SOPA PIPA POST

There's a post title for you. I wasn't sure if I was going to put a main post up on the blackout or just have the splash screen. I was putting up the video below and decided a main post would be a good idea.  It will archive my message and any others from the synth community that come in.  If you have a site with a message on SOPA and PIPA, feel free to comment or email it in at matrixsynth at gmail.com.  I'll add it to the list below.

Here's my message from the front page flash screen with searchable text and links for the archives (screenshot to the left):

"MATRIXSYNTH Shuts Down? It could happen.

January 18 is the Internet Blackout day in protest of SOPA and PIPA. If you think they do not affect you, think again. If you are not familiar with SOPA and PIPA, see the video here: http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa.

"The government has already wrongly shut down sites without any recourse to the site owner. Under this bill, sharing a video with anything copyrighted in it, or what sites like Youtube and Twitter do, would be considered illegal behavior according to this bill."

Think about that. Simply linking to another site or embedding a piece of work containing copyright material could result in your internet presence being taken down. Watch the video. Think about all the demos featured here. Think about your music and your Internet presence. Demo a new piece of gear using a clip of copyrighted music, and not only is it gone, but your entire site or account is gone.

MATRIXSYNTH will stay open today, but please do think about the impact SOPA and PIPA could have on you. Also see this article on Wikipedia. You can sign a petition minus your address on Google here.

See if your senator supports PIPA here.

Click below to enter MATRIXSYNTH for new posts.
This message will remain up for the day."

The video that kicked off this post:

Wikipedia black-out: foreground/background sonification

YouTube Uploaded by ptemmi on Jan 18, 2012

"On 18th january 2012. Wikipedia blacked out his english pages due to the piracy laws going to introduced in the US. In this video example the system separates the blacked out page to background and foreground, and threates them differently in order to make sounds from the pixel contents. The sonification process affects the picture as well, some parts will be deleted, some will be underlying - like in the reality.
The video is part of the Sounds of Pictures project at http://soundsofpictures.blogspot.com/"

Other synth sites:

Asia Synth Station
CatSynth goes dark

Update: A couple good videos:

The video you NEED to watch about SOPA!


And the video from http://www.fightforthefuture.org/pipa: