TED Talks: Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea) by Clay Shirky

Watch that video.

Done? Ok. Here are some things for you to sign, people:

• Send petition to congress to STOP the Protect-IP Bill: http://act.demandprogress.org/sign/pipa_house/
• Click here to send another petition: http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-internet-control-bill-now 
• Here’s another great one for you to sign: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
• Write your congressman yourself: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
• Call your congressman!: http://act.demandprogress.org/call/sopa_call/?rd=1&t=4&referring_akid=1075.1282229.5d6zvL
• Also go to http://sopablackout.org/ and http://americancensorship.org/ - sign their petitions, participate.
• Get twibbons for your Twitter icon and such to protest: http://twibbon.com/join/Stop-SOPA-111611 or http://www.blackoutsopa.org/

Even if you are not an American I encourage you to sign petitions and actively fight against these bills. This is not something that will only affect the United States. It’s going to ruin stuff for all of us. So, do things, and nudge your American friends to act too.