[Blindtlk] FW: [censored]

[Eric Calhoun]

See this, Chris?  This one affects all blind people. It talks about the
bill, its intent, and why people should sign the petition.

Eric


Original Message: 
From: "Jess Kutch, Change.org" <mail at change.org>
To: eric at pmpmail.com
Subject: [censored]
Date: 
Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:58:45 -0800

Congress has a plan to change the Internet forever. A bill they're
debating right now would give the government power to shut down whole
websites, and even let corporations say which websites should be shut down.

That means a huge corporation could have any website even suspected of
violating a copyright shut down -- no questions asked. The government could
then completely block all access to sites as big as Facebook or YouTube if
one person posts one thing on those websites that corporations don't want
online.

Most major entertainment companies have come out in support of the bill,
but despite swirling rumors, the huge video-gaming company Electronic Arts
(EA) has yet to take an official stance. However, EA is part of the
Entertainment Software Association, one of the big corporate lobbyists for
the bill to censor the Internet -- meaning that if EA came out against the
bill, that would be a serious blow to the people trying to get it passed.

Shashank Kasturirangan is a student at NYU who's a huge fan of gaming --
including EA's games -- but he can't believe that EA would want to mess
with the Internet. Shashank started a petition on Change.org calling on
Electronic Arts to stop lobbying for Congress's plan to censor the Internet
and come out against the bill. Click here to add your name to his petition.

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-electronic-arts-to-oppose-internet-cens
orship?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=dZDVYxQmLI_oLKqgeiB
KM&me=aa

The Internet censorship bill is particularly dangerous, according to
advocates, because it would enable the government to set up the same type
of tools to block online content that are used in repressive regimes around
the world, like China, Iran, and Syria. For the first time, corporations
and the government would be able to say what's acceptable to put on the
Internet.

While some companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter have come out
against the bill, big movie studios, record companies, and their corporate
lobbyists like the Entertainment Software Association are pushing Congress
hard to pass Internet censorship.

Electronic Arts has millions of customers around the world playing video
games like Madden 2012, The Sims, and Scrabble, and they care deeply about
what the public thinks about their company. If enough people call on EA to
oppose the plan to censor the Internet, they will be forced to come out
against the bill. And if EA backs off, other companies that haven't yet
taken a position will certainly think twice before supporting Congress's
plan to censor the Internet.

Sign Shashank's petition to Electronic Arts to stop lobbying for Internet
censorship and oppose the bill in Congress. Click here to sign.

http://www.change.org/petitions/tell-electronic-arts-to-oppose-internet-cens
orship?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&alert_id=dZDVYxQmLI_oLKqgeiB
KM&me=aa

Thanks for being a change-maker,

- Jess and the Change.org team


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