I have this great article to share with you written by Shopping Tips and Tricks about the new SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) & PIPA (Protect IP Act) bills that are threatening our internet. Please read and support Saving In Akron and other blogs and websites; please help protect blogs and websites from being shut down.
Thanks Shopping Tips and Tricks for sharing this article!
Today, many big websites are going “Black” in protest of SOPA & PIPA. In a nutshell, SOPA & PIPA would bring Internet Censorship. SOPA was in the House of Representatives, but it has been tabled by President Obama, but can be picked back up at any time. PIPA is what it’s called in the Senate and it’s still live. Wimeo has an excellent video on SOPA & PIPA and how it would affect the internet and lead to ST&T and many of your favorite bloggers to be shut down! It explains these bills better than I ever could. ![]()
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
So basically, Facebook and wikipedia and your favorite deal bloggers would get shut down. Why? Because all you need is one cooperation to sue you and say you have infringed on their rights and they can get your site closed. Facebook would go first and fast because think of all the video people upload! And pictures!
To be quite honest, Shopping Tips and Tricks is so small that Congress could care less if I go “Black”. But what do our Congressmen and Senators care about even more? VOTES! It’s an election year! So, if you would like to protect ST&T and help other deal bloggers across the internet stay online, then take a few minutes to write an email or call your Senator and tell him to vote NO on PIPA and tell your Congressman that you do not want SOPA to come back to life on the floor! Tell them that interenet Censorship is not acceptable!
Senators ~ go HERE *You can easily pull up your senators by state and send theman email or call!
Representative ~ go HERE *This site helps you to easily identify who your Representative is and write to them.
*You can also go HERE and sign the GOOGLE petition to stop Government Censorship!
Thank you for taking a minute to help keep ST&T and countless other websites free of censorship!


















