[Meizicht]

I haven't been around much for a very long time, but I believe this should be brought to everyone's attention because not many people seem to be talking about it. As I've been seeing it explained around a bit, here's what people are saying: The original SOPA proposal was revised into a smaller, stricter version, where it will now be a felony ( that means a ton of jailtime, on par with murder and rape ) to roleplay anything already in existence, make a music cover, make fanart, any fanfiction site would be shut down and every single writer would be arrested under felony charges. All artists who have made fanart would be rounded up in the same fashion. Anyone who sings a song by their favorite artist and posts it on youtube would be tossed in jail. Plain and simple.
Of course I don't know everything, but if you wish to know, here it is.
Pretty sure everyone would rather be safe than sorry, though.
So here is this petition as well.
It's been quietly circulating on tumblr, but it's been kind of hush-hush. I don't really like that; this scares me pretty bad. Because my ass is pretty much booked in jail for life for all the rping, fanart and commissions I've done that would be considered felonies if this were to pass. So hey, at least I'm boosting the signal. So please read it and make your own decision.
Maybe share it so more people are informed and not clueless about what's going on.
Make a big deal, because it is a big deal.

Anyway, discuss it here if you like. I believe this falls under the lifestyles and issues category so I think I'm posting it in the right place. If not, I apologize.

If this were to pass, I'm pretty sure I'm getting my ass to Canada. I wouldn't do very well in jail.

( Also for those of you who can take the time to read every word of that bill and understand the roundabout way the government likes to be when they write these things, please do feel free to correct me on any mistake I've made, if any. )