Yo, This is wanderingidealism with a message from other people concerning Our freedom of speech. At least America's freedom of Speech. Now, believe me when I say I am fairly liberal. I am so far in left field you can't even see me. I am not a Democrat, and clearly I am not republican.
I have great respect for President Obama, believe me. But some of his decisions are less than well thought out. And I am politically adverse to many of his cabinets' decisions, especially concerning things like SOPA or PIPA. And don't get me STARTED on Congress. Now, SOPA as I understand, was overthrown last year, but apparently someone in the U.S gov't wants to revive it. This will pretty much damn websites like and ao3 into website hell alongside a host of other websites that are extremely popular among fandoms.
It is our duty as supporters of Free Speech and protectors of our Civil Rights to prevent such a terrible bill from being passed. None of us are making money on anything we type on these sites. We can disclaim all we damn well please, but if SOPA is passed again, even a portion of it, our very right to draw let alone write about these characters will be taken away. Now, I am a writer and an illustrator, and I can understand where these politicians are coming from when they say they wish to protect intellectual property of movie makers, authors, etc. However, is writing fanfiction for no profit, and simply for the enjoyment of ourselves and others evil? Are we sapping cash away from the creators of our favorite characters by writing these stories? No! We are not! We are simply expressing our love for our favorite series by writing fan-made stories. We do not seek to make any money from our stories, and we are not in fact seeking to steal the characters from their creators. We have committed no crime in writing.
In Short, SOPA is threatening our right to Free Speech (again, in America) and we should not stand for it, nor any other law that follows the same pattern, with such harsh penalties. It would also threaten youtube artists performing song covers as well. Forgot that little tidbit.
Join the anti-SOPA campaign now!
(I got news of this from an update posted by fanfiction author Elizabeth Barton, whose own campaign is copy-pasted below because she included links to news articles about SOPA and a signature thing. So join it. Like seriously.)
: / www . huffingtonpost 2013/08/07/unauthorized-streaming-felony_n_3720479 . html
: / www . washingtonpost blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/05/sopa-died-in-2012-b ut-obama-administration-wants-to-revive-part-of-it /
: / www . techdirt articles/20130805/12472124074/administration-cant- let-go-wants-to-bring-back-felony-streaming-provis ions-sopa . shtml
Rewrite this and post on your story chapters for everyone else to see so we can stop SOPA!
shadowwriter329
InuYoiushi
Madam Jokudaime Kanaya Maryam
g1rldraco7"
winged sapphire wolf
Goshikku Hime wa Yami-san
Blackwolfqueen
theabridgedkuriboh
Elizabeth Barton
Wanderingidealism- though we probably should use our real names to sign this, because it is an informal petition.
Someone should consider making a formal one. I suppose⦠Someone with legal background who can make a legitimate one.
