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Not that I have much in the way of readership, but for those of you who are seeing this: Please consider (and hopefully sign) this petition, and pass it on. I have done both.

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Imagine a world where you could be dragged to court and receive a large fine just for clicking on a link, where service providers would hand over information about your online activities without privacy safeguards, and where online content could be removed by big media conglomerates at will.

This scenario could become a reality before we know it. In just a few days, a group of 600 lobbyist “advisors” and un-elected trade representatives are scheming behind closed doors to decide how the Internet will be governed, including whether you could get fined for your Internet use. Instead of debating this openly, they’re meeting secretly to craft an Internet trap through an international agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

In short, it appears that it will be Big Media lobbyists—not citizens—who get to decide whether citizens will be fined as suspected copyright criminals. Please help us raise a loud call before it’s too late. Visit: http://stopthetrap.net

We know from leaked documents that industry lobbyists intend to blanket these new restrictions and laws around the world, without us having any say in the matter. How can they do this? Instead of an open, public process, they’ll use international tribunals to go around domestic judicial systems. And once the trap is set, there’s no going back.

Here are the details—the TPP’s Internet trap would:

1. Criminalize your everyday use of the Internet,
2. Force service providers to collect and hand over your private data without privacy safeguards, and
3. Give media conglomerates more power to fine you for Internet use, remove online content—including entire websites—and even terminate your access to the Internet.

The TPP is secretive, it’s extreme, and it will criminalize your daily use of the Internet. Don’t let Big Media lobbyists lure you into this Internet trap. Speak out now.

We deserve to know what will be blocked, and what we and our families will be fined for. If enough of us speak out now, we can prevent governments from slow-walking us into an Internet trap. Make your voice heard today: http://stopthetrap.net

The Parental Units visited last weekend, and one of the last things we did before they left on Monday was go see the Avengers movie.

LOVED IT!!!

I can also honestly say I felt it lived up to the hype. Now, since we saw it in 2D, I'm going to try to see it in IMAX-3D. Today. (And yes, I know there's other things I should be doing with my time, but it's only going to be showing in that format for a short while.) I would ask others to join me, but I'm aiming for the 10:30AM showing (matinee prices, yay!), so I'm expecting people to be at work. In just a few hours I expect to be busing up to Rosedale; that means it's time for me to get back to work, so I can feel justified in taking the break. ^_^;;

edit: It's deifinitely worth seeing in 3D (IMAX, whoo!), and there is a short scene after the credits. ^_^

also edit: Loki's asymmetrical lapels drive me nuts!