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. →

3gb3rt:

dafuru:

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

CANADA USAAAA stop fucking around with my friends D8<

well here we go again

stormofthunder:

Something -worse- than ACTA? Yes, it is: TTP.

“From what I can tell it’s even LESS known than ACTA. I haven’t even been able to find any YouTube videos on it.

Here are two lovely quotes I think you will find interesting:

“A leaked version of the February 2011 draft U.S. TPP Intellectual Property Rights Chapter indicates that U.S. negotiators are pushing for the adoption of copyright measures far more restrictive than currently required by international treaties, including the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.”

“The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is pursuing a TPP agreement that will require signatory counties to adopt heightened copyright protection that advances the agenda of the U.S. entertainment and pharmaceutical industries, but omits the flexibilities and exceptions that protect Internet users and technology innovators.”

Yep, more restrictive than ACTA.

Countries will be forced to rewrite their copyright laws and adopt this agreement’s (beyond sucky) laws.

I don’t really know much about this myself, but here are a few points summarized from the article:
-Temporary reproductions of copyrighted works without permission will count as infringement. (So I’m guessing you can’t put your music on an external drive if you’re getting a new computer?)
-Countries can’t import legitimate goods without copyright owner approval. (So basically Japan could say that USA is no longer allowed to import anime.)
-Extend the Life+70 years copyright in individual work, and the 95 years after publication/120 years for corporation stuff.
-Ban circumvention of digital locks. (DMCA is a whole host of issues in and of itself.)
-“Adopt criminal sanctions for copyright infringement that is done without a commercial motivation.” (Pretty self-explanatory there.)
-“Adopt the U.S. DMCA Internet Intermediaries copyright safe harbor regime in its entirety. This would require Chile to rewrite its forward-looking 2010 copyright law that currently provides for a judicial notice and takedown regime, which provides greater protection to Internet users’ expression and privacy than the DMCA’s copyright safe harbor regime.” (Couldn’t have said it better myself.)” - WindieDragon

Mother of fucking god, I am seriously getting tired of the fucking US continuously fucking trying to fuck shit up by making so much fucking shit and caring so fucking much about fucking copyright and fucking intellectual fucking properly fucking problems when there are so many other fucking much more fucking important fucking problems that have to be fucking taken fucking care of. Fuck.

I don’t fucking care if this will fucking fill my fucking fuck quota of the fucking month, holy fucking shit balls on a dick.

I don’t fucking even fucking FUCK.

Just spread this shit. Just fucking do it.

chicksdigthephoenix:

thinkmexican:

Say NO to ACTA

ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, makes SOPA look like child’s play. It would establish an independent multi-national governing body focused solely on enforcing the intellectual property rights of major corporations. Learn more at the video above.

oh

yeah

acta’s worse than sopa, saw another vid earlier in spanish explaining this

all of us need to spread the word about this

Why Black March Is a Really Fucking Bad Idea

korybing:

postcardsfromspace:

To the people proposing this:

You dumb bastards. You know who this’ll hurt? Not big media. Not on any significant scale.

No, the people this will really fuck over are the EXACT same people SOPA and PIPA would fuck: Creative professionals; small publishers; independent businesses.

If you want to do something that makes a statement, consider shifting your money not only away from corporate media but to independent media. Buy comics published by someone other than DC and Marvel. Buy books from small and independent presses. Support independent production companies who fight to stay independent and fan-focused. Better yet, buy things directly from creators and artisans. Support independent retailers. Don’t just blanket punish media producers and distributors—refocus those resources into supporting the ones who espouse and depend on free exchange of information and ideas.

Because those are the people preserving intellectual freedom.

Those are the people creating work of substance.

And those are the people struggling to make a living, because they aren’t bankrolled by the doucheweasels lobbying for SOPA and PIPA.

So, yeah, boycott whomever you please. But for fuck’s sake, also think.

Thank you Rachel, this is basically what my problem was the moment I saw that image but I couldn’t put into words exactly what was making me so angry. SOPA and PIPA are going to hurt small businesses and independent artists that make a living off of the internet, and refusing to buy ANY media during the month of March will do the exact same thing: hurt small businesses and independent artists.

Not all “big media” is bad. There are plenty of “big names” that have been openly against SOPA and PIPA since the beginning, like Valve, for example. I know research is hard and “Don’t Support Companies That Support Things You Don’t Agree With March” isn’t as snappy as “Black March” but don’t be so hasty that you actively hurt the people that you want to help.