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Are we about to lose our concert archives?


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Both sugarmegs and archive.org are blacked out because of some congressional act that is trying to do away with our right to free music. Any info people? I'm a streamer not a downloader, since I have the 1800 cassettes and 1000+ VHS as a back up, I've haven't had the energy to copy except to trade with people on this site. (Kinda like I'll Take a Melody)

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If I am not mistaken, this is a 24-hour (12 hours in the case of archive.org) self-imposed blackout as a show of solidarity against an anti-piracy bill (SOPA) that is currently in committee. News reports suggest declining support for this legislation but there is still some risk of it going to a vote in the Senate.

Here is what SOPA is and what you can do to make your elected officials aware of your opposition.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/17/technology/sopa_explained/index.htm

Support for SOPA is support of the suspression of ideas and a first step towards controlling what information you can access on the internet. Last time I checked we were not living in China......

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