SOPA/PIPA

If you haven’t already noticed this, today, the interwebs are on strike.

There are two bills out there called SOPA and PIPA which are supposed to protect copyrighted content on the internet, but actually will do much much more harm than good.

I’ve also been on the receiving end of having my pictures ripped off, put on other “I’m a really good professional photographer, please hire me” websites and have had to deal with that insanity. I’ve also had very expensive reception venues steal my images to use in their promotional materials, when I would have and had offered to give them files for free. Then I find some crappy pixelated image with my logo halfway cropped out is in their materials for new brides. Yay.

Would I like the process to be easier to deal with those “wackos”? ABSO-FREAKIN’-TOOTELY!!!!

The thing is, though, that there already are processes and laws in place to protect US! Yes, that’s right! They might be a little difficult to navigate, again, I’d LOVE for them to be easier, but SOPA/PIPA are not the way to do it!

If you’d like to get involved and tell our government, who is supposed to WORK FOR US, here’s a link to one of the most hilarious blackouts I’ve seen today. The Oatmeal. Go make our government work for us!

And thank you for listening to my first political rant on my website. I’ve got more in me, but I’ll probably save it for personal encounters – if you want to go there.

Love to you all,

Isa