Hank asks viewers to help keep the internet free from anti-piracy bills (2011)
ask · status: reported back · last event: thanks (2012-01-20) · owner: Hank
In November 2011 Hank asked viewers to help keep the internet free from the anti-piracy bills before Congress. In January 2012 he celebrated the internet banding together to cast SOPA aside and thanked everyone who helped.
About: PROTECT IP Act, Stop Online Piracy Act, United States Congress
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-11-18 | asked | Hank asks viewers to read his description notes on how they can help keep the internet free. | Top 5 Reasons ████ ██ ██████ 00:03:20 |
| 2012-01-20 | result reported | Hank is proud the internet banded together against SOPA and cast it aside; his description says the blackout made many congresspeople drop support. → refers to Top 5 Reasons ████ ██ ██████ | Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans 00:02:01 |
| 2012-01-20 | thanks | Hank thanks the internet, President Obama, Nerdfighters and John after the anti-SOPA effort. | Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans 00:02:01 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-11-18 · Top 5 Reasons ████ ██ ██████ — ask: Hank asks viewers to tell their senators and representatives to vote against the PROTECT IP and SOPA bills, saying copyright matters but restricting internet freedom is not the way, and to sign Avaaz's save-the-internet petition. — video description
- 2011-11-18 · Top 5 Reasons ████ ██ ██████ — ask: Hank points viewers to the description, where he has written how they can help keep the internet free. — 00:03:20
- 2012-01-20 · Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans — Hank is extremely proud that the internet banded together, an amorphous anarchy becoming a solid block against the threat, and cast it aside. — 00:02:01