I am a New Zealander, living in New Zealand, and I use the Internet everyday for work, communication, instruction, friends, learning, helping others, hobbies, and play. In other words, I am also an cybercitizen of the world wide web.
I believe Hollywood should not censor the World Wide Web, no matter how much money is involved. There are many things wrong with the proposed bills before the US Government. Moreover, I do not believe the Stop Online Piracy Act will be effective in ending internet piracy over the web.
I highly recommend this simple news article http://gu.com/p/34ncm by GrrlScientist.
The PROTECT Intellectual Property Act, "PIPA" and The Stop Online Piracy Act, "SOPA"
If you are an american, please contact your political representatives and/or write Congress. If you’re an internet user from the rest of the world, please join me in signing a petition to State Department:
http://americancensorship.org/
For your website:http://sopastrike.com/#how-to-
Thank you for your attention with this important issue.
Regards,
your friend thinsmek
As a note, the website banner code based on the one from americancensorship.org worked well for me on this WordPress theme Twenty Eleven (just under the html tag <head> on your header.php theme file):
Also, I was able to use the script at http://sopastrike.com/strike successfully for the blackout yesterday, so if there is another worldwide website shutdown day, I will use this website again +1.