CONGRESS,
CAN YOU HEAR US?
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Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and
the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, are meant to stop online piracy but
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would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American businesses.
87,000+
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Experts agree that there are better ways to shut down pirate websites than asking
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US companies to censor the Web. Join the groundswell of experts, organizations
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and people from all parts of America united in their opposition to SOPA and PIPA.
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Tell Congress not to censor the Web and not to cripple our innovation economy.
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5 Marc Andreessen
Mitchell Baker
5 Sergey Brin
Jack Dorsey
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Steve Crocker
Steve Crocker Caterina Fake
David Dagon
David Dagon David Filo
Dan Kaminsky
Dan Kaminsky Reid Hoffman
Danny McPherson
Danny McPherson Arianna Huffington
Paul Vixie
Paul Vixie Chad Hurley
Brewster Kahle
Elon Musk
Craig Newmark
Pierre Omidyar
Biz Stone
Jimmy Wales
Evan Williams
Jerry Yang
Vint Cerf, one of the Internet security Internet and technology Internet company Advocacy and public Human rights Leading venture Law professors sent a
law professors sent a letter a letter
Entrepreneurs sent a letter Over 113,000 people have American Public called Congress
founding fathers experts issued a companies sent an founders sent an interest organizations, organizations, capitalists issued letter expressing “serious
of opposition, stating that expressing concern that petitioned the White House to voice their opposition through American public voices opposition by adding
of the Internet, whitepaper raising open letter opposing open letter opposing including ACLU, including, a letter expressing constitutional, innovation,
bills are unconstitutional PIPA and SOPA would “hurt to oppose SOPA and PIPA. AmericanCensorship.org. 3 million signatures to petitions.
opposed SOPA in serious concerns the bills and the risks SOPA and PIPA. MoveOn and Tea Center for Media concern that PIPA and foreign policy concerns.” economic growth and chill issued
White House issued a
an open letter to about the technical posed to innovation Party Patriots, Justice and “would stifle innovation.” commitment to “not support
commitment to “not support
Congress. approach of PIPA. and job creation. voiced their Reporters Without investment in that reduces
legislation that reduces
opposition. Borders, sent a Internet services, expression,
freedom of expression,
letter to express
expressed throttle innovation, cybersecurity
increases cybersecurity
concern for the and hurt American undermines the
risk, or undermines the
bills’ civil and competitiveness.” innovative.
dynamic, innovative
human rights Internet.”
global Internet.”
implications.
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Sources: Infojustice.org, Protect Innovation, Engine Advocacy, Center for Democracy and Technology, White House We the People Petition,
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Wikipedia, Stop American Censorship, Avaaz TION