every country in the world, and signing a petition will only take a second.

Please do this. This is a GLOBAL issue. This will affect every country in the world, and signing a petition will only take a second.

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cheeeeeeen:

By far two of the most dangerous and harmful bills introduced today, not only to US citizens but to the entire world, are Protect-IP and SOPA, proposed censorship systems for the internet based on the interests of the entertainment industry. It sounds ridiculous, especially because you probably haven’t heard of it before, but they’re very real.

The MPAA, RIAA, Hollywood knows that they have been flying in CEOs of as many companies as possible, recruiting people to get petition signups at malls in California, and here’s the big point— they know they have gotten their message through to Congress — the worst bill in Internet history, the one where government and their corporations get unbelievable power to take down sites, threaten payment processors into stopping payment to sites on a blacklist, and throw people in jail for posting ordinary content is about to pass before the end of this year. The only thing that is going to stop Hollywood from owning the Internet and everything we do, is if there is a big surprise Internet backlash starting right now.

PROTECT IP (S. 968)/SOPA (HR. 3261) creates the first system for Internet censorship - this bill has sweeping provisions that give the government and corporations leeway and legal cover for taking down sites “by accident,” mistakenly, or for NOT doing “enough” to protect the interests of Hollywood. These bills that are moving very quickly through Congress and can pass before Christmas aim to give the US government and corporations the ability to block sites over infringing links posted by their users and give ISPs the release to take any means to block peoples’ sites, including slowing down your connection. That’s right, some say this bill is a workaround to net neutrality and is bigger than net neutrality.

—boingboing.com

And this is how it will affect you:

Let’s make one thing clear from the get-go: despite all the talk about this bill being directed only toward “rogue” foreign sites, there is no question that it targets US companies as well. The bill sets up a system to punish sites allegedly “dedicated to the theft of US property.”  How do you get that label?  Doesn’t take much: Some portion of your site (even a single page) must 

• be directed toward the US, and either
• allegedly “engage in, enable or facilitate” infringement or
• allegedly be taking or have taken steps to “avoid confirming a high probability” of infringement.

If an IP rightsholder (vaguely defined – could be Justin Bieber worried about his publicity rights) thinks you meet the criteria and that it is in some way harmed, it can send a notice claiming as much to the payment processors (Visa, Mastercard, Paypal etc.) and ad services you rely on.

Once they get it, they have 5 days to choke off your financial support.  Of course, the payment processors and ad networks won’t be able to fine-tune their response so that only the allegedly infringing portion of your site is affected, which means your whole site will be under assault.  And, it makes no difference that no judge has found you guilty of anything or that the DMCA safe harbors would shelter your conduct if the matter ever went to court.  Indeed, services that have been specifically found legal, like Rapidshare, could be economically strangled via SOPA. You can file a counter-notice, but you’ve only got 5 days to do it (good luck getting solid legal advice in time) and the payment processors and ad networks have no obligation to respect it in any event.  That’s because there are vigilante provisions that grant them immunity for choking off a site if they have a “reasonable belief” that some portion of the site enables infringement.

—eff.org

Prime targets, eff.org says, are sites like twitter and tumblr.

But for now, we still have the power we’ve always had to stimulate change and speak up against this censorship, using exactly what these bills will try to stifle. ANYONE who uses tumblr should sign this petition and get the word out. Part of the strength of Protect-IP and SOPA is that they’re so under the radar right now. It’s our job to change this. Don’t let them pull the wool over your eyes.

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP PROTECT-IP AND SOPA:

• Sign the petition at change.org.
• Write a letter to your congressperson.
• Sign up for updates at fightforthefuture.org.

PLEASE DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN AND REBLOG THIS POST TO GET THE WORD OUT!!!

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If SOPA passes, the following sites could be blocked for US users:

flitwickslittlebrotha:

gambles:

evilsuperalice:

starkwords:

• Tumblr 
• Facebook
• Livejournal
• Twitter
• The Pirate Bay 
• Megaupload
• Megavideo
• Mediafire
• Wordpress
• Almost any forum site
• Tumblr
• TUMBLR
• TUMBLR

Sign the damn petition

Guys, I’m not American so I can’t sign, but if you are just sign it!

guys

• Fanfiction
• tumblr
• tumblr

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