I don't know how to shut down Dog Art Today for 24 hours, so I just grabbed this image (created by April Winchell of Regretsy) off Talk Radio One. If SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, passes I probably wouldn't be able to do that and neither would you. Artists' rights are important, but I don't think that the lobbyists from United States Chamber of Commerce and the Motion Picture Association of America are pushing SOPA because they are worried about artists. Seriously.
Read more about new tech's stand against old tech here.
Information about today's rallies in New York, San Francisco, and Seattle here.
Sign a petitition.
Read a cautionary tale about Francis Barrud, the original painter of His Master's Voice which went on to become the RCA logo. Barrud, was turned down for a copyright for the image, but when the Victor Talking Machine Co. bought the painting and the rights, it was allowed to patent the image. Baurrd only received two payments of £50 each.
