Google Joins Anti-SOPA Protest by ‘Censoring’ Its Logo
Although it didn’t black out any of its sites entirely, Googlehas joined the anti-SOPA protest by putting up a censored version of its logo, visible only to users from the U.S.
Google’s David Drummond explained the company’s views on SOPA/PIPA in an official blog post.
PIPA and SOPA will censor the web, stifle innovation and hurt web businesses, says Drummond, and it won’t even help the fight against piracy.
“These bills would grant new powers to law enforcement to filter the Internet and block access to tools to get around those filters (…) These bills would make it easier to sue law-abiding U.S. companies. Law-abiding payment processors and Internet advertising services can be subject to these private rights of action,” writes Drummond.
“These bills wouldn’t get rid of pirate sites. Pirate sites would just change their addresses in order to continue their criminal activities,” writes Drummond, calling everyone to sign the anti-SOPA petition and reach out to Congress in order to fight this proposed bill.
These sites have "blacked out" Wednesday, Jan. 18 in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). It makes it just a little bit easier to imagine what the web could look like if some of the measures from the proposed bill were to become law.
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