Enough Is Enough

OK, I simply cannot hold on to the blackout any longer, I have pictures to show and stories to tell!

However, it is my firm belief that if the United States Congress should pass legislation like the ones proposed in SOPA or PIPA it would set an extremely bad example for the world and for the future of freedom of speech.

My bosom buddy Apmel Goosson has on his blog "My Avatars Name is Apmel" today published a statement by the American lawyer Chris Savage that express my thoughts and sentiments on this completely:

"Speaking only for myself and not any clients, SOPA is a horrible, protectionist over-reach by content-owning industries. It is bad for the Internet and even bad, in a "spoiled versus tough love" sense, for the content industries.

The Internet makes distribution easy and cheap. That makes stuff easier to copy. They can either live with that and find a business model that works within it, or they can go the way of the player piano."

STOP SOPA & PIPA

In solidarity with Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, Tina´s Universe, My Avatars Name Is Apmel and other major sites and blogs, this blog is blacked out today (January 18) in protest against SOPA and PROTECT IP laws. These laws are a threat to free speech and to the freedom of the Internet. If you are a citizen of the United States of America please contact your congressional representative and tell them to vote 'No' on this law. Take a few minutes to visit here to learn more about this at Sopa Blackout (url). 

If you are not a citizen of the US. What can you do? The US State Department constantly speaks out against Internet censorship in other countries. Pressure them to speak out against America’s new domestic censorship system. Email the U.S. State Department (url)!