{"id":508,"date":"2012-01-18T08:27:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T16:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/?p=508"},"modified":"2014-05-01T10:51:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T18:51:42","slug":"urbanspoon-and-i-oppose-sopa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/urbanspoon-and-i-oppose-sopa\/","title":{"rendered":"Urbanspoon (and I) oppose SOPA"},"content":{"rendered":"

[I’m honored to be the one asked to write my company’s blog post<\/a> for today’s SOPA\/PIPA blackout. I’m re-printing it here.]<\/em><\/p>\n

Why Can’t I See Reviews on Urbanspoon?<\/h1>\n

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Today on Urbanspoon, you’ll notice that some content in the United States has been blacked out. We’re making this dramatic gesture to illustrate what might happen to the internet if a law currently proposed in Congress is passed. Along with Google<\/a>, Wikipedia<\/a>, Tumblr<\/a>, Reddit<\/a>, and thousands of other websites, we’re participating in a coordinated blackout today to focus attention on this critical issue. Here’s an explanation:<\/p>\n

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We believe that if SOPA<\/a>\/PIPA<\/a> passes into law, it will be lethal to the internet as we know it. That may sound exaggerated, but we encourage you to read the information on these sites to learn more and see just how serious it is:<\/p>\n