Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open internet, under the banner of anti-piracy efforts. On January 24th, they will vote on the PROTECT IP Act to censor the Internet, despite opposition from the vast majority of Americans.
The US will be able to block a site’s web traffic, ad traffic and search traffic using the same website censorship methods used by China, Iran and Syria.
Visit http://protestsopa.org/ to get involved and help to preserve our online rights.
According to the TSA, photographers are terrorists now. People already look at me a little bit funny when I’m carrying around a big camera and lens and snapping photos, but now I have to worry about being tabbed as a domestic terrorist too. I don’t want to come across as overly sensitive, but I think there are far better things to put on this poster…maybe someone making a fake ID or duplicating a passport, for example. The fact of the matter is, a lot of people enjoy aviation photography that may now be subject to even more scrutiny than before. What does this now mean for the sky deck at RDU (Raleigh Durham Airport) where the sole purpose of its existence is so that people can watch the planes leave the runways and (heaven forbid) snap some photos?
I think the lesson here is this: don’t wear hoodies and take photos outside of fences in plain sight while abiding all rules.
