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<DIV><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Tea Party Nation
[mailto:mail@teapartynation.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 06, 2012 8:00
AM<BR><B>To:</B> mgurst@vcn.bc.ca<BR><B>Subject:</B> [SPAM] Sign our Petition.
Stop SOPA and help save Free Speech<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<H3>A message to all members of Tea Party Nation</H3>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Over the last few weeks, we at Tea Party
Nation have been telling you about the two bills that are being
considered in the House and the Senate. The PROTECT-IP bill
and the SOPA (Stop online Piracy Act) bill. At TPN, we usually
refer to these bills as the Internet Death Penalty Act, as these
bills will kill free speech on the Internet. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.5em"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">We need your help now! Take a moment
to <A href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-sopa-2-2/"
target=_blank>first sign our petition</A>, then take a moment to
share this email with all of your friends. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.5em"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">These bills are terrible ideas. They
will create laws as draconian as China's laws and will allow the
government or even private individuals to cause a website to be shut
down on a mere allegation. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.5em"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">If someone claims a copyright violation, the
web hosting service has five days to remove the website or be sued.
Search engines are required to delete any reference to the
site, so it cannot be found. All of this is done before the
owner of the website even gets a day in court. Many websites
are run by small business owners who cannot afford the incredible
legal fees they would incur just to get their site back up and
running. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.5em"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">These bills give the government the power to
go in and shut down a website on the mere claim of an infringement.
Does anyone really trust Barack Obama or Eric Holder with our
free speech rights? Does anyone really trust them not to shut
down sites they do not like?</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.5em"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">We must tell Congress under no circumstances
should these bills ever be passed. The Internet has become
and amazing place to share ideas and to exercise free speech.
These bills would kill free speech on the Internet and must be
stopped.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.5em"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Join us today. <A
href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-sopa-2-2/"
target=_blank>Sign this petition</A> and tell Congress to keep its
hands off of our free speech and keep its hand off the Internet.
Forward this email to all of your friends and ask them to sign
this petition as well.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.5em"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">We take the Internet for granted and our
rights of Free Speech for granted as well. Those rights must
be protected or they will not be there for us to enjoy.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.5em"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><A
href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-sopa-2-2/"
target=_blank>Take a moment and sign our petition
today!</A></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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