SOPA and PIPA

Hello everyone, today you probably have been surfing on google and realized that it had a big black censor bar over it. Or that Wikipedia has a funny page when you try to search something. Why? You may have heard about SOPA and PIPA the biggest online strike in internet's history. What it is? SOPA is short for the "Stop Online Piracy Act," and PIPA is an acronym for the "Protect IP Act." ("IP" stands for "intellectual property.")  They are two laws that may be passed by the Video and Music Industries that are efforts to stop copyright infringement committed by foreign web sites. But that's not the real problem. The problem is that they are so vague, that they could sue Google or Wikipedia! That's not right! What Google and Wikipedia have to say about this is that the internet is a free source to all, and a place to post ideas without the government watching too closely. It is a place for learning and for exploration. What wikipedia is doing about this, is not totally, but shutting down the informational part of their site. They are showing the government what would happen if that law passes. Google is using the Censor bar over it's logo. They didn't shut down any part of google (Thank GOODNESS! I can't imagine what I would do without google lol). Many people on Twitter are putting censors over their faces to help the cause. SOPA and PIPA are all over the news, and the internet. Here is some more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more/ and https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

I hope that cleared up a few questions. If I have anything wrong, please, comment bellow! I do not want to misguide people! :)


~Tayloro :)

Anvils!

On a reply to Perapin's post and [ I think...mysterious Saraapril :) ] Saraapril's Post... I have a little mission of my own! I want to help Rookie sink the island too! Gary said he needed help....didn't he? "Can Anvils Really sink the island?" Perapin asked on his post. I want to see if they can! I am going to be on various servers, and I will be helping sink the island on the Beach! I am so excited! Rookie would be so proud! :)

~Tayloro :)

Reviewed by You: Coins For Change

Greetings Penguins!

Happy77 here. It's time for the first Reviewed by You post of 2012. Last time, I asked about your favorite way to save up coins in Club Penguin. Blazer2529 shared some sweet ways to earn coins:

I like to save coins by being a tour guide and secret agent! It feels good because those jobs mean helping penguins and the money I get from them helps even more people world wide! I also like playing games like connect four and mancala because I get to meet all kinds of new friends and that means not only am I earning money to donate, but the person I'm playing with is too!

Nice answer, Blazer2529! 

Speaking of coins and donating... Earlier this month Billybob announced the results of Coins For Change. Thanks to your support, we've donated $620,000 to help build safe places like libraries, schools and playgrounds for kids. So for this week's Reviewed by You, we want to know... If you could send a message to the kids we're supporting through Coins For Change, what would you say?

Share your message in the comments below. I'll randomly pick one of your comments to feature on our next Reviewed by You blog post. If your comment is featured, you'll even get a 10,000 coin prize added to your account! 

Waddle On! :)

-Club Penguin Team

By Happy77 on January 18 2012 04:25

Tayloro here :)

Thats so sweet! I sincerely hope that everything, we Club Penguin, did as a community helps everyone in the most ways it possibly can. We try to help people who are in need, and make sure that they can thrive, and make sure they have everything they need to do so. I am blessed to be part of a community that works so hard, and tries as much as they can to help others. Our virtual coins represent hope, and each coin we donate gives hope to one person. The more coins we donate, the more hope we spread throughout communities all around the world. To earn that hope, all we need to do is dance, surf, round up puffles, Tour around Penguins, Fly around on Jet Packs, and much much more. We can find hope in the most unusual places. Gather that hope and donate. I will say again, that I am blessed to be in such an active community, a community that will try to help others in the most possible ways that they can. I am so excited for next year, and I think we can donate even MORE coins to help causes that need them more than we do. Waddle On Penguins! Waddle On Coins for change!

~Tayloro :)