I have hesitated to bring this topic up in this community, it’s a beauty community and not a political one after all, but given the gravity of the situation and the potential damage it could do to the beauty community I feel this thread is needed.
I’ve provided these links as a simplistic starting point, and because it mentions what those outside Americ can do. Please educate yourself. And don’t be fooled, this effects everyone and not simply Americans. Just think of how many sites you visit each and every day that are American, or the international sites which are hosted with an American business or on American servers. Also, a lot of governments look to America to set the standard on legislation, especially in digital/new media. It is pretty much guaranteed that if this passes in America other countries will move to pass similar legislation.
I’ve already called my senator’s offices and given them a piece of my mind. I don’t think there’s any way the bill will pass, but it will be a tragedy if it does. I won’t even want to live in this country anymore. It’s a slippery slope to having A LOT of other freedoms taken away as well.
I completely agree, it’s an extremely slippery slope, and if such legislation did manage to pass it would set a very dangerous precedent for the restrictions of further freedoms. I’d like to think such a law wouldn’t pass, I like to believe America’s political system is better than the joke that passes for politics in New Zealand (a fairly insane anti-piracy law passed here not too long ago that essentially allows a copyright holder to accuse people of having downloaded copyrighted material without permission and then leaves it to the person to prove their innocence rather than them be required to prove they did it), but as an Anarchist I have little to no faith in the system.
Good news: The “test vote” on PIPA (the equally-dangerous sister to SOPA) has been postponed. (The Senate was to vote on it this coming Tuesday. SOPA is currently stalled in the house.)
Meanwhile, there’s a treaty called ACTA, which is even more far-reaching than SOPA/PIPA are, and is a global thing. Several countries (including the US) have already signed on to it.
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