Faintfuzzies.ca Will Shutdown To Protest SOPA/PIPA
January 16, 2012 10:51 pm
I’ve decided that my website will follow Wikipedia’s lead and so will shutdown on the 19th of January. Faintfuzzies.ca is just a small self hosted blog, but I feel that it is the principle here that counts. Though I’m not American nor is my site hosted in the USA I feel that the Internet must be protect from these sort of poor policy decisions. Though I do not condone piracy in anyway SOPA(Stop Online Piracy ACT)/PIPA(Protect Intellectual Property Act) or policies like it are not the answer. The Internet is more than just a means of moving files etc. Whole economies depend upon its free follow of information.
For oppressed peoples and nations the unfettered Internet is their voice. In a world that can be horribly unfair the Internet gives the voiceless a tool to fight back.
A US policy like this will have a knock on effect that impacts countries world wide and that is why I am taking this action. As the US’s closet neighbour the first effect outside of the USA may be felt here in Canada.
The freedoms of expression and speech in my opinion, supersede the right to income or profit. We all know we must find a balance, but it must always put the former before the later.
