<story><title>While we are focusing on SOPA, we are being distracted from the Protect IP Act</title><url>http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/np5ee/while_we_are_focusing_on_sopa_we_are_being/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rbanffy</author><text>Today I had an idea that&apos;s so simple it could be useful.&lt;p&gt;We can send a message to the US legislative that things like SOPA, PIPA and the more shady provisions of the NDAA are a step too far. While they will laugh at our numbers, we can promise to volunteer our technical skills and resources to the politicians who vote against laws like that and deny access to the same resources to those who vote for them.&lt;p&gt;Our community is not large and writing our representatives telling them they lost our vote does not carry enough weight (and it&apos;s probably the same everywhere) but we carry mighty claws and teeth in form of our skills and resources.&lt;p&gt;Any ideas on how to do it?&lt;p&gt;Note: I live in Brazil and one could say such things have no direct impact on my life, but bad ideas and bad legislation are contagious. The same lobbies that work in the US are busy at work everywhere. We cannot afford to concede them a victory like this.</text></comment>
<story><title>While we are focusing on SOPA, we are being distracted from the Protect IP Act</title><url>http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/np5ee/while_we_are_focusing_on_sopa_we_are_being/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>russell</author><text>I thought these were essentially the same bill; killing it in one house killed it.  The depth of the analysis of the two bills in Wikipedia is so different that I cant tell.  It appears that whether Protect IP is voted on is up to Harry Reid, but I find Senate rules nearly impenetrable.  Enlightenment would be welcome..</text></comment>