Stop American Censorship
Internet censorship is going to a vote in the Senate on January 24th (known as PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House). While Senators are in their home states for the January recess, we need to flood their public meetings and offices with our concerns about the bill. Learn More
Arizona for Internet Freedom
Top Priority for AZ: Set up Meetings
There aren't any public events yet, so the most important thing is to get meetings with Senators. Here's what you need to do:
- Use this form or call (602) 840-1891 to meet with Senator Kyl, who has no public position on PIPA yet.
- Call (602) 952-2410 to meet with Senator McCain, who is a co-sponsor of PIPA.
Be polite and professional, and request a meeting on behalf of Arizona for Internet Freedom (the folks in this forum) to discuss the PROTECT IP Act and SOPA. Make it clear that you want to meet with the Senator during the January recess, and that you'll be bringing others from your group. Have your calendar open when you call, so you can pick a time that works for you. When finished, post a report-back.
For example: "Hi, my name is ________, I'm with Arizona for Internet freedom, and I'm calling to request a meeting with Senator _______ during the January recess. The PROTECT IP vote is happening on January 24th, and I wanted the Senator to understand my concerns before the vote happens."
IMPORTANT: If you do get a meeting, post another message. That way others can join you in your meeting. If there's any other specific information we should include in this post, message us and we can add it.
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I requested that Senator Kyl and I have an intelligent conversation before he cast his vote.
@Ryan1407 @rndfloyd @Markgjr @sebastiank @cmv925 can someone call to follow up and found out where all these requests are going?
Dear Senator McCain,
I'm with Arizona for Internet freedom,
and I'm calling to request a meeting with you during the
January recess. The PROTECT IP vote is happening on January 24th, and I
wanted the Senator to understand my concerns before the vote happens.
Thank you,
Brig Burton
I went ahead and posted the Stanford Video with both Senator Kyl and McCain asking them to watch it before they vote on January 24th. I further requested a personal meeting with them to explain the downsides of the PIPA/SOPA bill. I will post any responses I get and I will call in the morning to talk with each of them. It's important to move forward with kindness and peace. Anything else will built walls...not bridges. There are no threats. Our personal happiness is not determined by what others do or don't do.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-against-SOPA/304313362953003?sk=info
first step:
1._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a under copyright item
2._ No subscriber to this group will ever go to a cinema
3._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy film on pay tv
4._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a book (paper or e-book)
5._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a news paper
6._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a magazine of any kind
7._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a CD
8._ No subscriber to this group will ever buy a DVD
For example: "Hi, my name is ________, I'm with Arizona for Internet freedom, and I'm calling to request a meeting with Senator _______ during the January recess. The PROTECT IP vote is happening on January 24th, and I wanted the Senator to understand my concerns before the vote happens."
Let me know how to respond to this email in an intelligent way.
Thanks,
Christopher Cody
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January 18, 2012
legislation, specifically the PROTECT IP Act and the Stop Online
Piracy Act (SOPA). I appreciate hearing your views about these
important pieces of legislation.
economy as more and more digital creations, such as music, movies,
software, and books, are moved online. The Internet, which has
delivered so many benefits to our economy, has unfortunately also
allowed bad actors to steal and sell these stolen works. It is
estimated that our economy loses more than $58 billion annually as a
result of online piracy. As part of an effort to fight back against
these losses, Congress has introduced two bills, the PROTECT IP Act in
the Senate and SOPA in the House of Representatives, respectively.
utilize legal tools that are already at our disposal to fight against
online piracy and protect American intellectual property. If enacted,
the legislation would allow the Department of Justice to notify a
website owner that the government intends to pursue a court order for
alleged illegal activities. Next, the court would have to determine
whether the website has a significant use other than the selling of
counterfeited goods. These basic protections are designed to provide
due process protections to ensure legitimate websites are not at risk
for inadvertent violations.
Judiciary and SOPA has been referred to the House Committee on the
Judiciary on October 26, 2011. Please rest assured that should these
bills come to the Senate floor, I will keep your views in mind. Thank
you again for sharing your thoughts on this important topic. Please
feel free to contact me regarding this issue, or any other in the
future.
- PIPA/SOPA don't support existing law, or establish procedures that are more consistent with due process. Instead, the bills actually undermine existing legal avenues for addressing acts of copyright infringement. In particular, the bills make the "Safe Harbor" protections of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act obsolete. And those basic protections, however imperfect they may be, are what allowed sites like YouTube, Flickr, and Facebook to be created. Do we really want to pass bills that make it nearly impossible for any new web-based startups to be created?
- PIPA/SOPA, even in their most-improved forms, are way too broad. They target entire sites, rather than individual pieces of content. If too many individual pieces of content on a site are declared to be "illegal," the entire site can be removed from the Internet - even if it also has a wide variety of other, valuable and legal uses.