pdxdad: “DEAR ████████████████████ INTERNET ███████████████████████ SOPA ███████████████ IS ████████████ WRONG ████████████████████ AND █████████████████ A █████████████████ MISTAKE. ███████████████ TELL EVERYONE.” My partner Kiki Nelson is a photographer. One of the constant discussions we have is how to protect her work when she posts it online. We’ve both seen, and reported, various people on G+ who have stolen or unattributed other people’s work. So, we’re definitely not fans of piracy; but, these bills being propose is like using napalm to kill an anthill. The unintended consequences are ridiculous. And you notice how quickly supporters and “authors” of the bills have backed away? Not only is this a good thing, but it also shows just how little these people know about the legislature that’s being passed in their names. Remember the hearings and how out of touch Congress seemed? More than likely, lobbyists just put these bills in front of lawmakers and told them what they wanted to hear.We need money out of politics, and a greater reliance on experts (which also means we need to stop thumbing our collective noses at intelligence and expertise). Image by: Mitesh Shah
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“DEAR ████████████████████ INTERNET ███████████████████████ SOPA ███████████████ IS ████████████ WRONG ████████████████████ AND █████████████████ A █████████████████ MISTAKE. ███████████████ TELL EVERYONE.”

My partner Kiki Nelson is a photographer. One of the constant discussions we have is how to protect her work when she posts it online. We’ve both seen, and reported, various people on G+ who have stolen or unattributed other people’s work. So, we’re definitely not fans of piracy; but, these bills being propose is like using napalm to kill an anthill. The unintended consequences are ridiculous. 

And you notice how quickly supporters and “authors” of the bills have backed away? Not only is this a good thing, but it also shows just how little these people know about the legislature that’s being passed in their names. Remember the hearings and how out of touch Congress seemed? More than likely, lobbyists just put these bills in front of lawmakers and told them what they wanted to hear.

We need money out of politics, and a greater reliance on experts (which also means we need to stop thumbing our collective noses at intelligence and expertise).

Image by: Mitesh Shah

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