CROSSTALK - SOPA / PIPA + Copyright Protections

So having my website offline today has been pretty interesting i found myself bored, doing some updating offline and reading a lot of current website. my music site is pretty powerful in the midwest region and chicago and i found some people were stunned at first then read the protest website and they are happy. But i can say in 7 years my website has been on the net it has NEVER been offline for "a protest" or a scheduled downtime like this.

So as many of webmasters i also have my website offline today in response to the PIPA and SOPA legislation that is going through congress. But in reality for a 12 hour to 24 hour suspension on a lot of websites is it really being effective as in what will be the true outcome to this situation.

Remember the Wall Street Occupation sure there was a lot of hype, buzz and press about it but nothing has really been done and they have been doing a ton of work outside the box in the streets (not just online).

So you knock down some major websites for 1 day sure it might disrupt internet traffic but most people will just go oh i will just log in after the protest. Sure it might make people go WTF is going on here but it is just 1 day its not like websites are protesting for say 1 week or even 1 month, you want to really cause some buzz and press knock down a few of these major websites down for 1 month and people would loose there minds without google, wiki or other websites that people survive off of basically.

You really do not understand how co-dependent you are when it comes to search engines, or indexing sites when it comes to your own personal website or branding, everyone has there own unique website they have bookmarked or visit on a daily basis and if this new bill starts to knock down and censor all these websites the internet will be a very lonely place and very empty place, remember back in the dialup internet days something to that degree where the whole .com era was just taking momentum.

As for copyright i am ALL for copyright protection and so fourth i was thinking though instead of just censoring out websites why not put a warning like google does for sites that phish attack or might cause malware? A nice warning that this site might be monitored for copyright infringement and its up to you if you want to visit that website, it would be a simple and easy solution rather then all the search engines and other providers just totally blocking the website or link.

Me being in the music industry i want talent to be heard or listened to or watched i want there song to become a big hit i want there video to be viewed or heard. Its not all about making millions of dollars they always have time to get that later on in time from events or company sponsorships or albums sales at events. As for MP3s well if someone wants to download them they can always find a way to do so, the same for movies and music videos if its on the internet its liable for getting downloaded or ripped.

Chicago Music Promotions
http://www.chicagomusicpromotions.com