SOPA and PIPA

Yeah I know I haven't posted in forever and yeah I know the protest SOPA and PIPA day was a couple days ago. I am just that good at procrastinating.

Anyways, there are SO many reasons to oppose these issues, but I'll share one that is relevant to gamers. Well, one of the many relevant reasons. It's called "fair use" and it is extremely important to the gaming community.

Fair use is what lets awesome blog websites like wow.joystiq.com, mmo-champion.com, and even bigger ones such as gamespot.com to show trailers, gameplay, and strat videos of all our favorite games. Even though the material they are showing is copyrighted they are allowed to show it because of fair use. Just imagine what taking that away could do to websites such as these, let alone the all-mighty youtube.com.

So, as of now these bills have been beaten back into submission, but just like The Imprisoned they will keep coming back again and again, and even when we go back in time to defeat them in their original form they will still be reincarnated and our descendants will have to fight against their reincarnations for eternity. Or something like that.

Seriously though, these bills are backed by some VERY big groups, and therefore have virtually limitless funding. What you can do is call/write/visit your congress representatives offices and declare your opposition. If congress heats up trying to pass these into law, then start calling them multiple times a day until something happens.

Don't give up. We can keep free speech on the internet but it will forever be a struggle against evil people who want to oppress and control. It won't be easy but I know we can do it.

For Great Justice !

Josh