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The U.S. House of Representatives: Restore MegaUpload and its services. Stop PIPA and SOPA
  1. Signatures
    169 out of 1,000,000
    Petitioning
    1. The U.S. House of Representatives (+ 14 others)
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      • The U.S. House of Representatives
      • Rep. Lamar Smith (TX-21)
      • Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN-07)
      • Rep. Howard Berman (CA-28)
      • Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45)
      • Rep. Steve Chabot (OH-01)
      • Rep. John Conyers (MI-14)
      • Rep. Ted Deutch (FL-19)
      • Rep. Elton Gallegly (CA-24)
      • Rep. Bob Goodlatte (VA-06)
      • Rep. Tim Griffin (AR-02)
      • Rep. Dennis Ross (FL-12)
      • Rep. Adam Schiff (CA-29)
      • Rep. Lee Terry (NE-02)
      • FEDERAL BUREAU of INVESTIGATION
  2. Created By
    John Still
    Oreland, PA
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

The taking down of MegaUpload 24 hours after a web-wide protest of the "blacking" out of websites is a clearly abrasive action.

Both SOPA and PIPA have not been enacted, thus the government's reasoning for shutting down www.megaupload.com is both atrocious and beyond the measure of their power. The taking down of this highly visited website symbolizes the oppression that would come forth if SOPA and PIPA are passed.

Not all content on MegaUpload is pirated, much of it is personal and uploaded by normal everyday people. Therefore, shutting down the site has caused many different people to lose information that was stored on the megaupload servers.

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Restore the website and all of its services

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: The Shutting down of MegaUpload.

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Restore the website and all of its services!

The taking down of MegaUpload 24 hours after a web-wide protest of the "blacking" out of websites is a clearly abrasive action.

Both SOPA and PIPA have not been enacted, thus the government's reasoning for shutting down www.megaupload.com is both atrocious and beyond the measure of their power. The taking down of this highly visited website symbolizes the oppression that would come forth if SOPA and PIPA are passed.

Not all content on MegaUpload is pirated, much of it is personal and uploaded by normal everyday people. Therefore, shutting down the site has caused many different people to lose information that was stored on the megaupload servers.
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