Boycotting American media to protest SOPA and PIPA

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Hello there, I am aware as aware can be about SOPA and PIPA. It is very clear that, no one I know (Both in real life and on the Internet), likes these bills before the US Congress.

And do you know where these bills came from? The media, yes like movie makers, and singers, as well as almost everyone else whom makes the material that is being pirated on the Internet (It is mostly the music and movie/TV industry; ie. Disney, Warner Music Group, Paramount, Universal Music, etc.).

So I talked with a friend earlier today and we are going to get people to join us in our boycott on Saturday, Feb 4, 2012 (as of now we have no set end date).  We are going to refuse to buy, rent, or watch (You may watch pre-purchaced media if you desire to, I would avoid going and watching these things on YouTube, especially if there are advertisements around/on/before the video, again this is up to you). anything related to the major US entertainment media industry. As well as any of the businesses supporting SOPA, which can be found here: theoriesofconspiracy.com/2011/… (there are over two hundred and some you cannot avoid. I am providing this list here so that people can see and know who is supporting it.) So no buying movies or music so to say. We are also going to avoid watching any of these movies or listening to any of this music (even if we have in fact already paid for it). We are also not going to watch TV that may have any connection to these companies (as for the US that is basically almost all of our TV). I am also going to avoid listening to the radio, as ads help pay the original artist of the song.
Please note that buying used CD's, movies, or anything like them will not benefit the original company, as the disk has already been bought, they already got their money.

We are encouraging all of the people whom love the WWW as we know it, to join in this boycott.  We are hoping to get the attention of these companies, and hopefully let them know that if they did take the Internet away from us we can do other things, such as drawing, reading a book, writing, playing sports, playing musical instruments, playing with toys, making our own music, or our own films. (Which is what we encourage you to do.)

If you are in favor of this please do re-post it in your own journal, social networking site, blog, webpage, or anywhere else you can post it to spread the word. Together we can make a difference and wake up the selfish entertainment industry.

Please fave this journal if you are going to join in this boycott, beginning on the 14th of February.

Questions? Got a link you want to share? Please post it in the comments.

Here is Google's petition if you have not signed that already:
www.google.com/landing/takeact…

Here is an informative video from Khan Academy about SOPA and PIPA:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzqMoO…

A very detailed video about this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuXN…
Apparently EA is supporting SOPA.

A video showing evidence against the media:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYg…

Some major companies supporting SOPA:
theoriesofconspiracy.com/2011/…

PurplePhoneixStar's journal entry on boycotting the MPAA:
purplephoneixstar.deviantart.c…

My YouTube video on this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTjssZ…
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DarkandTwistedTales's avatar
What about the Superbowl coming up?