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Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, are meant to stop online piracy but would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American businesses. Experts agree that there are better ways to shut down pirate websites than asking US companies to censor the Web. Join the groundswell of experts, organizations and people from all parts of America united in their opposition to SOPA and PIPA. Tell Congress not to censor the Web and not to cripple our innovation economy.

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Marc Andreessen Andreessen Mitchell Baker Sergey Brin Jack Dorsey Caterina Fake David Filo Reid Hoffman Arianna Huffington Chad Hurley Brewster Kahle Kahle Elon Musk Craig Newmark Newmark Pierre Omidyar Omidyar Biz Stone Jimmy Wales Evan Williams Williams Jerry Yang Internet company founders sent an open letter opposing SOPA and PIPA.

Steve Crocker Crocker David Dagon Dan Kaminsky Kaminsky Danny McPherson McPherson Paul Vixie

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Sources: Infojustice.org, Protect Innovation, Engine Advocacy, Center for Democracy and Technology, White House We the People Petition, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Wikipedia, Stop American Censorship, Avaaz Copyright 2011. All company names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

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Vint Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the Internet, opposed SOPA in an open letter to Congress.

Internet security Internet and Internet security experts issued experts issued technology companies a whitepaper a whitepaper raising serious raising serious sent an open letter opposing concerns concerns the bills and the about the about the risks posed to technical technical innovation and approach of approach of job creation. PIPA. PIPA.

Human rights Leading venture Advocacy and organizations, capitalists issued public interest including, Center a letter expressing organizations, including ACLU, for Media Justice concern that PIPA would stifle MoveOn and Tea and Reporters Without Borders, investment in Party Patriots, sent a letter to Internet services, voiced their express concern throttle opposition. for the bills civil innovation, and and human rights hurt American implications. competitiveness.

Law professors sent a letter expressing serious constitutional, innovation, and foreign policy concerns.

Entrepreneurs sent a Over 113,000 people have letter expressing concern petitioned the White that PIPA and SOPA House to oppose SOPA would hurt economic and PIPA. White House growth and chill issued acommitment innovation. to not support
legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative. global Internet.

American Public called Congress American public voices opposition by American public voices opposition by to voice their opposition through adding 3 million signatures to petitions. adding 3 million signatures to petitions. AmericanCensorship.org.

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