Weaponized Procrastination

Oh joy, so now they want to stop a purported anti-piracy bill? They seem to want a bill that they “drafted”, or no bill.

A fable. But a relevant one.

SOPA video made by the Khan Academy. Quite in-depth and walks its way through the language of the bill itself.

This is one of the benefits of open publishing platforms for academics. They can share their expertise swiftly with the public on their terms.

(Via Groklaw)

Sobering thought, but with a call to action.

So maybe, instead of waiting for the MPAA’s next law and changing our Twitter avatars for a few days in protest, it would be more productive to significantly reduce or eliminate our support of the MPAA member companies starting today, and start supporting campaign finance reform.

This isn’t the first time major and minor Internet sites have gone dark in protest against legislation. Just something to remember.

That’s… a lot of stuff going black on Wednesday. Including Wikipedia, so if you’re planning on using it on Wednesday, do it early.

More on SOPA/PIPA, but mostly questioning why no one (in Washington, even the White House) questions the economic harm claims made by interest groups.

This might not be an economic loss but an economic redistribution, hence no jobs “lost” but just money moved around to a different place, like that local ice creme parlor.

Well, this is good news I’d say. Not fear ending, but much closer. SOPA might not get out this time.

More SOPA/PIPA nonsense debunked.

(Via Ars Technica)