SOPA Day at MediaFire

Today MediaFire joins millions of Internet users, entrepreneurs and the growing number of responsible internet companies including Google, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, Wikipedia, Mozilla and Yahoo in opposition to the proposed HR3261 (SOPA) and S968 (PIPA). These two proposed legislations – the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate – jeopardize the freedom, innovation and economic opportunity that the Internet enables and would seriously damage the free and open Internet itself.

Many websites will be going offline today. We sympathize and respect their decision to do so, but it’s not the right way to protest for us. As always, we will continue to provide you with access to your files and file sharing system. As such, we are instead joining the anti-SOPA/PIPA movement by encouraging all of our users to take all available actions to help stop these legislations from passing and displaying a banner across all of our pages and linking to AmericanCensorship.org – a simple and informative website by a non-profit working to defend online freedom.

The Senate will begin voting on January 24th and time is of the essence to stop this bill from passing. SOPA and PIPA are too dangerous to revise and must be stopped entirely. We urge you to join us by contacting your local representatives and requesting that they vote NO on PIPA and SOPA.

Learn More:

• FightForTheFuture.org Informative Video
• AmericanCensorship.org Infographic
• Growing Chorus of Opposition to SOPA
• Open Letter against SOPA from 83 Prominent Internet Engineers
• Why SOPA and Protect IP (PIPA) are Bad, Bad Ideas (Techdirt)
• SOPA Wikipedia entry
• SOPA FAQ (CNET)
• Information on H.R.3261 – Stop Online Piracy Act at OpenCongress.org
• Information on S.968 PROTECT IP Act at OpenCongress.org
• Google Infographic and Petition
• Craigslist’s Response to SOPA and PIPA
• Wikipedia’s Response to SOPA and PIPA

Get Involved:

• Reddit /r/sopa
• Take Action Checklist at Stop American Censorship.
• Contact Your Representative with info and a widget to find them by EFF and Wired for Change.
• Senators of the 112th Congress
• Helpful info on making phone calls to your Senator or Representative.
• SOPAOpera.org keeps track of where your Congressmembers stand on PROTECT-IP and SOPA.
• Google Infographic and Petition
• Outside the US? Sign Petition Opposing US Censorship of Global Sites (EFF)
• Reverse Robocall ALL pro-SOPA MOC + Key Lobbyists (More info on Ars Technica)