Writer, Agilist, Elder Geek
For those of you keeping up on the SOPA mess (which should be all of you), here's s list of companies supporting SOPA and their contact information.
Some of these are not surprisng. Some I've never heard of – but there's a few I didn't expect. GoDaddy was especially shocking, but so is Marvel Entertainment (who I normally figured didn't get into this).
If you've read this blog for any length of time, or any of my books, you know I'm big on people joining professional associations. They're great for networking, for keeping your skills up, and more. They're de rigeur for any professional.
So I'm going to assume that you're joining one, have joined one, or are so seized with guilt after the above paragraph you're going to join one.
Now, when you are/if you are part of a professional association, you want to make sure they know about things from the geeky side of things. They might not always know about the people who have a passion for the same subjects they do – but are coming at it from the fan/geek/otaku side.
It looks like things will NOT resume on the 21st. My guess is that Lamar and company have seen the writing on the wall and it's not pretty – but I suspect this'll be back.
At the bottom of this article, you'll see a research paper promoted by the MPAA notes "success" in high-censorship countries, and the irony that many anti-censorship tools . . . are promoted by the US.