Here’s a GREAT summary of Protect-IP and how it threatens the Internet as we know it. Please watch and share.
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Well said good sir. Well said.
I was born way back in 1986I’m an old man nowBu I remember how it used to beAny now my grandchildren ask meGrandad they sayCan you tell us what it was likeIn the days of the InternetYou know, before SOPAAnd I’d tell themWhen was that? Hmm, let me seeSome time back in the early 21st centuryI remember when the Internet was FREEBehind my keyboard, people let me beSee, there used to be a thing called Freedom of SpeechWe had freedom to teach each other, freedom to preachFreedom to share culture and circulate ideasWithout the state trying to interfere, enter fearWe lost that freedom, not freedom as in free beerBut the freedom to be free from fear, even hereIn the United Kingdom, the fact that I’m from EnglandIsn’t a matter that matters to our new masters and kingsI was a chap who could sing and distribute my musicAnd like minded citizens could listen to itI couldn’t afford an orchestra, I was a poor performerIn more ways than one so I sought an alternate formulaReinterpreted the media around meSatirized the leaders’ lies on found beatsTalked shop on top of a sample of a rock bandAt least we used to, until rap got bannedAt the SOPASOPA CabanaThe place where SOPASOPA can ban yaWe’re At the SOPASOPA CabanaThe place where SOPASOPA can ban yaYou didn’t have to act twisted to get your ass blacklistedJust annoy a big business and get fistedThey had a vested interest in CongressIf one messed with them, then there’d be one lessOur representatives never represented shitSo the internet was history, this was the end of itI remember it like it was yesterdayI guess that day, I was too lazy to investigateThe escapades of another state’s governmentNow I’m left to pay because the covenantThat they signed that day and ratified in lawZipped our mouths up and took away our appetite for more!I can’t do much now about the way it isBut if I could go back and change things I’d say thisTruth is beautyAnd if you disagree with my viewsThen you can sue meIn the meantime I’ll keep using YouTubeEven if it means that I need to find a new mediumIRC, Darknets, so digital’s down now?I’ll use pigeons and smoke signals