Stop SOPA and PIPA

Just taking a break for an uncharacteristically political statement (since I can't figure out how to actually make the site go dark).

I want to help to raise awareness of two bills in congress: H.R.3261 "Stop Online Piracy Act" and S.968 "PROTECT IP", which could radically change the landscape of the Internet. These bills provide overly broad mechanisms for enforcement of copyright which would restrict innovation and threaten the existence of websites with user-submitted content, such as all those great skating videos you love to watch, or even videos of your own kids, skating to copyrighted music. (Thanks reddit for the content, most of which I stole verbatim)

Please take today as a day of focus and action to learn about these destructive bills and do what you can to prevent them from becoming reality.

Make a call.


Sign the petition.

Thanks.  Come back tomorrow to learn about helmets!

Xan