Comment 73217

By THE GREAT BLACKOUT of 2012 (anonymous) | Posted January 20, 2012 at 18:00:18

I first learned of SOPA and PIPA a few months ago. The prospects of thwarting the efforts of behemoths like Disney and CBS seemed dismal at the time. Everyone assumed that these bills were a slam dunk and we would all have to bow, once again, to the power of multinational corporate greed.

I blacked-out all of my websites. The few hundred visitors that frequent them seemed to support the effort. I lost only one subscriber from my mailing list. I salute the subscriber who left because that person exercised the right that I was fighting for – the right to get uncensored information and to choose for him/herself what to do with that information.

Defeating SOPA – PIPA pales in comparison to what is an historic event; THE GREAT BLACKOUT of 2012. The blackout was a demonstration of the FIRST EVER TRULY FREE PRESS - internet bloggers, website publishers , search engines, social networks, classified advertising, and the average day to day guy with a Facebook page – in unison, took down the what is arguably among the most powerful lobbies in Washington – the music and film industry.

Whether you support or oppose SOPA – PIPA you should be in awe of what has happened in the last three days.

This is a demonstration of what can be done by those willing to stand up and be counted.

This is democracy at its finest.

Long live the people.

Dan Laget
The Campus Herald

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