The page was blacked out recently over the SOPA and PIPA bills, and while I usually do not like to post political agenda on this site, I felt this was both significant enough and relevant enough to mention. I prefer to keep most of these types opinions to my personal page. (Which has been dormant for sometime unfortunately.)
I don’t have anything against companies wanting to make money. Far from it in fact, I love making money myself, but the MPAA and RIAA seem unwilling to do what most smart companies do. That smart thing to do is change, their business models are no longer suited to our world. They claim loose money left and right on “piracy”, saying it starves their artists, but some clever accounting on their part is more often to blame.
As an independent artist I long ago realized I can’t stop people from stealing my drawings that I post on the web. It wouldn’t matter how hard I tried, someone will find a way around the protections. But you know what, I don’t make any money off of those images anyway. The only money I make when doing art is when people commission me for private pieces at the conventions I go to.
The MPAA and RIAA could find new and suitable models where they could continue to make money, but they instead want everyone else to conform to their outdated business models. And this time they intend to do so by the censoring of the internet. Do not let these companies trample on our Freedom of Speech! No one should be able to remove your voice without due process!
The blackout page provides a plethora of details about these bills and what you can do to contact your representatives to make sure your opinions are heard on the mater.
Thank you
