This journal is blacked out.

Hey, this is what my journal would look like if SOPA is put in place. And PIPA, too. Dear lord, why all the acronyms?
Please please please put a journal like this up, because it shows exactly what would happen were these idiotic laws in place.

Also, a nugget of information from irishhighlander:

Mr. Berners-Lee and other computer scientists made a policy back at the launch of the www (and therefore the internet as we know and love it) not to profit finacially from it. He's on record as saying that thre should be "connectivity with no strings attached" and that "Threats to the Internet, such as companies or governments that interfere with or snoop on Internet traffic, compromise basic human network rights." I'm not sure of his stance on SOPA/PIPA. But it seems to me, that the philosophy of freedom of information across the globe is compromised my SOPA/PIPA and other such measures in other countries.

I will point out that Tim Berners-Lee is a British man.

Also, you may want to read this:
#StopSOPA - Jan 18 - Web Blackout + Response to dAPlease See Edit 10 at the bottom for Response to dA update
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For those of you wondering what SOPA/PIPA are, take a look at this video http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa/
As a protest of #SOPA and #PIPA (The Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act) two pieces of legislation that are up for debate once again on January 18, 2012, I will be blacked out from all my websites, deviantART included. What does this mean?
"On January 18, between 8am and 8pm EST (or 13:00 and 01:00 UTC), Reddit will be blacking out their website in protest of SOPA and PROTECT IP. We request all website administrators worldwide - and especially those running large user-content websites - to black out their website at the same time, to voice their opposition of SOPA and PROTECT IP. This legislation may very well not only change the future of the in

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