Hey folks,
I'm not sure where to send this, so I'll send it here. Could someone
please change the Congress Lookup page text, as per the note below?
Essentially, it is changing two instances of "will" to "would" and
adding one new "would" -- that's all. No formatting changes, just the
three words.
Thanks,
Sue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CongressLookup <<<<< This page
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Call your elected officials.
Tell them you are their constituent, and you oppose SOPA and PIPA.
Why?
SOPA and PIPA put the burden on website owners to police
user-contributed material and call for the unnecessary blocking of
entire sites. Small sites won't have sufficient resources to defend
themselves. Big media companies may seek to cut off funding sources
for their foreign competitors, even if copyright isn't being
infringed. Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won't
show up in major search engines. SOPA and PIPA build a framework for
future restrictions and suppression.
In a world in which politicians regulate the Internet based on the
influence of big money, Wikipedia — and sites like it — cannot
survive.
Congress says it's trying to protect the rights of copyright owners,
but the "cure" that SOPA and PIPA represent is worse than the disease.
SOPA and PIPA are not the answer: they will fatally damage the free
and open Internet.
CHANGE TO THIS
Call your elected officials.
Tell them you are their constituent, and you oppose SOPA and PIPA.
Why?
SOPA and PIPA would put the burden on website owners to police
user-contributed material and call for the unnecessary blocking of
entire sites. Small sites won't have sufficient resources to defend
themselves. Big media companies may seek to cut off funding sources
for their foreign competitors, even if copyright isn't being
infringed. Foreign sites will be blacklisted, which means they won't
show up in major search engines. SOPA and PIPA would build a framework
for future restrictions and suppression.
In a world in which politicians regulate the Internet based on the
influence of big money, Wikipedia — and sites like it — cannot
survive.
Congress says it's trying to protect the rights of copyright owners,
but the "cure" that SOPA and PIPA represent is worse than the disease.
SOPA and PIPA are not the answer: they would fatally damage the free
and open Internet.
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In other words.............
SOPA and PIPA put the burden >>> SOPA and PIPA would put the burden
SOPA and PIPA build a framework >>> SOPA and PIPA would build a framework
they will fatally damage >>> they would fatally damage
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Sue Gardner
Executive Director
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