http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/5713/0 en http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/video/web-goes-strike-protest-censorship-protect-ip-sopa-threatens-internet-freedoms/9645 <div class="field field-type-emvideo field-field-video-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="emvideo emvideo-video emvideo-vimeo"><div id="media-vimeo-1" class="media-vimeo"> <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31100268?fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&autoplay=0" width="425" height="350"></iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>A web-wide protest has been called for in the lead up to the US senate vote on a bill known as PROTECT-IP (PIPA) which would give the government and corporations the ability to censor the net, in the name of protecting &quot;creativity&quot;.</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/thumb200/strike-paper-new.jpg" alt="" title="" width="250" height="101" class="imagecache imagecache-thumb200 imagecache-default imagecache-thumb200_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/video/web-goes-strike-protest-censorship-protect-ip-sopa-threatens-internet-freedoms/9645" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/video/web-goes-strike-protest-censorship-protect-ip-sopa-threatens-internet-freedoms/9645#comments Fight for the Future Ideas Media censored news freedom of information open internet Media Analysis Video Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:06:51 +0000 J Stevens 9645 at http://montreal.mediacoop.ca