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Updated the SOPA page.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:48:19 -0600
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 <h1>SurfGuitar101.com Offline to Protest SOPA / PIPA</h1>
 <p>Dear Friends of SurfGuitar101.com:</p>
 <p>
-I am closing the site today to protest two pieces of legislation in the US Congress: the so-called
+I am joining many other websites today and closing the site to protest two pieces of legislation in the US Congress: the so-called
 <em>Stop Online Piracy Act</em>, or <em>SOPA</em> in the House, and the so-called
-<em>Protect IP Act</em>, or <em>PIPA</em> in the Senate. I hope to draw attention to these acts and
+<em>Protect IP Act</em>, or <em>PIPA</em> in the Senate. I hope to draw your attention to these acts and
 urge each one of you to read up on them. Then, please contact your representatives and ask them to withdraw
 their support for these bills.
 </p>
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 </p>
 <p>
 The Internet is quite possibly the greatest invention of my lifetime. It should be a tool for free expression,
-democracy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Instead, the media companies are failing to innovate  or embrace
-this new digital age, and they are asking the US government to essentially bail them out. We cannot let the US goverment
+democracy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. However, the media companies are failing to innovate and embrace
+this new digital age, and instead are asking the US government to essentially let them decide what we can and cannot
+view on the internet. We cannot let the US goverment
 join the ranks of despot countries like China, Iran, Syria, and North Korea and censor their citizens' use of the Internet.
 </p>
 <p>Here are some links that I ask you to look over. They explain the issues far better than I can.</p>
 <ul>
    <li><a href="http://americancensorship.org/infographic.html">SOPA at a glance</a>, a nice infographic from <a href="http://americancensorship.org">americancensorship.org</a></li>
+   <li><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/?tag=mncol;txt">How SOPA Would Affect You: FAQ</a> - from CNET</li>
    <li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/opinion/firewall-law-could-infringe-on-free-speech.html?_r=3">Stop the
       Great Firewall of America</a> - New York Times editorial</li>
+   <li><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/internet-inventors-warn-against-sopa-and-pipa">An Open Letter From Internet Engineers to the U.S. Congress</a></li>
+   <li><a href="http://gigaom.com/2012/01/13/tim-oreilly-why-im-fighting-sopa/">Tim O’Reilly: Why I’m fighting SOPA</a></li>
    <li><a
       href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/01/sopa-is-a-symbol-of-the-movie-industrys-failure-to-innovate/250967/">SOPA
       Is a Symbol of the Movie Industry's Failure to Innovate</a> - from entreprenuer Steve Blank</li>