{"id":482,"date":"2012-01-11T17:55:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T17:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/want-to-protect-your-rights-watch-this-before-the-government-takes-your-rights-away"},"modified":"2012-01-11T12:58:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T17:58:59","slug":"want-to-protect-your-rights-watch-this-before-the-government-takes-your-rights-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"Want to protect your rights? Watch this before the Government takes your rights away!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85f086f1f6996ed599ab99d7227cf47d?s=40&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=PG\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/>January 11, 2012  |  <a href=\"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/author\/pollyplummer\/\" rel=\"author\">By Sarah Gooding <\/a><\/h1>\n<p>You may have noticed the new black button on the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress.org<\/a> website. WordPress has officially posted its <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2012\/01\/help-stop-sopa-pipa\/\" target=\"_blank\">opposition<\/a> to the <a href=\"http:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/hearings\/pdf\/112%20HR%203261.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">SOPA<\/a>\/<a title=\"PIPA bill\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/BILLS-112s968rs\/pdf\/BILLS-112s968rs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">PIPA<\/a> bills, which are coming up for vote on January 24, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise that WordPress is making a public stand, as the software powers roughly <a href=\"http:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/overview\/content_management\/all\" target=\"_blank\">15% of the web<\/a>. Anyone who has anything to do with the internet knows that SOPA drives a severe blow to innovation and freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>Not familiar with the bills? Watch this video for a quick overview:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/31100268?byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/31100268\">PROTECT IP \/ SOPA Breaks The Internet<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/fightforthefuture\">Fight for the Future<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a quick comparison chart from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.keepthewebopen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">KeepTheWebOpen.com<\/a> that breaks down how these bills would be applied:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sopa-pipa-open.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>What can you do?<\/h2>\n<p>Your participation really does matter! The <a href=\"http:\/\/godaddyboycott.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">boycott of GoDaddy<\/a> successfully forced them to pull their support of SOPA and PIPA.<\/p>\n<p>Get involved by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/americancensorship.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop American Censorship<\/a>, which lists tons of ways that you can make an impact. Find out how you can <a href=\"http:\/\/my.americancensorship.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">get involved locally<\/a> and take note of where your representatives stand on the matter.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4>Featured Plugin &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/premium.wpmudev.org\/project\/wordpress-chat-plugin\">Add bottom corner (or anywhere else) chat to your site<\/a><\/h4>\n<div>No javascript required, no third part chat engine, just fully featured chat right in your own database on your own WP sites &#8211; couldn&#8217;t be easier.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/premium.wpmudev.org\/project\/wordpress-chat-plugin\">FIND OUT MORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"stop-sopa-ribbon\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/stop-sopa-ribbon-150x107.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, you can install the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/stop-sopa-ribbon\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stop SOPA Ribbon<\/a> plugin on your WordPress-powered site, which links to the <a href=\"http:\/\/americancensorship.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Censorship<\/a> website. This plugin lets your visitors know where you stand.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"f15b064f0\" title=\"Like this content on Facebook.\" name=\"f37117f164\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?api_key=140504252690907&amp;channel_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-static.ak.fbcdn.net%2Fconnect%2Fxd_proxy.php%3Fversion%3D3%23cb%3Df1dc56f558%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwpmu.org%252Ff12d9f4cf4%26relation%3Dparent.parent%26transport%3Dpostmessage&amp;extended_social_context=false&amp;href=http%3A%2F%2Fwpmu.org%2Fwordpress-speaks-out-against-sopapipa%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;locale=en_US&amp;node_type=link&amp;sdk=joey&amp;send=false&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"wdca_ads_root\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85f086f1f6996ed599ab99d7227cf47d?s=40&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=PG\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Author: <a title=\"Sarah Gooding\" href=\"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/author\/pollyplummer\/\" rel=\"me\">Sarah Gooding<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Sarah Gooding is a partner at <a href=\"http:\/\/untame.net\/\">Untame LLC<\/a>, a boutique digital marketing firm specializing in open source content management systems and social networking architecture. Get in touch with her on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/pollyplummer\">@pollyplummer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 11, 2012 | By Sarah Gooding You may have noticed the new black button on the WordPress.org website. WordPress has officially posted its opposition to the SOPA\/PIPA bills, which are coming up for vote on January 24, 2012. 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