We will not go as far as to black out the content on our site today. But we urge you to read up on SOPA and PIPA legislation in congress as it would allow aggregate news sites like Boating Winnebago to be shut down by the federal government. Why? Because we collect and present local news stories from outside sources specific to our boating hobby on Lake Winnebago from around the area and present them to you in a single webpage. Credit is always given to the original publication with a link at the bottom of the article.
Yes…that’s right. Simple little old BoatingWinnebago.com could be confiscated and shut down by these pending laws. Even though we don’t make a dime, nor have we ever made a dime from the site. In fact, the owners lose money on this site every year in promotional fees, web hosting fees, and time to maintain and keep it up to date.
It could stop you, the users of the forums from re-posting story’s, pictures, video’s, and other content in the forums for others to see and utilize for their own personal use. It could also force the owners of BoatingWinnebago.com to comply with IP and user information requests for any user that does so!
Please take a moment to read up on these bills that would cripple the internet as it is today. Click below for more information:
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
