Welcome back from the SOPA blackout.
Here’s a little something to make your day a happy slappy don’t sass yer pappy toe-tappin’ one:
Sheesham and Lotus Trio – ‘ Givin It Away ‘ – Live in an Orchard on Wolfe Island from Lenny Epstein on Vimeo.
Whilst listening to the boys’ musical blandishments you might want to pay a visit to oatmeal.com and watch their amazing animated GIF which is the best SOPA protest EVAR.
And, by the way and in case you were wondering, Congressman Lamar Smith, the so-called corrupt hypocritical douchenozzle author of SOPA is guilty of copyright infringement and under his law his own website would be arbitrarily taken offline. What a fucking putz.
Have a great day, Interwebz!
Cheers.
P. S. If you’re still not sure what SOPA and PIPA and ACTA and all the other bullshit laws to fight online piracy are really about – and why it matters to you – please give a read to Dan Gillmor’s Guardian article which lays it out pretty plainly.
Legislation like Sopa, or its US Senate companion, the Protect IP Act (Pipa) – and a host of activities around the world – share a common goal. These “fixes” are designed to wrest control of these tools from the masses and recentralize what has promised to be the most open means of communication and collaboration ever invented.
It’s not about piracy – it’s about freedom of speech and the control of information. The folks who currently wield power don’t want you to be able to hear or say anything they can’t control and profit from.
Welcome to the future folks – be prepared to fight for it.
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