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Black Out Day

Well today is the day many of your favorite websites may be going dark to protest against legislation that is under consideration in the US that would give the government the ability to remove websites from the internet based on complaints of violating copyright, without much in the way of an ability of any site to defend itself before it simply goes away.

Obviously, I have decided not to “black out” this site. Mostly because, really, who would really notice? However, I will link to a site where you can learn a lot more about this legislation, and contact your Senator and Representative.

http://sopastrike.com/strike/

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