Internet Censorship

こんいちは、みなさん！今日のポストはえい語で書いています（かいています）。このポストはimportantですよ。

     Hello, classmates! I wanted to interrupt my usual Japanese blog to talk about the Internet censorship bill that the US government is currently trying to pass. You might have noticed the black bar across the title of my blog: if you follow the link, you can learn more about this bill. Basically, this bill will allow the government to shut down entire sites if they feel that those sites are infringing on copyright laws - sites like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, tumblr, deviantart, and even Blogger would be taken down completely if even one or two users post copyrighted material. "Infringements" even include things like someone covering a pop song on YouTube (even if the original song is NOT used), background images that have copyright attached to them, or links to copyright material EVEN if you are not the one hosting it. People who "infringe" on copyright could go to jail for up to five years even if they are in no way profiting from their "infringement". This will also give the government unlimited power to censor social networking sites - a convenient way for them to stop political movements like Occupy and this very anti-censorship movement. If this concerns you, please follow the link above and sign the petition, or email your House and Senate representatives to tell them that you do not support this bill.