i will share this!
i saw your comment on the MPAA article and will indeed share this as much as I can. very good piece of art.
Reviews for "STOP SOPA"
The message is well spoken
The whole piece grabs the viewer's attention and the pecking of curiosity ensues.... thank you for doing this. And you are very successful on trying something new :)
STOP SOPA!!! March on fellow artist!!
Intelectual protection rights has it's good points
But it also can extend to situations of ridiculous proportions of stomping others down.
I mean...have they even SEEN the stuff on internet!?
Why do they not shut EVERYONE down then?
People are smart enough to know what's not official or not.
As long as it legally states it.
This is putting a hinderance on our creative freedom man!
STOP SOPA!
I'll be brief.
This is how dictatorships start. Great piece. Enjoy your freedom while it lasts.
Perspective
SOPA isn't really about censorship. It does more harm than good, I agree, but SOPA is about piracy.
(From Wiki) SOPA would make it a felony to enable or facilitate sharing copyrighted material. Now, if I posted 'Dark Knight' to YouTube, I could be charged for copyright infringement (that's fair). But SOPA would declare that YouTube *also* committed a felony by distributing the illegal movie.
Another example, if I took a copyrighted image and posted here on the Art Portal, and Dept. Justice saw it, they could charge NewGrounds with felony piracy, could prohibit NG from appearing on Google searches, and could prevent internet users from getting to NG through their ISP. It means "game over man" for just about *every* website based on user-generated content: NG, YouTube, DeviantArt, Etsy, BlogSpot, ...
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The art itself gets an 8. I like the water colors and the political cartoon style, although it is overly simplistic and focuses a little too much on the message at sacrifice of the art.
ZombieMonkey responds:
Thank you very much for the 8 :D This piece was a bit something new because I haven't really done anything like this. So I'm still working out the kinks.
I know that the bill isn't about censoring the content itslef on the internet. But what it does manage by prohibiting these websites is an awful, and terrrible way of censoring the internet without actually having to deal with the content in question.