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A great many big internet sites are blackout today. In protest of a law in Congress that could be devastating for free speech and easy information access. It’s called Stop Online Piracy Act.

While stopping piracy in and of itself would be a good thing for creatives such as artists and musicians and writers, the bill as it is currently worded gives far too much power to big business and big government to flip the off switch on sites with content they object to. Anyone can claim a site is infringing copyrighted work and have the site shut down.

The problem with piracy is that it is world-wide and not something a bill in the USA government can control. Many of the worst offenders are over seas, and not under the jurisdiction of our laws. The bill would punish tertiary sites linking to such content by shutting them down as well.

There are (as with all legislation) people on both sides of the fence on having this legislation passed.

The internet being what it is, there are rumors galore on what this bill will and won’t do.

As a creator, it is in my best interest to see piracy defeated. I do not think the scope of this bill will stop people trying to profit off other people’s’ creative efforts by grabbing copyrighted works for their own commercial use. The worst offenders will find other ways around legislation as vague as this bill is. The ones who lose, as usual will be the small business person, the freelance artist, the independent musician and the people with unpopular or fringe viewpoints they wish to express.

Copyright law is broken within cyber-space and legislation to shutter the internet will not fix it. Censorship is wrong, even if the thought behind it is well-meant.

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It’s hard to believe it’s 2012. I had so many plans for 2011 that I haven’t gotten to yet!

I’ve spent the last week attempting to corral and finish up a few projects that were already close to the finish line. One out of three isn’t bad. I find it hard to believe how many times I start on something only to have the shiny thing syndrome capture my attention and pull me in yet another direction. One of my “resolutions” for 2011 was to not begin anything new until I had cleared my closets and drawers of started projects. I made good progress with several of them, but in the process of clearing them out, found other projects I had begun and forgotten all about!

I remember my mother had a knitting project in one of the family room bureaus. It was white and had half the bodice and a sleeve done. In all my childhood, I’d never known my mother to knit. I didn’t even realize she knew how until I came upon this abandoned sweater. I wonder if she still has it, or if she eventually got rid of it after two moves.

My abandoned projects are mostly quilts. There are several clothing patterns that have been laid out on fabric yardage which are in sizes that will no longer fit. Surprisingly, there are only a few art related ones. Or maybe it isn’t so surprising since I spent most of last year focusing on my illustrations.

So it would seem my New Year’s resolution for 2012 is the same as for 2011. Finish what is already started before beginning something new. Yup. I can do that.

What are your resolutions, plans, goals, dreams, hopes, wishful thinkings for 2012?

(I will be traveling for a family event so there will be no coloring page next week. See you in 2 weeks! Be kind o each other!)

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