SciFi Surplus is against SOPA

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There is a bill making its way through the US legislature that could break the Internet. It is an over-reaching piece of legislation that gives too much power to corporate copyright holders. They could be allowed to take down websites at the DNS level without due process. Proponents of the bill and of the PIPA bill say this is to fight copyright infringement from abroad.

Casey is encouraging everyone to steal his profile pictures from Facebook and Google+ to use as your own on this day of protest.

Vince wishes that there had been an outcry similar to the current blackout during the debate about passing the NDAA, particularly the indefinite detention provisions.  Legislation that restricts our liberty and puts more power in the hands of the government isn’t new.  It is disappointing though.

Please take this opportunity to contact your legislators and complain about this legislation.

 

List of Supporters: H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act

  • 60 Plus Association
  • ABC
  • Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
  • Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP)
  • American Bankers Association (ABA)
  • American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
  • American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
  • American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
  • American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA)
  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
  • Americans for Tax Reform
  • Association of American Publishers (AAP)
  • Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies
  • Beachbody, LLC
  • BMG Chrysalis
  • BMI
  • Building and Construction Trades Department
  • Capitol Records Nashville
  • CBS
  • Cengage Learning
  • Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF)
  • Christian Music Trade Association
  • Church Music Publishers’ Association
  • Coalition Against Online Video Piracy (CAOVP)
  • Comcast/NBCUniversal
  • Concerned Women for America (CWA)
  • Congressional Fire Services Institute
  • Copyhype
  • Copyright Alliance
  • Coty, Inc.
  • Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB)
  • Council of State Governments
  • Country Music Association
  • Country Music Television
  • Creative America
  • Deluxe
  • Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO
  • Directors Guild of America (DGA)2
  • Disney Publishing Worldwide, Inc.
  • Elsevier
  • EMI Christian Music Group
  • EMI Music Publishing
  • Entertainment Software Association (ESA)
  • ESPN
  • Estée Lauder Companies
  • Gospel Music Association
  • Graphic Artists Guild
  • Hachette Book Group
  • HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Inc.
  • Hyperion
  • Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
  • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians,
  • Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE)
  • International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC)
  • International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
  • International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • International Union of Police Associations
  • L’Oreal
  • Let Freedom Ring
  • Lost Highway Records
  • Macmillan
  • Major County Sheriffs
  • Major League Baseball
  • Majority City Chiefs
  • Marvel Entertainment, LLC
  • MasterCard Worldwide
  • MCA Records
  • McGraw-Hill Education
  • Mercury Nashville
  • Minor League Baseball (MiLB)
  • Minority Media & Telecom Council (MMTC)
  • Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
  • MPA – The Association of Magazine Media
  • National Association of Fusion Center Directors
  • National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
  • National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators
  • National Association of State Chief Information Officers
  • National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)
  • National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA)
  • National Center for Victims of Crime
  • National Criminal Justice Association3
  • National District Attorneys Association
  • National Domestic Preparedness Coalition
  • National Football League
  • National Narcotics Officers’ Associations’ Coalition
  • National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA)
  • National Songwriters Association
  • National Troopers Coalition
  • News Corporation
  • Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU)
  • Pearson Education
  • Penguin Group (USA), Inc.
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
  • Pfizer, Inc.
  • Provident Music Group
  • Random House
  • Republic Nashville
  • Revlon
  • Scholastic, Inc.
  • Screen Actors Guild (SAG)
  • Showdog Universal Music
  • Simon & Schuster
  • Sony/ATV Music Publishing
  • Sony Music Entertainment
  • Sony Music Nashville
  • State International Development Organization (SIDO)
  • The Perseus Books Groups
  • The United States Conference of Mayors
  • Tiffany & Co.
  • Time Warner
  • True Religion Brand Jeans
  • Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
  • UMG Publishing Group Nashville
  • United States Chamber of Commerce
  • United States Olympic Committee
  • United States Tennis Association
  • Universal Music
  • Universal Music Publishing Group
  • Viacom
  • Visa Inc.
  • W.W. Norton & Company
  • Wallace Bajjali Development Partners, L.P.
  • Warner Music Group
  • Warner Music Nashville
  • Wolters Kluewer Health
  • Word Entertainment 4
  • Zumba Fitness, LLC