Right now the Senate has fast-tracked The PROTECT IP Act out of committee for a rushed vote. The PROTECT IP Act is a bill that would give the entertainment industry the right to shut down any websites offering access to unauthorized use of copyrighted material—such as songs, images and video—containing content from Hollywood film and musical productions.
The bill threatens to squash any new startups, search engines, social networking sites and yes, even Queerty.com under the guise of ending piracy (and believe us, life without Queerty sucks; we recently tried going without it… not a fan). Thankfully, this video provides info about the bill and what you can do to help stop it.
Don’t let them shut down Queerty, CuteOverload.com or your favorite Nikki Minaj-Madonna mash-up site. You’ll regret it.
DJ Veno
Oh hell no!
Eric
Tweeting this to all my friends and family.
bagooka
I oppose this bill. So should you!
Chad
Remember back in the day when we had dual cassette tape decks with high speed dubbing, built specificaly for recording tapes. And our VCRs could record music videos from MTV. it wasn’t a problem then, why is it a problem now?
Brandon H
On the bright side, there’s a good chance Obama will veto this if it reaches his desk. Not that I’m counting on that, he’s disappointed me before.
Call, Write AND Tweet/Facebook your senators and congressmen. They respond more to real letters and phone calls than they do to email and twitter.
missanthrope
They’re also considering taking away the writ the Habeas Corpus.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/153259/indefinite_military_detention_of_citizens_on_us_soil_still_in_pentagon_spending_bill
But I guess people’s internet toys are more important since I haven’t seen it mentioned here on queerty.