There is a javascript you can put on your page that will put up a black page that you can click through...
"script type="text/javascript" src="//js.sopablackout.org/sopablackout.js"></script" (obviously replacing the 2 quotes with brackets...) -----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:53 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: FW: SOPA protest: 7,000 and growing Here's what Google said on the issue: --------------- Google announced Tuesday that it will stop short of a blackout and instead the company plans to post a link on its iconic homepage explaining its opposition to the two arcane copyright bills that are suddenly fodder for the evening news: the Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act. "Like many businesses, entrepreneurs and Web users, we oppose these bills because there are smart, targeted ways to shut down foreign rogue websites without asking American companies to censor the Internet," a Google spokeswoman said in a statement. "So tomorrow we will be joining many other tech companies to highlight this issue on our U.S. homepage." --------------- and then later on in the PolticoPro article: --------------- Politicos are taking notice of the tactic. Democratic consultant Joe Trippi says the threat of blackouts can be used in the future as a way to leverage an advantage on Internet-based bills the tech community doesn't like. "It's like a strike or a boycott," he said. "But this can grow exponentially." On the lack of participation by heavy hitters such as eBay and Amazon, Trippi added, "It's logical. A lot of these sites are businesses and there can be problems when you have to tell your shareholders you lost a day of business because you're going to be in a boycott." Sites such as Twitter and Facebook have also been mum. Taking those down would likely muzzle "the power of the networks" to deliver poignant messages, Trippi said. And that would be counterproductive for opponents. "Those networks will be used to flex muscle," he said. --------------- The point I'm finding interesting is that the people in congress who are supporting PIPA and SOPA are not only the least tech savvy in congress, but they also have received a lot of campaign contributions from the MPAA and RIAA. Your congress critter bought and paid for. On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 3:46 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> They won't. Both Facebook and Google are not participating in the >> blackout. Myself I look at who is supporting the legislation and that >> says it all MPAA and RIAA. US Chamber of Commerce has backed off on >> its support. >> > > I can understand why Google won't partake in the blackout, and I think > just putting the link on their and highlighting the issue will be important. > This is one of the most viewed pages on the face of the planet...there > is no greater vehicle to get a message out...so don't underestimate > the importance of what Google is doing, even if they are stopping > short of a blackout. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345461 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
