Join the Protest!

Websites all over are planning to do an Internet-wide strike of SOPA on January 18. This is the most wide-spread unified action I can remember on the Internet. Even though my sites don't necessarily attract a lot of traffic, I'm going to join the protest. After all, one of my New Year's resolutions is to go from passive consumption to active participation on the Internet. SOPA is such a critical issue, and people are making sure their voice is heard.


And they have. SOPA has been effectively killed as "Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) announced that he will stop all action on SOPA." President Obama even announced his public opposition to the bill. The voice of the Internet is being heard, and Congress is starting to figure out how the Internet really works. It's about time. Though it wasn't explicitly said, I think Congress was scared of the Internet blackouts and strikes scheduled for the 18th, which prompted the House's backpedaling on the bill. The Internet populace won, Congress zero.


Now that SOPA is dead, it's time to turn the focus to PIPA. Maybe the focus of the 18th's protests should change to PIPA.